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Who is your favorite 'Trek' composer?

mhall85mhall85 Member Posts: 2,852 Arc User1
edited July 2015 in Ten Forward
Last week, I attempted to play STO without the built-in music for the first time... instead, opting for a small playlist of Ron Jones' music from "Booby Trap" and "The Best of Both Worlds." And, it was cool! So, it got me thinking... who is your favorite composer? (Yes, you only can pick one!)
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Who is your favorite 'Trek' composer? 27 votes

Jerry Goldsmith
40%
zedbrightlander1kurumimorishitafreakiumchrisedallen89iconianssumghaifimbulvinterncaptainchaos66theraven2378markjames1grandnaguszek1 11 votes
James Horner
18%
primar13antonine3258zbzzngalattmrspidey2 5 votes
Ron Jones
7%
mhall85grylak 2 votes
Jay Chattaway
3%
chelsealinn 1 vote
Dennis McCarthy
0%
Michael Giacchino
18%
themetalstickmanhawku001xartan42rattler2belrohir 5 votes
Other (name in comments)
11%
gfreeman98shevetbubblegirl2015 3 votes

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  • mhall85mhall85 Member Posts: 2,852 Arc User1
    Ron Jones
    I'm going to vote for Jones, because his music is so unique.

    Goldsmith and Horner are classics, for sure... and I also like Giacchino a lot, but Jones is just so unique.
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  • gulberatgulberat Member Posts: 5,505 Arc User
    Oh, dear...this is such a tough contest I can't vote. There are three scores I consider to be the best in Trekdom, in chronological order of release:

    Ron Jones--Best of Both Worlds
    Jerry Goldsmith--First Contact
    Michael Giacchino--Into Darkness

    Best of Both Worlds is the best and most memorable score the show ever saw on TV, no contest. We all know exactly how the music sounds at critical moments: "We have engaged the Borg:" "Mr. Worf--FIRE."

    Though very different in approach, the First Contact score is also an amazing, creepy accompaniment to the Borg that really contributes to its atmosphere.

    Into Darkness...I don't care what you think of the movie. The score is outstanding. "Ode to Harrison," a track that only came out on the limited edition version, would pretty much be my theme music if I could have a personal film score.

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  • grylakgrylak Member Posts: 1,594 Arc User
    Ron Jones
    Jones. Goldsmith, Giachinno and Horner get honourable mentions, but hands down, Ron Jones was the best composer. He created music specific for the scene. He created the beautiful Romulan theme (oh how I wish we had that continue post season 3. I have a playlist of them on youtube for when I'm playing my Rommie in STO). If I could change 1 thing about TNG, it would be to have Jones continue for the full 7 seasons. Not to take away from the other guys, Chattaway had some fine moments in DS9, but most of the music did become generic once Jones left.


    Except for Scorpion. The 8472 battle music was probably the only stand out piece of music from the post Jones era.
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  • gulberatgulberat Member Posts: 5,505 Arc User
    grylak wrote: »
    Jones. Goldsmith, Giachinno and Horner get honourable mentions, but hands down, Ron Jones was the best composer. He created music specific for the scene. He created the beautiful Romulan theme (oh how I wish we had that continue post season 3. I have a playlist of them on youtube for when I'm playing my Rommie in STO). If I could change 1 thing about TNG, it would be to have Jones continue for the full 7 seasons. Not to take away from the other guys, Chattaway had some fine moments in DS9, but most of the music did become generic once Jones left.


    Except for Scorpion. The 8472 battle music was probably the only stand out piece of music from the post Jones era.

    If I recall correctly...making the music generic was intentional on the part of the Powers That Be when Ron Jones was dismissed. :(

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  • xarynn2058xarynn2058 Member Posts: 158 Arc User
    Although James Horner probably produced the best score with Wrath of Khan, I'm going to a flag up a composer I feel is conspicuously missing from the list:

    Cliff Eidelman, who managed to create a suitably ominous and character driven score for Undiscovered Country.
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  • iconiansiconians Member Posts: 6,987 Arc User
    Jerry Goldsmith
    Probably Jerry Goldsmith. The opening theme to First Contact was the definitive Star Trek theme for me on a personal level. It had the familiar pomp and fanfare that started slowly instead of forcing it into my ears which got me hooked, and then the calming melody following it really made me think of the 'exploration' and 'peaceful' aspect of Star Trek (which I know is ironic given what the movie is actually about), but it remains my favorite Star Trek music piece.
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  • kurumimorishitakurumimorishita Member Posts: 1,410 Arc User
    Jerry Goldsmith
    Jerry G. .. why? - for his fantastic "Klingon Battle" theme of course *^_^* !!!
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  • mhall85mhall85 Member Posts: 2,852 Arc User1
    Ron Jones
    xarynn2058 wrote: »
    Although James Horner probably produced the best score with Wrath of Khan, I'm going to a flag up a composer I feel is conspicuously missing from the list:

    Cliff Eidelman, who managed to create a suitably ominous and character driven score for Undiscovered Country.

