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Best Star Trek theme song and favorite ST music?

mneme0mneme0 Member Posts: 498 Arc User
edited April 2016 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
What is your favorite Star Trek theme song, and what other Star Trek music are you especially fond of?

Best Star Trek theme song and favorite ST music? 53 votes

TOS
7%
daveynypsiameesedarakossseriousxeno 4 votes
TAS
0%
TNG
35%
themartianduncanidaho11irm1963originalspockmandoknight89teluasjarenriccarspacehermittylermaxwellelectrumleopardtmassxdjf021fatman592apulsesthe91tachikai1sabreracer#4622kingmj4891minimoog 19 votes
DS9
28%
daboholicthemetalstickmancokebearzarato4218eldarion79tousseauhavokrazertacofangssirsitsalotconkav22wintermuteau2jadz3johnnymo1lopequilgemnstarr 15 votes
Voyager
16%
cuchulainn74kitsunesnoutscarlingkyle223catkellvardosielgrayfoxjamestenderbitsmneme0sirerblington 9 votes
Enterprise
11%
kjwashingtonlomax6996raventomoecrusader2007evilmark444kekvin 6 votes

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  • irm1963irm1963 Member Posts: 682 Arc User
    TNG
    Is someone trying to get the record for the most polls posted in one day ?

    TNG, if you count the movies as well.
  • fatman592fatman592 Member Posts: 1,207 Arc User
    edited April 2016
    TNG
    TNG by far. I was able to see the recent 50th anneversary touring concert. TNG songs were the show stoppers. The adaptation of the Inner Light flute song, First Contact ending music segueing flawlessly into Best of Both Worlds, the entire Generations suite, even just the theme of TNG (yes, I know the TNG theme is really ST1's theme) are unmatched. Voyager, DS9, ENT, had some good stuff, but generally, there is a mountain to climb to reach TNG's level.

    TOS... ha. Unless you count TMP, which is the only contender, but for me it's not even close.
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  • daveynydaveyny Member Posts: 8,227 Arc User
    edited April 2016
    TOS
    The main theme for TNG is a sped up version of the main " U.S.S. ENTERPRISE" theme from The Motion Picture.

    So TOS wins on all counts.

    Jerry Goldsmith wrote both the Music for TMP and the main theme for Voyager.
    His extensive use of horns ties all his Star Trek music together.

    I wish they had used Captain Archer's Theme for the opening credits of "ENTERPRISE".
    Faith of the Heart was ok, but it would have been a better closing number.

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  • kjwashingtonkjwashington Member Posts: 2,529 Arc User
    Enterprise
    I liked the Enterprise theme the most. Never could figure out why. It could be because I was in my teens when it came out, and studies say that's when you begin to develop your own musical preference.
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  • apulseapulse Member Posts: 456 Arc User
    TNG
    TNG by far, it is a really good piece of orchestra in a high tempo with lot of instruments.
    Ds9 and Voyager are also awesome, but they are more focused on Space Ambient.
    Enterprise is alright, I think the Intro shapes the ENT era pretty good.
    Least favorite is TOS
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  • kellvardosielkellvardosiel Member Posts: 8 Arc User
    Voyager
    Voyager is my favorite from the choices offered. My real favorite Star Trek theme is from the Wrath of Khan.
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  • seriousxenoseriousxeno Member Posts: 473 Arc User
    TOS
    I'm picking TOS, although in doing so I DO count the movies as well.

    The first 6 movies have some incredible soundtracks. Theme-wise, Wrath of Khan is the best, followed by Undiscovered Country.

    As for my favorite track from the TOS itself, that would be the Doomsday Machine. That music at the end when Kirk is desperately trying to beam out is insanely well synchronized with the scene.
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  • galattgalatt Member Posts: 709 Arc User
    I need to split my vote.
    Voyager had the best theme(love those kettle drums) but DS9 had better music (I can listen to the attack suite from "Sacrifice of Angels" all day)
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  • eldarion79eldarion79 Member Posts: 1,679 Arc User
    DS9
    DS9's theme after third season
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  • evilmark444evilmark444 Member Posts: 7,016 Arc User
    Enterprise
    I know it's generally disliked as a star trek theme, but I always liked the Enterprise theme, to me it just really captured that theme of humanity taking its first steps into the larger galaxy. It had a much deeper connection to the show than any of the others, because it wasn't just instrumental.
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  • tacofangstacofangs Member Posts: 2,951 Cryptic Developer
    DS9
    :::bans everyone who voted for Enterprise:::
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  • cuchulainn74cuchulainn74 Member Posts: 831 Arc User
    Voyager
    It's certainly a tough question. I think TNG and DS9 themes were excellent. They really built up the heroic feel of the shows. But I still love the Voyager theme most. It captures the wonder and discovery of exploration more so than any other. Especially paired with the opening montage.
    I didn't vote for it, @tacofangs , so don't ban me, but I don't hate the Enterprise theme. I can see what the show makers were going for. I think that theme tried to anchor the show closer to home and to us than the "deep space" grandiosity of the other shows. It just jars badly against what we expect from Star Trek, that's all.
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  • evilmark444evilmark444 Member Posts: 7,016 Arc User
    Enterprise
    reyan01 wrote: »
    This isn't going to be popular opinion, but nonetheless...... one thing that ruined the 'Enterprise' theme for me was the accompanying montage. It's a little too 'Americentric' for my tastes. Where was Sputnik for example? Or Yuri Gagarin? With one or two tiny exceptions, it gives the impression that America was the only country to acheive anything on this planet.

