Amazon.com After a decade of nascent cult fanaticism, Star Trek was finally reborn in 1979, given new life by an epic-sized feature-film production that all but squashed the quaint humanity that had been one of the original television series' most compelling elements (the producers got it right on Wrath of Khan and seldom looked back). Jerry Goldsmith's score, alternating robust heroics with alien mystique, is arguably the most memorable element of Star Trek: The Motion Picture; indeed, its main theme has heralded the voyages of the Enterprise in TV and film adventures ever since. This slipcased new edition resequences Goldsmith's music and supplements it with 25 minutes of previously unreleased, typically masterful cues. The set's "bonus" disc, Inside Star Trek with Gene Roddenberry, appeals to more polarized audiences: veteran Trekkers and shameless lovers of pop-culture kitsch. This 1976 artifact (previously unreleased on CD) was one of the first "official" efforts to address the show's burgeoning postcancellation popularity and features Trek creator Roddenberry ruminating earnestly about the show's origins and meanings with the likes of William Shatner and DeForest Kelley (who gives an eerily prescient lecture on the foibles of modern health care). Also features new narration by Nichelle "Uhuru" Nichols. Bonus points: Shatner doesn't sing! --Jerry McCulley
Love it, but would like a future version with the COMPLETE scoreFebruary 4, 2010 Michael Kinsella(Chicago) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is one of my favorite film scores, so I couldn't give it less than 5 Stars, but I'd gladly give it 6 if only it included the entire score. Granted, the 1999 release is a vast improvement over the original soundtrack album release back in 1979 by including cues like "Total Logic" and "Floating Office", but being a purist I'd like some of the missing cues, including alternate takes (the original, rejected version of "The Enterprise" cue, for instance) and some cues that Goldsmith scored and recorded, but were not used ultimately in the original film release. For example, Goldsmith wrote an eerie cue for the Ilia Probe's first appearance in the sonic shower (This was added back by Wise in his Director's Cut of the film). Take a lesson from the splendid 2 disc release of "Superman-The Movie"-I'd gladly trade the missing cues for the interviews with Roddenberry, Shatner, et. al.
Timeless!June 14, 2009 Geoffrey Pyrzynski 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The music to this film was amazing! I also too a look at the small info booklet inside of the case and found out that the artist who made such a wonderful score had been working on this film score all the way to just a few days before the permier of the movie! His hard work has really come through in this CD!
DissappointingMay 29, 2009 SFF Buff 1 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have long loved the soundtrack to this movie and have wanted to get a CD copy of it. I decided to download from Amazon instead and was very dissapointed. Instead of saving as two separate discs, the tracks from both discs were mixed (disc 1 track 1, disc 2 track 1, disc 1 track 2, disc 2 track 2, etc.) In addition, because of the track seperations of disc 1, each track ends abruptly and finishes up in the next track on disc 1. It is better than nothing but only barely.
Not as good as I had hoped.August 23, 2007 ghostbuster28(Middle of the US) 1 out of 19 found this review helpful
Believe it or not I am new to the Star trek world. I got this one and some other ST movies. I knew about the characters due to the pop culture effect it has had on society. But it took to long to get started and was slow and boring in several parts.
Holographic SlipcaseMay 6, 2007 Gary L. Stuart 2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The disc is as advertised but I did not get the holographic slip cover instead I received the slip cover from Star Trek the Motion Picture.
This is a minor disappointment but the music is still the same.
If you purchase this disc you may or may not receive the Holographic Slipcase as advertised.
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