View Poll Results: What is the Greatest of the Trek Movie Themes?

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  • ST: TMP

    9 25.71%
  • ST2: TWOK

    11 31.43%
  • ST3: TSFS

    0 0%
  • ST4: TV/JH

    0 0%
  • ST5: TFF

    0 0%
  • ST6: TUC

    4 11.43%
  • ST: Generations

    1 2.86%
  • ST: First Contact

    9 25.71%
  • ST: Insurrection

    1 2.86%
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Thread: Best Trek Movie Theme Music

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    Lightbulb Best Trek Movie Theme Music

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    (Mine's First Contact)

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    TMP.

    Goldsmith's theme for Enterprise/the movie is one of the great piece of music for the 20th Century (no, I really mean that!) It's grandiose, moving, nautical (good theme for a ship), and as they say -- has legs.

    The Ilia theme has got a real punch to it: cool, sensual, and emotional.

    The strange V'Ger music is appropriately alien and mechanical.

    And lastly, they're still using the same Klingon music!

    This is the one, baby!
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    First Contact. The opening title music is the best Star Trek theme by a long way.

    TMP a close second
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    TMP, which was re-used in a slightly uptempo beat in the TV series TNG. It's the signature theme for Star Trek. Everybody know it.
    Anyhoo, just some random thoughts...

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    KHAAAAN!
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    Chello!

    I like WoK the best. Good for playing when you're doing starship Combat (whether SFB, RPG, or PC).

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    Originally posted by Lord Kjeran
    Chello!

    I like WoK the best. Good for playing when you're doing starship Combat (whether SFB, RPG, or PC).

    Tony
    I second that. The TWoK theme has energy, mixed with flowing parts that exudes hope. And, yes, it has the perfect combat music of the lot.

    The TNG version of the TMP theme is too fast for me. I always liked the more majestic feel of the original version, but hearing the TNG theme over and over and over and-- well, you get the picture -- just takes away from the piece.
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    My pics:


    1. Closing Theme to STVI.
    2. Openng Theme to First Contact
    3. Opening Theme to STII.
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    This was a tough one. I chose ST:TWOK... Although I thought TMP was a good enough movie it just didn't have the punch I wished it would have... TWOK signaled a new direction and still ranks as the best of the movies... I loved the naval sounding theme of the movie and the rest of the soundtrack was pretty darn good too. I think that's why I picked it even though I might have liked other themes as much or better as TWOK.

    Of note: First Contact has one of the best themes and TMP set the pace for the Next Generation (though I thought it was kind of junk that they used the theme so much).

    So maybe I can say... For the 23rd century TWOK & for the 24th century FC

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    Arrow

    ST Generations

    "Two Captains"...thats adventure


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    Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country had four captains: Kirk, Spock, Scotty, (all in one ship, Enterprise) and Sulu (Excelsior). Hehehe.

    (I honestly don't know if McCoy had a captain rank.)
    Anyhoo, just some random thoughts...

    "My philosophy is 'you don't need me to tell you how to play -- I'll just provide some rules and ideas to use and get out of your way.'"
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    McCoy's rank insignia indicated that he was still a Commander.
    Davy Jones

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    The Motion Picture. With Search for Spock coming in a close second ('cause I love that film) and First Contact coming pretty close too.

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    Like them all but have to go with First Contact as the best.
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