Star Trek [Varese Score]

Performer: Original Soundtrack/Michael Giacchino
Engineer: Alex Levy; Stephen M. Davis; Dan Wallin
Producer: Michael Giacchino; Michael Giacchino; Bryan Burk; J.J. Abrams
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Composer: Michael Giacchino. Personnel: Susie Stevens Logan, Amber Erwin, Karen Whipple Schnurr, Joanna Bushnell, Sandie Hall, Renee Burkett, Linda Harmon, Sally Stevens, Beth Anderson , Elin Carlson, Teri Koide, Elissa Johnston (soprano); Jennifer Barnes, Clydene Jackson, Edie Lehmann-Boddicker, Karen Harper, Luana Jackman, Donna Medine, Debbie Hall Gleason, Cindy Bourquin, Christa Gates, Andrea Datzman, Zoe Chernov, Bobbi Page, Carmen Twillie (alto); Craig Copeland, Greg Whipple, Guy Maeda, Amick Byram, Rick Logan, Walt Harrah, Gerald White, Greg Jasperse (tenor); Eric Bradley, Roger Freeland, Tonoccus McClain, Reid Bruton, Gregg Geiger, Vatsche Barsoumian, Larry Kenton, Michael Geiger (bass voice); Karl Verheyen, George Doering (guitar); Gayle Levant (harp); Jean Sudbury, John Wittenberg, Cameron Patrick, Rebecca Bunnell, Songa Lee, Razdan Kutumjain, Alan Grunfeld, Vladimir Polimatidi, Robert Matsuda, Laurence Greenfield, Harris Goldman, Debra Price, Barbara Porter, Shari Zippert, Gina Kronstadt, Ken Yerke, Ronald Folsom, Charles Everett, Alexander Shlifer, Terence Glenny, Sungil Lee, Olivia Yi Tsui, Ezra Kliger, Joel Derouin, Mark Robertson , Sid Page, Clayton Haslop, Peter Kent, Shalini Vijayan, Jim Sitterly, Armen Garabedian, Galina Golovin, Belinda Broughton, Norm Hughes, Ronald Clark, Charlie Bisharat, Julian Hallmark, Haim Shtrum (violin); Jorge Moraga, Caroline Buckman, Marda Todd, Karie Prescott, Mimi Granat, Alan Busteed, Raymond Tischer, Michael Nowak, Pamela Goldsmith, Karen Elaine, Janet Lakatos, Richard Rintoul, David Stenske, Evan Wilson, Andrew Picken, Harry Shirinian, Alma Fernandez, Darrin McCann, Denyse Buffum (viola); Mathew Cooker, Vahe Hayrikyan, Kevan Torfeh, Suzie Katayama, Larry Corbett, Armen Ksadjikian, Richard Naill, Steven Richards, Daniel Smith, Rudolph Stein, Stefanie Fife, Alexander Zhiroff, Victor Lawrence (cello); Stephen Kujala, Richard Mitchell, Robert Shulgold (flute); Michael Vacarro, Chris Bleth (clarinet); John Mitchell (bass clarinet); John Yoakum, Joseph Stone (oboe); Andrew Radford, Peter Mandell (bassoon); Jon Lewis, Jeff Bunnell, Paul Salvo, David Washburn, Malcolm McNab (trumpet); Phillip Edward Yao, Diane Muller, Brad Waarnar, Steven Durnin, John Reynolds, Joseph Meyer , John Lorge, Kurt Snyder, Rick Todd, Brian O'Connor (French horn); Kenneth Kugler, Alan Kaplan, Alexander Iles, Charles Loper (trombone); William Reichenbach (bass trombone); John Van Houten, Norman Pearson, Jim Self (tuba); Mark Gasbarro (piano); Peter Doubrovsky, Timothy Emmons, Sarah Mandell, Norm Ludwin, David Stone, Nico Carmine Abondolo, Karl Vincent (double bass); Don Williams (timpani); Emil Radocchia, Alex Necioscup-Acuna, Michael Englander, Bernard Dresel, Walter Rodriguez, Daniel Greco (percussion). Audio Mixer: Dan Wallin. Audio Remasterer: Erick Labson. Liner Note Author: J. J. Abrams. Recording information: Eastwood Scoring Stage, Warner Bros. Studio; Streisand Scoring Stage, Sony Pictures Studios. Ensemble: Hollywood Studio Symphony. Arrangers: Michael Giacchino; Larry Kenton; Chris Tilton; Chad Selter; Tim Simonec; Richard Bronskill; Jack Hayes; Peter Boyer. Grammy Award winner Michael Giacchino tries his hand at the hallowed franchise. Rebooting a 40-year franchise is no easy task. Yet LOST mastermind JJ Abrams has taken STAR TREK under his wing to update the futuristic space saga as a prequel, pitting younger incarnations of iconic characters like Kirk and Spock against an alien menace, before the launch of the original 1960s television series. Grammy and Emmy Award-winning composer Michael Giacchino (LOST, RATATOUILLE, CLOVERFIELD) was tapped to provide a fresh, energetic score to the new film. Taking a cue from David Arnold and the James Bond prequel CASINO ROYALE, Giacchino's music is completely new and only brings the classic theme music into the score during the closing credits. STAR TREK is a hallowed franchise, with the likes of James Horner, Jerry Goldsmith, and Alexander Courage setting the past musical backdrops. This is a tall order for Giacchino, but his vibrant incidental themes weave into the canon seamlessly. Composer Michael Giacchino (Alias, Lost, Mission: Impossible 3), no stranger to the hyper-adrenalized worlds conjured by director J.J. Abrams, decided to "boldly go where no man has gone before" for the 2009 reboot of one of the most beloved science fiction franchises in history. To be fair, Giacchino's wildly heroic re-imagining of the Star Trek universe cribs the occasional motif from Jerry Goldsmith's original score (the end credits majestically weave in the original Alexander Courage-penned television theme), but it's more of a tip of the hat than an act of submission. Like any sci-fi score worth its weight in collapsing stars, the 11th big-screen voyage of the Starship Enterprise is propelled by bold, brass-led melodies that echo the heydays of the great Hollywood Westerns, and Giacchino has crafted a memorable, classic (in the silver screen sense) rendering of that pioneering spirit. Stoic, regal, and undeniably fun, Giacchino's Star Trek is a worthy successor to one of the great space opera themes of the 20th century. ~ James Christopher Monger

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