Star Trek - The Next Generation: Music From The Original TV Soundtrack (Encounter At Farpoint) [Soundtrack]

star trek - the next generation: music from the original tv soundtrack (encounter at farpoint) [soundtrack]

On this CD:

Star Trek: The Next Generation, television series main title theme Opening Theme
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith
Conducted by Dennis McCarthy

Encounter at Farpoint, television score (for Star Trek: The Next Generation)
Composed by Dennis McCarthy
Conducted by Dennis McCarthy

Star Trek: The Next Generation, television series main title theme Closing Theme
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith
Conducted by Dennis McCarthy

Encounter at Farpoint, television score (for Star Trek: The Next Generation) Personal Log / Admiral / Old Lovers
Composed by Dennis McCarthy
Conducted by Dennis McCarthy

Encounter at Farpoint, television score (for Star Trek: The Next Generation) Caverns
Composed by Dennis McCarthy
Conducted by Dennis McCarthy

Encounter at Farpoint, television score (for Star Trek: The Next Generation) Splashing / The Woods / Memories
Composed by Dennis McCarthy
Conducted by Dennis McCarthy

Encounter at Farpoint, television score (for Star Trek: The Next Generation) Scanned / Big Guns / Unknown
Composed by Dennis McCarthy
Conducted by Dennis McCarthy

Encounter at Farpoint, television score (for Star Trek: The Next Generation) Revealed / Reaching Out
Composed by Dennis McCarthy
Conducted by Dennis McCarthy

Encounter at Farpoint, television score (for Star Trek: The Next Generation) Departure
Composed by Dennis McCarthy
Conducted by Dennis McCarthy

Encounter at Farpoint, television score (for Star Trek: The Next Generation) Main Title
Composed by Dennis McCarthy
Conducted by Dennis McCarthy

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Star Trek - The Next Generation: Music From The Original TV Soundtrack (Encounter At Farpoint) [Soundtrack]

Star Trek - The Next Generation: Music From The Original Television Soundtrack, Volume Two (The Best Of Both Worlds)

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Awesome score
Makin' The Best of Star Treký Even Better!
A MUST HAVE!!!!!!!!!!!
A Great Score For A Television Show
Stirring score for an epic tale

Star Trek - The Next Generation: Music From The Original Television Soundtrack, Volume Two (The Best Of Both Worlds)

Manufacturer: Gnp Crescendo
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001P0Y
Release Date: 1992-01-21

Tracks:

Star Trek: The Next Generation-Main Title
New Providence
Hansen's Message
Borg Engaged
First Attack
Borg Take Picard
Death Is Irrevelant
Away Team Ready
On The Borg Ship
Nodes
Captain Borg
Energy Weapon Fails
Humanity Taken
Contact Lost
Cemetery Of Dead Ships
Intervention
The Link
Sleep Command
Destruct Mode/Picard Is Back
Picard's Nightmare
Star Trek: The Next Generation-End Credit

Customer Reviews:

Awesome score.......2004-08-11

They should've gotten Ron Jones to do First Contact instead of Goldsmith. This is the kind of score you need for an epic battle with the Borg. Wonderful action sequences with stirring strings and threatening brass. And the Borg theme is just marvelous. Ron Jones or Dennis McCarthy or even Jay Chattaway should do all future Star Trek motion picture scores.

Makin' The Best of Star Treký Even Better!.......2002-06-22

I consider the two-parter The Best Of Both Worlds© to be Star Trek's most pivotal & influential episodes, and the soundtrack does a beautiful job in adding to the feel and suspense. Although Ron Jones' compositions on this CD aren't quite as ambitious as the tunes one would hear in the Star Trek movies, his efforts did help make these two watermark NextGen episodes seem truly grand and larger than life. The military style of some of the tunes also gives a warlike tone to the show, as the Enterprise and the Federation fight desperately to stop the Borg invasion.

Each track complements the scene it plays in almost perfectly. One good example is Hansen's Message©, which plays through the end of the scene in Part One when the crew sees the Borg ship for the first time. The moment itself is chilling, but with the music, along with the crescendo at the climax, it becomes even more suspenseful! Another great tune to complement the moment is Intervention©, heard in Part Two when Worf and Data sneak into the Borg ship to rescue Picard (now changed into the Borg Locutus) and get him back to the Enterprise.

