[JayC]

http://enewsi.com/ne...93&itemid=15065

[Wheeljack35]

I usaully will have to see the movie before I jump into getting its soundtrack

[JayC]

you can listen to some demo tracks on Amazon.com of it.

[Wheeljack35]

I need to see where and what situations the music is in

[ARROW]

I just have ONE question:
Are ANY elements of the Alexander Courage themes in this soundtrack and in the movie?
That is one of the things that will seal the deal for me.

[Wheeljack35]

Here

http://www.amazon.co...agSuffix=dp_img

Check out track #14 To Boldly Go

[BingoBrown]

Wheeljack35, on May 5 2009, 03:29 PM, said:

Here

http://www.amazon.co...agSuffix=dp_img

Check out track #14 To Boldly Go

Not much to go off there, as the clip is pretty short, but I like it. Definitely keeps the spirit of the original theme while updating it a bit.

[JayC]

ARROW, on May 5 2009, 04:15 PM, said:

I just have ONE question:
Are ANY elements of the Alexander Courage themes in this soundtrack and in the movie?
That is one of the things that will seal the deal for me.

Yes. In the ending credits the theme from the original series is clearly heard. I bought it today off Itunes. I am enjoying it though I do love movie soundtracks. My favs are Superman, Batman Begins, Star Trek the Motion Picture and all the Star Wars movies. Raiders is up there to.

[JayC]

Oh and I like Transformers to. and just to show my age, I still have versions of Star Trek TMP and Empire Stikes Back soundtracks on 8-Track

[Wheeljack35]

Hell JayC I used to have the origional Star Wars Soundtrack on 8 track

I have all the origional trilogy,Startreks 1 and 2 E.T.,Raiders and TOD along with Superman and Jurassic Park soundtracks

Since then I haven't been a fan of current soundtracks

They don't have the same flair as these movies did

[Geof7609]

Wheeljack35, on May 5 2009, 04:50 PM, said:

Hell JayC I used to have the origional Star Wars Soundtrack on 8 track

I have all the origional trilogy,Startreks 1 and 2 E.T.,Raiders and TOD along with Superman and Jurassic Park soundtracks

Since then I haven't been a fan of current soundtracks

They don't have the same flair as these movies did

They also don't have the same coherence & rational thought behind them. All too often the few ACTUAL movie soundtracks we get (the ones that aren't simply crap compilations with the movie art slapped on the cover) have become more of a "sampler" than a soundtrack. I loved the Dark Knight & Pirates of the Carribbean soundtracks, but a good chunk of those are almost medleys & tracks not even in the order in which they were used in the movie. This pisses me off to no end, and I can't tell you how disappointed I was when John Williams started doing it. Nobody cares about resequencing cues to form a different kind of soundtrack album, we want the music the way it was presented in the movie.

Giacchino seems to understand this, based on his Speed Racer score from last year (which is actually the only thing of his I've heard previously) and I actually enjoy listening to the CD specifically because it's a musical souvenir of the movie experience (and yes, I LOVED that movie. I had more genuine FUN watching it than any other movie last summer, even though I loved Dark Knight the most. So, NYAAAHHHHH)

Anyway, the Star Trek soundtrack seems pretty good so far even without the movie serving as reference. The "main" theme seems to be used pretty damn often, but maybe there's a reason for that. So far, so good is what I'm saying.

[JayC]

Geof7609, on May 5 2009, 09:42 PM, said:

Wheeljack35, on May 5 2009, 04:50 PM, said:

Hell JayC I used to have the origional Star Wars Soundtrack on 8 track

I have all the origional trilogy,Startreks 1 and 2 E.T.,Raiders and TOD along with Superman and Jurassic Park soundtracks

Since then I haven't been a fan of current soundtracks

They don't have the same flair as these movies did

They also don't have the same coherence & rational thought behind them. All too often the few ACTUAL movie soundtracks we get (the ones that aren't simply crap compilations with the movie art slapped on the cover) have become more of a "sampler" than a soundtrack. I loved the Dark Knight & Pirates of the Carribbean soundtracks, but a good chunk of those are almost medleys & tracks not even in the order in which they were used in the movie. This pisses me off to no end, and I can't tell you how disappointed I was when John Williams started doing it. Nobody cares about resequencing cues to form a different kind of soundtrack album, we want the music the way it was presented in the movie.

