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The Star Trek Album | 
 enlarge | Artist: Various Artists
Label: CBS Paramount International Television
Category: Music
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 110191
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 1155
UPC: 738572115524
EAN: 0738572115524
ASIN: B0000DJYNZ
Release Date: November 11, 2003
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Theme (TV Series) | | • | End Titles (The Motion Picture) | | • | Klingon Attack (The Motion Picture) | | • | Warp Drive (Sound Effect) | | • | Overture (The Wrath Of Khan) | | • | Bird Of Prey Decloaks (The Search For Spock) | | • | End Titles (The Voyage Home) | | • | Away Team (Sound Effect) | | • | End Titles (First Contact) | | • | Tasha's Farewell (The Next Generation) | | • | Theme (Deep Space Nine) | | • | He's Toast (Deep Space Nine) | | • | End Titles (The Final Frontier) |
Disc 2
| • | End Titles (The Undiscovered Country) | | • | Theme (Voyager) | | • | Battle Stations (Sound Effect) | | • | Overture (Generations) | | • | One Last Visit (Deep Space Nine) | | • | End Titles (Insurrection) | | • | Dogfight In Space (Sound Effect) | | • | The Menagerie (The TV Series) | | • | Opening (Star Fleet Academy) | | • | Crash Landing (Sound Effect) | | • | Suite (Nemesis) |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 The Star Trek Album July 9, 2008
This 2 disc set of Star Trek music is great for any Star Trek fan or even fans of instrumental music.
 Flawed Track Inclusion July 29, 2007
I have to admit right off the bat that I don't own this album, although I've been trying to scrape up all the original soundtracks for the movies and some of the TV series. But looking through the track listing, it seems muddled with too many sound effects and tracks that could've been replaced with better ones. I wish Paramount and the recording industries would release a 2-CD set of tracks that includes only the main title sequences of each Star Trek TV series and standout tracks from the 10 feature films, since most of these soundtracks have gone out of print and are hard to find. Most of these compilations of different film tracks never include the main title sequences of the films, which are often the standout orchestral tracks of each movie. I hope they release an album like this, filled with only the best Trek music that is hard to find.
Quite good, but not a stellar "Trek" May 18, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Silva Screen Records has made a name for itself releasing reproductions of modern orchestral soundtracks, with most of its products centering around a particular genre or composer. Star Trek has a history of quality music, so its no suprise Silva has taken a crack at music in the final frontier. This is a fine release, with some strong points and some weak ones as well.
IN GENERAL: For the purist looking for a "best of" compilation taken from the original soundtracks take note: this isn't that product. Rather, these are reproductions by Nic Raine conducting the City of Prague Philharmonic. That said, this is a quality group, and the general sound is professional and comes off quite well (for the most part..I'll mention a few exceptions). It is superior to the other releases I have heard from the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.
SELECTION: The biggest advantage here is variety of sources. The Trek feature films are all represented here, as well as the various series (except for the last one, "Enterprise"). The thouroughness seems to match or excel the oher Star Trek Compilation CDs that have been released. There are a few other offbeat additions..notably a four minute suite from the videogame Star Fleet Academy. Personally, I found this bland track to be four minutes of wasted disk space. The original series has many memorable moments (listen to the Amok Time/The Doomsday Machine soundtrack) which would be be more exciting and also a better fit on this album.
Jerry Goldsmith's standard Star Trek March is heard far too often on these 2 CDs. The march itself is terrific, but it has been used so much it has become the franchise's major theme and the album's producers rely on it by representing many movies by their "End Titles". Unfortunately, Goldsmith's end titles consistently use a three-section approach: two sections of the "standard" Star Trek March sandwich a middle section of music that is unique for that particular film. This is OK if you are listening to a single movie's soundtrack, but for a compilation album, the fourth or fifth time you hear the march, it is too much. It would have been a better idea to cut a few "End Title" performances in favor of other selections from the films' soundtracks.
PERFORMANCE QUALITY: For the most part it is very good and captures the spirit of the original soundtracks. Selections from Horner's scores for the second and third films stand out as particularly well done. The last movie, "Nemesis" also has a terrifically arranged suite, and most of the movie soundtrack reproductions are very good quality. The only exception is from "Klingon Attack" in which the awesome bass of the "blaster-beam" from the original cannot be matched by the comparatively hollow synthesized atempt here.
PERSONAL GRIPE: the inclusion of sound effects. Every so often a special effect like "Warp Drive" or "Dogfight in Space" pops up between tracks. This by itself would be extremely cheesy. Add to this that these are not the actual sound effects from the TV shows or movies and the cheesiness levels reach a level I think only a Wisconsin resident could appreciate. Sci Fi music (and Star Trek in particular) seems to inspire some labels to add special effects inclusions like this. Who knows why.
Love The Soundtrack April 3, 2007
I bought this soundtrack and I love it.A great edition to the star trek fans.
Best ST recording in the Alpha Quadrant January 10, 2007
Great collection of Star Trek series and Movie themes; only a Klingon
Opera is missing.
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