Thanks to the synergy between the music and the scenes, The Best of Both Worlds© becomes a whole lot more than the sum of its visual & musical parts!

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A MUST HAVE!!!!!!!!!!!.......2002-03-16

I LOVE it it is so very relaxing to listen to on occations when you need a dose of Star Trek.

A Great Score For A Television Show.......2001-04-22

Without comparing this TV score to that of a film, I would consider this an excellent TV score. Hearing the Alexander Courage's version of Jerry Goldsmith's Star Trek theme really opens the album up. It is really a shame that it appears only once or twice in minor situations because then it would mean this score has some trace of thematic development like film scores do. The Borg theme, played by a synthesized chorus, sounds very mysterious yet somewhat hostile and threatening. You have to have seen the show to know what's happening because there's barely any thematic music to base what's happening on. The strings and celeste playing on the tracks before the borg encounter adds the sense of mysterious but foreshadowed danger. The battle tracks between the borg and Enterprise aren't upbeat like scores from John Williams or Horner but sound much more suspenseful and average-paced like on Crimson Tide. Ron Jones seems to back off on fast-paced string and brass parts and prefers edgy brass and percussion coupled with electronics. Away Team Ready is a haunting, military-like cue as some people prepare to board the borg ship. An unused cue for the exploration of the borg ship sounds very far and dissonant like on The Empire Strikes Back, Return Of The Jedi, and Aliens. Both are very original sounding. Let me admit that the music on the second and final fight between the Enterprise and Borg ship heats up but leaves more to be desired. Of course, this is a TV score scored under a period of a week so forget what I just said for any film score fan. After a bittersweet ending stopping with an afterthought, the brilliant Star Theme comes up for the credits and draws this score to a close. I recommend this original score for anyone who has seen the borg episode of TNG but don't expect a Star Wars score here for any film score collectors.

Stirring score for an epic tale.......2001-01-29

Fans of the syndicated television show "Star Trek: The Next Generation" may remember the two-part episode "The Best of Both Worlds" as a high point for the series, and for science fiction television in general. This cliffhanger and its resolution constituted the third season finale and fourth season premiere. In the story, the United Federation of Planets faces an invasion by the Borg, a seemingly unstoppable cybernetic race that "assimilates" whole civilizations into its insect-like "collective." Captain Picard and the crew of the Starship Enterprise represent the Federation's only hope against this relentless enemy.

Such an epic tale calls for an epic musical score, and composer Ron Jones delivers. His music pounds with excitement during the thrilling space battle sequences. He makes brilliant use of eerie musical effects to capture the alien nature of the Borg Collective and its dispassionate "drones." He also brings out all of the emotion of the heroic struggle of the Enterprise crew to save the Federation from conquest and assimilation. But it's not all big, bombastic space opera music; Jones also pays attention to more intimate moments between the crew.

Yes, "The Best of Both Worlds" was a landmark in the ongoing, multigenerational "Star Trek" saga, and Ron Jones' superb score is an integral part of the story. This is an essential disc for fans of science fiction soundtracks.

Star Trek - The Next Generation: Music From The Original TV Soundtrack (Encounter At Farpoint)
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The first three episodes of "Star Trek: The Next Generation"

A MUST HAVE!!

A MUST HAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Must- Have for Trekkies Worldwide!

Star Trek - The Next Generation: Music From The Original TV Soundtrack (Encounter At Farpoint)

Manufacturer: Gnp Crescendo
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001P08
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Star Trek: The Next Generation-Main Title - Jerry Goldsmith
Stardate
Troi Senses
Picard's Plan/First Chase
Detaching/Separation
Shaken/Court Time/There Goes Da Judge
USS Hood/On Manual
Star Trek: The Next Generation End Credit
Personal Log/Admiral/Old Lovers
Caverns
Splashing/The Woods/Memories
Scanned/Big Guns/Unknown
Revealed/Reaching Out
Departure
Main Title-Version #2 (Alternate M.T.)

