Star Trek the Original Series - the Music (Part II)

The Soundtrack Show

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Film History, Music History, Tv & Film, Music

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Before making it to air, Star Trek had not one, but two pilots scored by Alexander Courage. Once the first season finally went into production, it took five composers to pull it off. This episode explores the musical, financial and creative realities of 1960s television music production, as we discuss the scores for these two pilots, and the creation of some of the show's musical sound effects. We are also introduced to season one's other four composers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Time for Diet Coke, mate. Yes, yes, yes!
0:12.0	Da-da-da-da-da-da!
0:14.0	I really need a good zap.
0:16.0	Love what you love. Diet Coke.
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0:23.0	plus hundreds of prizes curated by Kate Moss.
0:26.0	From a Paxen store, 18 plus T's and C's visit Coke.co.uk slash break.
0:35.0	Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats.
0:37.0	Our show is about to begin.
0:40.0	Though Star Trek eventually made it to TV,
0:43.0	its first season was only Greenlit after two very different pilot episodes,
0:49.0	both scored by Alexander Courage.
0:51.0	From there, Courage scored music for the rest of the first season
0:55.0	along with four other composers.
0:58.0	Fred Steiner, Saul Kaplan, Joseph Mullendor, and Gerald Freed.
1:04.0	This is The Soundtrack Show.
1:25.0	Music
1:43.0	Welcome back to The Soundtrack Show. I'm your host, David W. Collins.
1:46.0	And this episode has us boldly going right into our five composer mission,
1:51.0	the first season of Star Trek, the original series,
1:54.0	which aired on NBC beginning on September 8, 1966,
1:59.0	with season one's last episode airing on April 13, 1967.
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