Jay 37,371 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION Encounter at Farpoint / The Arsenal of FreedomExpanded Collector's Edition Fans of Star Trek TM were thrilled in 1987 to welcome the launch of a new series expanding the Trek universe: Star Trek: The Next Generation. Soon after, GNP Crescendo Records was equally excited to release Dennis McCarthy’s score for the opening two-hour pilot episode, “Encounter at Farpoint.” Now, GNP Crescendo is releasing an Expanded Collector’s Edition of that same pioneering score, including even more of McCarthy’s dramatic music, newly mixed and mastered from the original multi-track elements under the supervision of the composer.McCarthy—who has written more music for the franchise than any other composer—wrote over 40 minutes of brash and colorful music for “Encounter at Farpoint,” establishing the bright, dynamic style he would maintain throughout the show’s first season. He made frequent use of Alexander Courage’s iconic Star Trek fanfare, as well as a new, heroic theme for the captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise, Jean-Luc Picard. Typical of early Next Generation scores, the music manifests a post-Star Wars sound, symphonic and often reflective of the hammering rhythms and surging chords of Holst’s “Mars, the Bringer of War” from The Planets in its treatment of action and space battles.As a bonus, this new CD also includes the world premiere release of McCarthy’s score to “The Arsenal of Freedom,” an action-packed episode from late in the first season. The CD concludes with several bonus and alternate cues from “Encounter at Farpoint”—including McCarthy’s unused main title theme (which was replaced with Jerry Goldsmith’s theme from Star Trek: The Motion Picture for the series). This latest release in GNP Crescendo’s continuing commitment to preserving the musical legacy of Star Trek includes a 16-page booklet with informative notes by Jeff Bond, author of The Music of Star Trek—incorporating comments from the composer.TRACK LIST1. Star Trek: The Next Generation Main Title (1st Season) 1:45Encounter at Farpoint2. Stardate 1:423. Troi Senses / First Freeze 2:154. Stalled / Picard's Plan / First Chase 4:485. Detaching / Saucer Separation 2:386. Shaken / Court Time / Freeze Out / Fair Trial / Out of Order 2:577. There Goes Da Judge / U.S.S. Hood / Magic Apples / Magic Apples (alternate) / Dialog-osity / Shopping Twitch 2:258. Hovering / On Manually 3:199. First Look / Admiral 1:0410. Orbiting / Personal Log 0:5311. Old Lovers 1:1412. Sensing / Tasty / The Woods 1:3913. Splashing / Planet Surface / Underground / Caverns 2:2514. Memories / Unknown 2:2715. Scanned / Big Guns / Typical 2:4216. Inside / Q Returns 2:3517. Revealed / Reaching Out 4:1118. Departure 1:09 Total Time 41:07The Arsenal of Freedom19. Minos / Promo 2:1820. Surface Jaunt / Image / Encased 4:0521. Circling / Beaming / Second Wave / Shields Up 2:0022. Cloaking / Tossed / Near Miss 4:1723. Hit or Miss / Global / Separation / Sales Pitch / Bad News 4:3324. Earned the Right / Ralph Williams 5:0225. Star Trek: The Next Generation End Title (1st Season - long version) 1:02 Total Time 22:31Encounter at Farpoint Bonus Tracks26. Picard's Theme 0:2227. MFX53 (synth drone) 0:2428. M15 (unused sting) / M16 (unused sting) 0:1629. M25A / M25B / M25B-2 (unused source) 0:4830. M52A / M52B (unused stings) 0:21 Total Time 2:2231. Star Trek: The Next Generation Main Title (1st Season) 1:44 Total Disc Time 70:44http://store.gnpcrescendo.com/new/http://store.gnpcrescendo.com/new/product_info.php?products_id=236http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm/ID/26712/http://www.moviemusic.com/soundtrack/M09297/startrek-tng-encounter/http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.8586/.fWell, that came out of nowhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwb 0 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I guess they figure they might as well get more Trek out while they can and its hot. Certainly not a bad thing, although not sure if I am liking mixing different episodes onto one disc. The previous BOBW made sense because it was a two parter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 It's nothing new for GNP Crescendo. Volume 3 from 1993 contained cues from the episodes Yesterday's Enterprise, Unification I & II, and Hollow Pursuits, but the common thread was that they were composed by Dennis McCarthy. Volume 4 featured material from seven episodes, all by Jay Chattaway. And of course, LLL's recent TNG Volume 1 covered both composers plus a smattering of others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwb 0 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Oh, I'm aware they did it before, was just hoping that wouldn't be revisited. I prefer the multi box sets of various episodes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Well between The Ron Jones Project and the various episodes covered in LLL's box set, and the episodes not previously released by GNP Crescendo....is there any decent TNG music left worth buying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwb 0 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 TONS. They could do another 2, 3, or 4 disc set. La La pretty much hinted at one more TNG box set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I agree with Jason this is out of the blue.It's nothing new for GNP Crescendo. Volume 3 from 1993 contained cues from the episodes Yesterday's Enterprise, Unification I & II, and Hollow Pursuits, but the common thread was that they were composed by Dennis McCarthy. Volume 4 featured material from seven episodes, all by Jay Chattaway. And of course, LLL's recent TNG Volume 1 covered