Star Trek - Enterprise [ECD] - Original Soundtrack

Advantages: One of the best Star Trek scores ever
Disadvantages: A bit repetitious at times

...Star Trek V: The Final Frontier came out in 1989 and was highly anticipated by fans, especially since the last three Trek movies had been such successes and The Next Generation TV series (airing since 1987) had also been gaining in popularity in the mainstream of audiences. Directed by William Shatner, this would be the first original crew feature in the new Enterprise-A, filled with religious mysticism, Klingons and a misguided Vulcan. So everything seemed to be in order; alas, the film was a great disappointment. It fared extremely badly and has been often called the worst Star Trek movie ever. It simply does not strike the right buttons the previous Star Trek films did on any point. The comedy seemed forced, overwhelming the dramatic aspects of the story, the special effects were lousy, there were numerous editorial mistakes very... Read review

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Advantages: A reasonably good overture
Disadvantages: The merits end there

...'s appearance in "The Whaler" is quite embarrassing and the introduction of the new Enterprise-A doesn't raise to the occasion of making a grand enough fanfare that such a scene would require. Rosenman's Vulcan theme makes only two appearances during the entirety of the film which is unfortunate and the signature fanfare of Alexander Courage makes only short appearances in the beginning and end of the movie. Many Star Trek fans and soundtrack collectors were outraged by this music, and therefore were also mad at director Leonard Nimoy for his choice. And even more so, when it was nominated for an Academy Award, ironically the only Star Trek score that has ever been nominated for the award. All in all, this is a must have ONLY if you are making a Star Trek soundtrack collection, otherwise, don't bother wasting your money on this clunker. Apart from... Read review

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Advantages: A Goldsmith classic, absolutely brilliant
Disadvantages: Main theme maybe too familiar

...from the heroic nature of the main theme Goldsmith came up with). Goldsmith was originally afforded with very little time to compose and record the score, but the result was one of his greatest classics ever and it is definitely one of his best. Goldsmith began by writing the cue "The Enterprise" where the main theme is developed to it's fullest over the course of six minutes, making a great highlight of the score and from there on the music developed into many different directions. The main fanfare was exactly what was required. It was instantly memorable, pompous and, like its Star Wars counterpart, has become perhaps a little too well known. The performance is a little more simple than in later Goldsmith Trek's, but for a first appearance is well-enough presented. This fanfare is particularly prominent in the beginning of the film in... Read review

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