The identical is true of the brand new theme music by Filmation composer Ray Ellis, below the pseudonym Yvette Blais and Jeff Michael. At occasions, the TAS theme captures the sense of marvel discovered within the Unique Collection theme. However too usually it’s skinny and tinny, hampered by flat orchestration and poorly-recorded horns. The composition itself isn’t too unhealthy, however it feels quintessentially Seventies, dated in a means the perfect themes don’t. As an alternative of boldly going, The Animated Collection theme retains issues caught on this planet of Filmation.
10. Star Trek: Picard
Star Trek: Picard needed to maneuver the principle character away from the revered captain we knew from The Subsequent Technology. This was an older, extra contemplative man, dwelling in shame from even the group by way of which he constructed his legend. The Picard theme by Jeff Russo displays these intentions, a tender, nearly discordant piece of music that eschews the stirring confidence of the opposite themes.
Russo works in components of earlier Star Trek music, specifically the march of the TNG theme and the tune from “The Inside Gentle.” However no half connects with the opposite, feeling like a sequence of fragments greater than an entire complete. Though one appreciates the daring in Russo’s composition for Picard, it’s a lot much less gratifying than a lot of the different themes. A good suggestion in principle, however not in execution, like a lot of Picard itself.
9. Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds
A lot of Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds is about making one thing new with the acquainted. Spun off from the very totally different Discovery, Unusual New Worlds places viewers again on the Enterprise, full of acquainted characters, together with Uhura, Spock, and James T. Kirk himself. The theme by Jeff Russo tries to do the identical, proper right down to the normal spoken phrase intro, this time delivered by Anson Mount as Captain Pike.
Besides, in contrast to the remainder of SNW, the theme appears like a retread of glory days as an alternative of a brand new interpretation of traditional concepts. The track isn’t unhealthy, combining the marching cadence of the TOS theme with the wistful hope of the trendy themes. It’s a satisfying composition, but in addition unsurprising. It sounds extra like an replace of the traditional Trek theme, which isn’t unhealthy, however is a bit underwhelming.
8. Star Trek: Decrease Decks
Nearly each grievance lodged in opposition to the theme for Unusual New Worlds additionally applies to Star Trek: Decrease Decks. Though much more irreverent, Decrease Decks goes again to a fan-favorite cut-off date, in the course of the Nineteen Nineties sequence, and its theme displays that setting. Chris Westlake, who labored with showrunner Mike McMahan on Photo voltaic Opposites, emulates the tone of ’90s Trek reveals, particularly TNG.