Giacchino seems to understand this, based on his Speed Racer score from last year (which is actually the only thing of his I've heard previously) and I actually enjoy listening to the CD specifically because it's a musical souvenir of the movie experience (and yes, I LOVED that movie. I had more genuine FUN watching it than any other movie last summer, even though I loved Dark Knight the most. So, NYAAAHHHHH)

Anyway, the Star Trek soundtrack seems pretty good so far even without the movie serving as reference. The "main" theme seems to be used pretty damn often, but maybe there's a reason for that. So far, so good is what I'm saying.

For more recent soundtracks I think Batman Begins and to some extent Dark Knight are really great soundtracks. The one from Transformers isn't to bad either, the intrument one not the music one.

[Jmacq1]

ARROW, on May 5 2009, 04:15 PM, said:

I just have ONE question:
Are ANY elements of the Alexander Courage themes in this soundtrack and in the movie?
That is one of the things that will seal the deal for me.

Actually, I thought the soundtrack was exceptionally well-done in regards to Courage's themes.

Basically, through most of the soundtrack (and presumably movie) they toss in tiny little "hints" towards the original theme, but it never fully materializes....

Until (again, I presume) the triumphant ending, which segues from "To Boldly Go" which is a sweeping version of the classic Star Trek "prologue" straight into the End Credits, which is a rocking (not literally, thank god) arrangement of the original series theme.

I predict people staying through the credits on this one. Maybe even cheering.

[Wheeljack35]

I have heard peices from the Speed Racer soundtrack my favorite is the ending credits version were the combine Mach Go Go Go with the Go Speed Racer GO

[Geof7609]

JayC, on May 6 2009, 06:45 AM, said:

For more recent soundtracks I think Batman Begins and to some extent Dark Knight are really great soundtracks. The one from Transformers isn't to bad either, the intrument one not the music one.

Musically, I agree. But they're all guilty of rearranging the cues to present (what I'm presuming to be) a more "artistic" album. And the Dark Knight soundtrack left a lot out from the movie, then was re-released as a 2-CD album & STILL left things out & messed with the order.

I love the music in the soundtracks I buy, I'm just saying I should be able to just play the damn thing & not have to do any further research regarding where/when each track was used in the movie.


And Wheeljack: I really dug that Speed Racer end theme song too, but it's unfortunately not on the soundtrack. It was released seperately as a single by Ali Dee & The Kompressors. Track 4 (Film Version) is the "Mach a Go-Go/Go Speed Racer" version.

[hoganvibe]

Well, from the Amazon sampler it doesn't sound too bad. Very bold. Simon Pegg may say "I like this soundtrack. It's exciting!"

[JayC]

Im listening to an interview with the writers on Cinemagic and they are talking about the score. They said Abrams said he delibertly made it so the theme from the original series was not used because he thought the crew had to earn it, untill they are all together at the end as that bridge crew of the Enterprise because thats what the theme embodied for him.

Also fans of the original series should listen for the very first sound heard in the movie.

[BingoBrown]

Does anyone like the soundtrack more after seeing the movie? I know I do. I thought the soundtrack clips sounded good before I saw the movie, but I thought the score was great in the movie. Definitely need to pick this CD up.

[Wheeljack35]

JayC, on May 7 2009, 10:49 AM, said:

Also fans of the original series should listen for the very first sound heard in the movie.

What was the first sound?

I seen it sunday and don't recall

[Geof7609]

Wheeljack35, on May 15 2009, 08:08 AM, said:

JayC, on May 7 2009, 10:49 AM, said:

Also fans of the original series should listen for the very first sound heard in the movie.

What was the first sound?

I seen it sunday and don't recall

That kinda chirping/pinging sound from the original series bridge, I think it may even be the viewscreen.

Speaking of sfx, I noticed Verizon has 7 or 8 new movie ringtones for sale. One is a combo of red alert, communicator & transporter sounds. There's also a few lines of dialogue available, but not really anything worth paying $3 for.