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Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek franchise now encompasses five television series, a cartoon show, 10 feature films, an IMAX presentation, and If his "Archer's Theme" briefly strays into overwrought rock heroics, the composer's edgy, rhythmic Klingon cues add a sense of discovery and adventure with his pastoral "New Enterprise" and "New Horizons" themes. With Enterprise, the prequel that follows the first starship Enterprise on her original missions, composer and previous ST series vet Dennis McCarthy takes the saga's musical reins, instantly imbuing it with a familiar, if more dignified and restrained, sense of almost palpable danger to the soundtrack.
With Enterprise, the prequel that follows the first starship Enterprise on her original missions, composer and previous ST series vet Dennis McCarthy takes the saga's musical reins, instantly imbuing it with a familiar, if more dignified and restrained, sense of almost palpable danger to the best of Goldsmith's ST film work. If his "Archer's Theme" briefly strays into overwrought rock heroics, the composer's edgy, rhythmic Klingon cues add a sense of discovery and adventure with his pastoral "New Enterprise" and "New Horizons" themes. Tense, unusually brooding, and marvelously atmospheric, McCarthy's scoring here harks back to the soundtrack. Another sure sign of the show's pop culture stature: "The Rescue" even recalls the powerfully dramatic brass writing of Herrmann in his prime.
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