romanD wrote:Eidelman's Theme worked quite fine for me... Rosenman however was horrible, Horner was great...
NEMESIS score was a bit nicer as Jerry used some from Part 1 again, but on the other scores he just went through autopilot (well, on Nemesis' actionparts he did, too).
Tyler might be fine for ST11, if it ever happens. Maybe they give Jay Chattaway or Dennis McCarthy a chance (whose score for PArt 7 isn't bad either, though there is a rumor that he didn't write large parts of it himself).
Goldsmith on auto pilot on TMP?? On TREK V?? Sorry Roman those are two FABULOUS scores!
The Next Gen scores of his -- I agree portions of them are on autopilot. Joel's music in FIRST CONTACT is totally routine and NEMESIS is sadly the weakest of his Trek works. Very disappointing, but then again, the movie didn't give him a whole lot to work with.
Some other Trek thoughts:
Rosenman's IV score was absolutely perfect for THAT FILM. Horner's beautiful but dense music wouldn't have worked in that installment, and Goldsmith has never played comedy particularly well, IMO.
As time has worn on, I've really soured on Eidelman's VI score. It's just too dark, too heavy, and frankly forgettable. Kind of like the movie, it was efficient but not inspired.
I think McCarthy's GENERATIONS score was one of the highlights of that movie, and was quite underrated. The movie itself -- what a disaster. Nice moments but the entire Kirk angle was a joke!
To kill off the captain of the Enterprise the way they did was inexplicable and in some ways began the whole downward spiral of the franchise altogether.
I agree with Trevor -- their concept for the film just doesn't sound too appealing to me (and which concept is it -- the inter-series cast reunion or the "early days"?). Better to take a hiatus and then later come back with something fresh.
