COMING SOON: 'STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES' SOUNDTRACK COLLECTION

A world without the original STAR TREK series, and its classic music, is unthinkable!  Image: CBS PARAMOUNT.

When one thinks of the incredible legacy of the original game-changing STAR TREK television series created by Gene Roddenberry, we all remember the great cast of characters and the colourful, exciting, strong and memorable storytelling. But vitally, and just as importantly, we also loved the shows music. Not just the stirring original theme composed by Alexander Courage that came through our television sets each week heralding a new adventure to be savoured, but its regular thematic incidental music, too, brought to such vivid life by the acclaimed likes of film composers such as Jerry Finnerman (a later favourite of Clint Eatswood's), Gerald Fried, Sol Kaplan (whose music for THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE remains as menacing (almost pre-JAWS like) and haunting as ever), Fred Steiner and George Duning. Geniuses all, and never equalled nor bettered on the small-screen for their compositions of spirited drama, colourful action and always romantic emotions. So much so that subsequent STAR TREK spin- off series in the late eighties just couldn't compete and, for the most part, didn't bother to do so-presumably a deliberate decision made by the then production teams. The Original Series music may be part of the sixties but it has a life of its own now which has transcended its pop culture birth. It endures in the hearts and minds of the worlds fans and much remembered by general audiences, remaining as endlessly compelling and lovely to hear in the episodes as ever.

The Original Series soundtrack collection: coming soon...

Several compositions of music from the Original Series were released on album and cd in the mid to late eighties, with varying results, of which some featured specially recorded new orchestrated recordings. But now, in a recent wonderful announcement, those brilliant folks at the new La-La Land Records company have worked closely and dedicatedly with CBS PARAMOUNT to create a genuinely beautiful and lovingly crafted fifteen (yes, fifteen!) disc set, with a special 100 page accompanying book, that will feature all the music (included unused cues) composed for the Original Series and its three iconic seasons, and all remastered to the highest quality control standards possible...

Check out this great behind the scenes feature for what looks set to be one of the great soundtrack releases of the year, possibly ever, later this fall...Star Trek: The Original Series Soundtrack Collection- Behind the Score - YouTube

Whilst we wait, why not check out these lovely and very cool retro posters for selected episodes of the Classic Series: The final frontier goes far-out in 4 retro Star Trek: TOS posters | Blastr 

Plus, this lovely new animated tribute to the shows legendary main titles from The Quintek Group: Star Trek Alternate Title Intro on Vimeo