Customer Reviews:

The first three episodes of "Star Trek: The Next Generation".......2006-02-23

"Encounter at Farpoint" (Written by D.C. Fontana and Gene Roddenberry, First aired September 28, 1987) was the two-hour pilot "movie" that introduced us to the new crew of the new starship "Enterprise-D" as they come together for the first time on "Star Trek: The Next Generation." The initial mission for the Galaxy-class starship is to check out Farpoint Station, which has been created on Deneb IV. Captain Jean-Luc Picard is not only trying to negotiate an agreement for Starfleet to use the station, but to try and learn how the Bandi built something that is clearly beyond their technological capabilities. But before they even get to the station, the "Enterprise" runs into Q, a mysterious and powerful being who puts the crew on trial for the sins of humanity. If Picard cannot convince Q to overturn the verdict, the crew will die (Warp 4).

In the second "part" of the story, the mission to Farpoint will be Picard's opportunity to prove the worth of humanity, but Q gives him only 24 hours to make his case. At Farpoint, Picard meets his new first officer and the rest of his crew, and on the planet's surface is surprised to discover that your wishes come true. Then a strange "ship" appears and starts blasting the Bandi city. You all know how small the Star Trek universe really is, so everything ends up being related and the "Enterprise" passes this initial test, because there are more episodes to come after this one (Warp 4.5).

In terms of the plot lines the first encounter with Q is of much more importance than solving the mystery of Farpoint Station. Little did we know that the trial would become the bookends for the series, but then I am betting that the creators did not know that either as the beginning. There is also a delightful cameo by DeForrest Kelly and the infamous "Imzadi" mental exchange between Riker and Troi that the producers quickly regretted (although eventually it would give us the best STNG book of the same title by Peter David). However, the masterstroke was the creation of Jean-Luc Picard and the casting of Patrick Stewart. Face it, one look at Picard and you know he is not Jim Kirk, but as soon as you hear that voice you just do not care.

An incredibly bad choice as the first episode to follow the two-part pilot, "The Naked Now" parallels "The Naked Time" episode from the original series. The key difference is that we had a much more solid understand of the characters on Star Trek before we watched them be stripped of their facades. The scene where Spock weeps for his parents and Kirk talks of his love for the Enterprise are emotionally significant because they have been set up by our complete understanding of these two characters. In "The Naked Now" the crew of this new Enterprise are still character types more than fully realized characters.

Consequently, this particular episode makes more sense out of context, if you fill in all that you learn about the characters in the years to come. But even from that perspective this a very shallow exploration of Picard and the others and just not worth the effort. "The Naked Now" continues some of the character and relationship exposition from the pilot, providing our first real proof of boy genius Wesley Crusher and the first hint of any feelings between Captain Picard and Doctor Crusher. The toss off scene of Tasha seducing Data does become poignant following her death, but right now it is just a joke (Warp 3).

I remember when I first watched this episode thinking it was not a good sign that the producers were already trying to rip-off the original Trek. When you watch the first season it becomes pretty clear that was exactly what they were trying to do with the vast majority of episodes. However, this particular episode represents the absolutely worst way to do so. The best, of course, would be the Deep Space Nine episode that blends so seemlessly with "The Trouble With Tribbles."

"Encounter at Farpoint" is worth a second look just to see how they laid the foundation for what was to come and even, in the show's second season, kicked it into warp drive. I still remember people actually gathering at my house to watch the first new "Star Trek" episode in two decades. As much as we cherish the original series because it gave us something so different from what we had to endure before in terms of science fiction on television, "Star Trek: The Next Generation" is really the flagship series in the franchise.

A MUST HAVE!!.......2002-03-16

I LOVE IT SO MUCH THAT ITS LIKE A BIBLE TO ME!!!!

A MUST HAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2002-03-16

I LOVE IT SO MUCH THAT ITS LIKE A BIBLE TO ME!!!!

A Must- Have for Trekkies Worldwide!.......2000-07-10

This cd is very good. It contains music from the pilot episode of Star Trek- The Next Generation, including the theme song. The music is very clear, without a lot of backround noise. It has provided many hours of enjoyable listening. I would recmmend this cd for all Star Trek fans. Also, check out the collection of Star Wars cds. They are really good too!

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