    I didn't "forget" him... he's just known for one major Trek outing. All the others were used multiple times in Trek history.
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  • galattgalatt Member Posts: 708 Arc User
    James Horner
    Although our wedding party walked to our wedding reception to the theme from Voyager and my wife and I walked in to the TMP opening, Horner is still my favorite.
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  • grylakgrylak Member Posts: 1,594 Arc User
    Ron Jones
    gulberat wrote: »
    grylak wrote: »
    Jones. Goldsmith, Giachinno and Horner get honourable mentions, but hands down, Ron Jones was the best composer. He created music specific for the scene. He created the beautiful Romulan theme (oh how I wish we had that continue post season 3. I have a playlist of them on youtube for when I'm playing my Rommie in STO). If I could change 1 thing about TNG, it would be to have Jones continue for the full 7 seasons. Not to take away from the other guys, Chattaway had some fine moments in DS9, but most of the music did become generic once Jones left.


    Except for Scorpion. The 8472 battle music was probably the only stand out piece of music from the post Jones era.

    If I recall correctly...making the music generic was intentional on the part of the Powers That Be when Ron Jones was dismissed. :(


    Indeed it was. Jones was let go because his music was too good, and in the words of Braga (I think it was him, whoever it was that took over from Gene), his music was overpowering the scenes and people were focusing on the music instead of what was happening on the screen. Which is stupid, because it's basically saying he was fired for being too good. Is it any wonder few scenes reached the level of tension in the post Jones era?
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  • captainchaos66captainchaos66 Member Posts: 409 Arc User
    Jerry Goldsmith
    I have to go with Jerry Goldsmith. I mean The Next Generation had BY FAR the best theme of all the shows. YES it was just a slightly different version than the " Launch of the Enterprise" theme in Star Trek: TMP but its still AWESOME! James Horner is a VERY close second.
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  • themetalstickmanthemetalstickman Member Posts: 1,010 Arc User
    Michael Giacchino
    Michael Giacchino. Regardless of what you think of the rebooted movie series, its main theme is a great piece of music, and the score for George Kirk's last stand/Jim Kirk's birth is just beyond description.
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  • freakiumfreakium Member Posts: 439 Arc User
    Jerry Goldsmith
    Jerry Goldsmith for me. First Contact was what got me into this whole Star Trek thing. Not to mention that First Contact is still the best Star Trek movie of all time for me.
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  • gulberatgulberat Member Posts: 5,505 Arc User
    edited July 2015
    themetalstickman wrote: »
    Michael Giacchino. Regardless of what you think of the rebooted movie series, its main theme is a great piece of music, and the score for George Kirk's last stand/Jim Kirk's birth is just beyond description.

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    This piece was not actually put in the movie, but it is on the Limited Edition CD for Into Darkness. It's Khan's theme and it REALLY shows (IMO) the difference between this version of the character and the one in the original version. (For me, this one is actually saner than in TWOK and more interesting, despite some missed opportunities Abrams had.)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2LYbXIYlP8

    An incredibly beautiful, moving piece, and this right here is one of the reasons Michael Giacchino is in a triple tie, for me. I re-bought the Into Darkness score when the Limited Edition came out, exactly so I could get my hands on this. I haven't regretted my purchase in the slightest.

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  • artan42artan42 Member Posts: 10,450 Bug Hunter
    Michael Giacchino
    themetalstickman wrote: »
    Michael Giacchino. Regardless of what you think of the rebooted movie series, its main theme is a great piece of music, and the score for George Kirk's last stand/Jim Kirk's birth is just beyond description.
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    I hum the main theme from the new films when I drop out of warp into a mission or queue.​​
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  • theraven2378theraven2378 Member Posts: 6,015 Arc User
    Jerry Goldsmith
    Jerry Goldsmith, hearing what would later be the TNG theme playing when the refit Enterprise was unveiled was just breathtaking
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    • shevetshevet Member Posts: 1,667 Arc User
      Other (name in comments)
      Sorry, but how can you have a poll like this and not at least mention Alexander Courage?
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    • sumghaisumghai Member Posts: 1,072 Arc User
      Jerry Goldsmith
      I ultimately chose Jerry Goldsmith for his iconic TMP/TNG fanfare, but Michael Giacchino is a close second.
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    • gfreeman98gfreeman98 Member Posts: 1,200 Arc User
      edited August 2015
      Other (name in comments)
      Other: Sol Kaplan.

      TOS generally had great music to accompany the drama (or humor) of every scene. The Doomsday Machine music in particular was just superbly done.
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    • antonine3258antonine3258 Member Posts: 2,391 Arc User
      James Horner
      Went for Horner, but it's a very tough call in general on Trek music. Something just seems to inspire Trek composers.
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