tunequest

Well, for some reason, almost all of my Star Trek music got pushed toward the end of the tunequest, and believe me, I have nearly all of the Star Trek music except for the unreleased promo soundtrack to the Starfleet Academy video game. If anyone can point towards that, I'll send you a digital high five or something, so the waters around here will be thick ...

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As geeky as this sounds, there was once a point in time when I could recite the accompanying dialogue and sound effects in sequence with this composition. It's music from The Wrath of Khan, the scene where the Enterprise has been crippled by Khan's surprise attack and Captain Kirk must stall for time in an attempt to deliver a retaliatory blow to the Reliant (the ship ...

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I spent a good seven+plus hours burning through some iTunes today to make up for yesterday's somewhat disappointing performance a shortened day at the office will do that. With about 100 songs to choose from, I had a very hard time narrowing down the song of the day, so lucky you, here's three songs to choose from. Choose wisely. Orbital: Time Becomes [audio:061021OrbitalTimeBecomes.mp3] Constructed from a single line spoken ...

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I've posted another set of contrast and compare shots for the new "Enhanced" Star Trek episodes, bringing the total to three: Balance of Terror The Devil in the Dark The Naked Time I don't plan on doing any more, as these sets should give a good indication of what the producers are doing to remaster the show's visual effects. Until The Doomsday Machine airs, then all bets are ...

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I know I know. It's a bit off topic for the tunequest, but I couldn't help myself. Here's a bunch of the new "enhanced" Star Trek footage of the new revised special effects from Balance of Terror for folks who are having trouble locating a station that's showing the new episodes. Enjoy. Myself, i'm refusing to pass judgement on them.

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Jerry Goldsmith's music for Star Trek: Insurrection is genuinely some of the most beautiful (and powerful) music i've ever heard in my entire life, particularly the thematic elements running throughout New Sight. It certainly is among the top contender for my favorite film scores of all time.

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In the pantheon of composers who have worked on Star Trek, none are more prolific than Dennis McCarthy, who has been working with the franchise since the debut episode of The Next Generation to the final episode of Enterprise. Of course, whether you think that's a good thing or bad depends on your opinion of his music. With the rather large caveat that Mr. McCarthy's composing abilities ...

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I'm continuing the tunequest at work, listening to the bonus tracks portion of the Star Trek First Contact score by the ever-illustrious Jerry Goldsmith, whose talents and I don't really need to say this are legendary. I found this bootleg online about 3 years ago, around the same time a lot of other of his Star Trek "complete scores" bootlegs were making some rounds on the ...

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Below is the music video for No Tears For Caesar, available on the bonus materials DVD for Free Enterprise. William Shatner raps some Shakespeare, Marc Anthony's speech from Julius Caesar specifically. And true to form, the good Cap'n Kirk doesn't disappoint; he's always entertaining when he's got a microphone. That's the theory behind those old priceline.com ads anyway. The song and video No Tears For Caesar from the ...

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