{"id":47780,"date":"2018-02-12T14:30:08","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T22:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=47780"},"modified":"2018-04-13T12:07:58","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T19:07:58","slug":"classic-trek-music-in-star-trek-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2018\/02\/classic-trek-music-in-star-trek-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Trek Music In Star Trek: Discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night, fans were treated to some familiar music, the original Star Trek<\/em> fanfare originally composed by Alexander Courage<\/strong> followed by a new recording of the theme for the original series. Note that a spoiler follows for the finale.<\/p>\n

“It just seemed like the right thing to do,” said composer Jeff Russo<\/strong>. “It is the Enterprise<\/em> [which came on the screen], so I must play the Enterprise<\/em>‘s theme.”<\/p>\n

The new recording was performed by a seventy-four-piece orchestra (more than twice the twenty-nine who recorded the original back in 1965). Ayana Haviv<\/strong> performed the “wordless soprano voice.”<\/p>\n

“I filmed it on my iPhone [originally],” said Russo. “I thought it sounded great, so I just texted that to Alex Kurtzman<\/strong> with a note like ‘Isn’t this the coolest thing?’ He immediately texted me back.”<\/p>\n

“Conducting a pretty large orchestra in the music of one of my favorite shows as a kid was like a dream literally coming true,” said Russo. “It was the most amazing experience I’ve ever had on the podium.”<\/p>\n

“We wanted it to feel epic,” said Kurtzman. “Whether or not you’re totally conscious of those themes, it affects your emotional reaction to the storytelling. In a way, it’s another part of the screenwriting process.”<\/p>\n

Russo will be composing the second season of Discovery<\/em>, which begins filming in April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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