Star Trek (science fiction, starring William Shatner)
(NBC Primetime, 1966 - 1969;
Syndicated)
[others in the ensemble cast included Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley,
James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, and Nichelle Nichols;
A number of "Star Trek" motion pictures were produced beginning
in 1979; The "Star Trek" franchise refused to die, and eventually
several sequel TV series with various other casts included:
"Star Trek" (animated cartoon) (NBC Saturdays, 1973 - 1975),
"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (Syndicated, 1987 - 1994)
"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (Syndicated, 1992), and
"Star Trek: Voyager (Syndicated, 1995)
"Enterprise" (Syndicated, 2001)]
Billboard Theme: "Spaceship Titles"
[this is the famous introductory cue used behind the "billboard"
sequence -- featuring the "Captain's Log" narration; and the
Enterprise space ship flyby. The cue seques into two of the Main
Title THEMEs below. This cue was adapted and arranged by
Joseph Mullendore using 3 notes from the first 8-note phrase
in Alexander Courage's Main THEME, and supplying the rest of it
himself. Mullendore also supplied the sparkling obligato background.]
Composer: Alexander M. ("Sandy") Courage (ASCAP/BMI), and
Joseph ("Joe") Mullendore (ASCAP/BMI)
1978 Publisher: [unknown]
[listed without publisher in the BMI repertoire database...
but it is probably]:
2000 Publisher: Addax Music Company (ASCAP)
c/o Famous Music Corporation
of Los Angeles, CA
Copyright Date:
Renewal Date:
Recordings:
Main Theme 1: "Theme from 'Star Trek'"
[aka: "Star Trek Theme"]
Composer: music by Alexander M. ("Sandy") Courage (ASCAP/BMI), with
lyrics added by Gene Roddenberry (not affiliated)
[producer of the series]
1978 Publisher: [unknown]
2000 Publisher: Bruin Music Company (BMI),
c/o Ensign Music
of New York, NY
Copyright Date: Dec. 27, 1966; Eu 974 447.
Recordings:
Theme 2 (for the first episode of Season Two):
"Star Trek Theme"
[this was a secondary theme which originated as an opening cue
for an Episode, but was not spotted in that way afterwards, but
showed up tracked in the series a few more times.]
Composer: Gerald Fried (ASCAP)
1978 Publisher: [unknown]
2000 Publisher: Addax Music Company, Inc. (ASCAP)
c/o Famous Music Corporation
of Los Angeles, CA
[as "Star Trek Cues"]:
Date of Creation: 1967
[as "Star Trek Cues"]:
Copyright Date: July 13, 1995; PA-771-002.
Renewal Date:
Recordings:
Theme 3 (for the 1973 animated cartoon version):
"Star Trek Theme (M&E) Signature"
Composers: Yvette H. Blais (ASCAP), and
Norman ("Norm") Prescott (ASCAP)
[also producer of the series]
1978 Publisher: Shermley Music Co. (ASCAP)
2000 Publisher: RHI Television Music Co. (ASCAP)
c/o WB Music Corp.,
a div. of Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.,
of Los Angeles, CA
Copyright Date:
Renewal Date:
Recordings:
Theme 4 (1987): "Star Trek: Next Generation Main
Title"
[aka: "Main Title from 'Star Trek--The Motion Picture'";
aka: "Main Theme from 'Star Trek--The Motion Picture'";
This was the Main Title originally composed for the first movie
version of "Star Trek" in 1979; preceded by the introductory
"Spaceship Titles" described above -- which was a cue adapted and
arranged by Joseph Mullendore from a phrase in Alexander Courage's
THEME for the original TV series. Mullendore used 3 of Courage's
8 melody notes from the first phrase of the TV THEME melody.
The rest of "Spaceship Titles" and its sparkling obligato background
appears to be original with Mullendore. But over time, credit has
shifted to give Alexander Courage full credit for this famous cue.
Mullendore's name is not credited for this Main Title, as it is
on the original "Spaceship Titles" cue. Yet Mullendore apparently
had more to do with it than Alexander Courage...]
Composers: Alexander M. ("Sandy") Courage (ASCAP/BMI), and
Jerry Goldsmith (ASCAP/BMI)
[professional name of Jerrald King Goldsmith]
1978 Publisher: [unknown]
2000 Publisher: Bruin Music Company (BMI),
c/o Ensign Music
of New York, NY;
Ensign Music Corporation (BMI),
of New York, NY
[as "Theme from 'Star Trek--the Motion Picture'"]:
Copyright Date: Nov. 30, 1979; PAu 157-145.
Recordings:
Theme 5 (1992): "Theme from 'Star Trek: Deep Space
Nine'"
[above is title as filed for copyright;
aka ASCAP title: "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Theme"
aka ASCAP title: "Deep Space Nine Theme"]
Composer: Dennis McCarthy (ASCAP)
2000 Publisher: Addax Music Company, Inc. (ASCAP)
c/o Famous Music Corporation
of Los Angeles, CA
Date of Creation: 1992.
Copyright Date: April 5, 1993; PA-609-790.
Renewal Date:
Recordings:
Theme 6 (1995): "Star Trek: Voyager, theme from
the Paramount Television Series"
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith (ASCAP/BMI)
[professional name of Jerrald King Goldsmith]
2000 Publisher: Bruin Music Company (BMI),
c/o Ensign Music
of New York, NY
Creation Date: 1994
Copyright Date: March 6, 1995; PAu-1-952-211.
Renewal Date:
Recordings:
Theme 7 (for Enterprise, 2001): "Where Will My
Heart Take Me?"
[ASCAP title variations...
aka: "Theme from 'Enterprise'";
aka: "Enterprise Theme";
aka: "Enterprise (Theme)"]
Composer: Diane Eve Warren (ASCAP)
2000 Publishers: Addax Music Company, Inc. (ASCAP)
c/o Famous Music Corporation
of Los Angeles, CA; and
Universal-MCA Music Publishing (ASCAP)
a div. of Universal Studios, Inc.
of Los Angeles, CA
Creation Date: 2001
Copyright Date:
Renewal Date:
Recordings:
Cue Composers for the Original "Star Trek" Series (1966 - 1969):
Many veteran Hollywood Film/TV composers worked on the original
series -- providing custom scores for specific episodes, and the
cues from these episodes, which ended up in the library used to
"track" some epsiodes. (A certain percentage of episodes could be
"tracked" according to musician union contract with Desilu in the
1960s.)
More details about the music for this legendary series and
several sequel series and films can be found in Jeff Bond's 1999
book, "The Music Of Star Trek -- Profiles In Style", published by
Lone Eagle Publishing Co., of Los Angeles, CA.
Listed in Alphabetical order, the cue composers who scored
the first "Star Trek" TV series were:
Courage, Alexander M. ("Sandy")
Ditmars, Ivan
Duning, George
Fielding, Jerry
Fried, Gerald ("Gerry")
Goldsmith, Jerrald K. ("Jerry")
Kaplan, Sol
Matlovsky, Samuel
Mullendore, Joseph
Steiner, Frederick ("Fred")
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