    This is a legit complaint, and applies to more than just the enterprise opening. Star trek is supposed to be about acceptance and unity, but in 5 shows there's only been 1 Russian, 1 Scottish, and 2 british crew members that I can think of. Almost every white character is clearly American, even among non main characters. I know the show is American made, but it would be nice if the writers made an attempt to feature a larger range of nationalities.
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  • mandoknight89mandoknight89 Member Posts: 1,687 Arc User
    TNG
    tacofangs wrote: »
    :::bans everyone who voted for Enterprise:::
    It's been a long road, gettin' banned from here...
    evilmark444 wrote: »
    This is a legit complaint, and applies to more than just the enterprise opening. Star trek is supposed to be about acceptance and unity, but in 5 shows there's only been 1 Russian, 1 Scottish, and 2 british crew members that I can think of. Almost every white character is clearly American, even among non main characters. I know the show is American made, but it would be nice if the writers made an attempt to feature a larger range of nationalities.
    Going by the intended nationalities of the crew (regardless of the actual nationalities of the actors), Picard is supposed to be French, not British. Miles O'Brien is as Irish as his actor. Chakotay is descended from a mashup native American tribe supposedly from Central America, and Hoshi Sato and Keiko O'Brien (née Ishikawa) are both Japanese.
  • kingmj4891kingmj4891 Member Posts: 55 Arc User
    edited April 2016
    TNG
    evilmark444 wrote: »
    reyan01 wrote: »
    This isn't going to be popular opinion, but nonetheless...... one thing that ruined the 'Enterprise' theme for me was the accompanying montage. It's a little too 'Americentric' for my tastes. Where was Sputnik for example? Or Yuri Gagarin? With one or two tiny exceptions, it gives the impression that America was the only country to acheive anything on this planet.

    This is a legit complaint, and applies to more than just the enterprise opening. Star trek is supposed to be about acceptance and unity, but in 5 shows there's only been 1 Russian, 1 Scottish, and 2 british crew members that I can think of. Almost every white character is clearly American, even among non main characters. I know the show is American made, but it would be nice if the writers made an attempt to feature a larger range of nationalities.

    It is an American TV show with American Movies. Besides in the future nationalities mean very little as we have a United Earth.

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  • x3of9x3of9 Member Posts: 157 Arc User
    mandoknight89 wrote: »
    tacofangs wrote: »
    :::bans everyone who voted for Enterprise:::
    It's been a long road, gettin' banned from here...
    evilmark444 wrote: »
    This is a legit complaint, and applies to more than just the enterprise opening. Star trek is supposed to be about acceptance and unity, but in 5 shows there's only been 1 Russian, 1 Scottish, and 2 british crew members that I can think of. Almost every white character is clearly American, even among non main characters. I know the show is American made, but it would be nice if the writers made an attempt to feature a larger range of nationalities.
    Going by the intended nationalities of the crew (regardless of the actual nationalities of the actors), Picard is supposed to be French, not British. Miles O'Brien is as Irish as his actor. Chakotay is descended from a mashup native American tribe supposedly from Central America, and Hoshi Sato and Keiko O'Brien (née Ishikawa) are both Japanese.

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    Worf was from another planet and his adopted parents were from another planet and were of Belarussian ancestry.
    Doctor Crusher was from The Moon.
    Ro Laren was from another planet.
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  • primar13primar13 Member Posts: 1,896 Bug Hunter
    tacofangs wrote: »
    :::bans everyone who voted for Enterprise:::

    So If I vote for the Instrumental Version of Enterprise do I get Banned?

    Hell who am I kidding.... you'd ban me just for the Lolz!

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  • originalspockoriginalspock Member Posts: 809 Arc User
    edited April 2016
    TNG
    DS9 is my favorite show, but I have to say TNG had an amazing intro.

    Oh and Voyager is uninspiring, and both versions of ENT are cringe-worthy. First time I heard ENT I thought I was being rick rolled.
  • kjwashingtonkjwashington Member Posts: 2,529 Arc User
    Enterprise
    tacofangs wrote: »
    :::bans everyone who voted for Enterprise:::

    Welp. I'll miss you guys! :'(
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  • darakossdarakoss Member Posts: 850 Arc User
    TOS
    TNG theme shouldn't count. Its from TMP. :p
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  • lopequillopequil Member Posts: 1,226 Arc User
    DS9
    If you want to restrict it to TV, then DS9 with the French horns wins. Otherwise you'd be hard pressed to beat Trek VI.

    An honourable mention has to go to Trek I, which gave us the Klingon leitmotif. Maybe I just like French horns... or perhaps it's the unusual backing rhythm. Either way it's very good.
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  • tmassxtmassx Member Posts: 834 Arc User
    edited April 2016
    TNG
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