both composers plus a smattering of others.Arsenal Of Freedom has never been represented on CD before. However I'm surprised and happy to see it with this release. It's a fun episode and has a fun score too.Also yes there are still episodes that haven't been covered yet. I doubt they will ALL get released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Oh, I'm aware they did it before, was just hoping that wouldn't be revisited. I prefer the multi box sets of various episodes.The Ron Jones box didnt sell very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwb 0 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I didn't hear that.According to MV the TNG Volume 1 box set sold well. If the Ron Jones didn't I would say the reason would be its price. I guarantee the Original Series box set isn't doing well either because of price too, not because the interest isn't there.The Ron Jones set is fantastic, but could have done better if it was spread across volumes so people could justify spending the $ in smaller amounts over time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 The Ron Jones box costs too much money and frankly...has too much music. It's too daunting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I bought both big box sets but right now they're effectively bookends for the smaller sets of music I have made the time to hear fully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I didn't buy the TOS set because there's only a few episodes I wanted and it would have collected dust on my CD shelf. I bought the Ron Jones set since most of those I really wanted for a long time.Yes jwb is correct about the TNG Volume 1 from LLL had sold very well. MV himself posted on FSM saying such and dispelling rumors about it selling badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,371 Posted February 11, 2014 Author Share Posted February 11, 2014 Finally found the press releaseSTAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION Encounter at Farpoint / The Arsenal of FreedomExpanded Collector's Edition Fans of Star Trek TM were thrilled in 1987 to welcome the launch of a new series expanding the Trek universe: Star Trek: The Next Generation. Soon after, GNP Crescendo Records was equally excited to release Dennis McCarthy’s score for the opening two-hour pilot episode, “Encounter at Farpoint.” Now, GNP Crescendo is releasing an Expanded Collector’s Edition of that same pioneering score, including even more of McCarthy’s dramatic music, newly mixed and mastered from the original multi-track elements under the supervision of the composer.McCarthy—who has written more music for the franchise than any other composer—wrote over 40 minutes of brash and colorful music for “Encounter at Farpoint,” establishing the bright, dynamic style he would maintain throughout the show’s first season. He made frequent use of Alexander Courage’s iconic Star Trek fanfare, as well as a new, heroic theme for the captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise, Jean-Luc Picard. Typical of early Next Generation scores, the music manifests a post-Star Wars sound, symphonic and often reflective of the hammering rhythms and surging chords of Holst’s “Mars, the Bringer of War” from The Planets in its treatment of action and space battles.As a bonus, this new CD also includes the world premiere release of McCarthy’s score to “The Arsenal of Freedom,” an action-packed episode from late in the first season. The CD concludes with several bonus and alternate cues from “Encounter at Farpoint”—including McCarthy’s unused main title theme (which was replaced with Jerry Goldsmith’s theme from Star Trek: The Motion Picture for the series). This latest release in GNP Crescendo’s continuing commitment to preserving the musical legacy of Star Trek includes a 16-page booklet with informative notes by Jeff Bond, author of The Music of Star Trek—incorporating comments from the composer.1. Star Trek: The Next Generation Main Title (1st Season) 1:45 Encounter at Farpoint2. Stardate 1:423. Troi Senses / First Freeze 2:154. Stalled / Picard's Plan / First Chase 4:485. Detaching / Saucer Separation 2:386. Shaken / Court Time / Freeze Out / Fair Trial / Out of Order 2:577. There Goes Da Judge / U.S.S. Hood / Magic Apples / Magic Apples (alternate) / Dialog-osity / Shopping Twitch 2:258. Hovering / On Manually 3:199. First Look / Admiral 1:0410. Orbiting / Personal Log 0:5311. Old Lovers 1:1412. Sensing / Tasty / The Woods 1:3913. Splashing / Planet Surface / Underground / Caverns 2:2514. Memories / Unknown 2:2715. Scanned / Big Guns / Typical 2:4216. Inside / Q Returns 2:3517. Revealed / Reaching Out 4:1118. Departure 1:09 Total Time 41:07 The Arsenal of Freedom19. Minos / Promo 2:1820. Surface Jaunt / Image / Encased 4:0521. Circling / Beaming / Second Wave / Shields Up 2:0022. Cloaking / Tossed / Near Miss 4:1723. Hit or Miss / Global / Separation / Sales Pitch / Bad News 4:3324. Earned the Right / Ralph Williams 5:0225. Star Trek: The Next Generation End Title (1st Season - long version) 1:02 Total Time 22:31 Encounter at Farpoint Bonus Tracks26. Picard's Theme 0:2227. MFX53 (synth drone) 0:2428. M15 (unused sting) / M16 (unused sting) 0:1629. M25A / M25B / M25B-2 (unused source) 0:4830. M52A / M52B (unused stings) 0:21 Total Time 2:22 31. Star Trek: The Next Generation Main Title (1st Season) 1:44 Total Disc Time 70:44http://store.gnpcrescendo.com/new/http://store.gnpcrescendo.com/new/product_info.php?products_id=236http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm/ID/26712/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Like the episode, the score hasnt aged well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,371 Posted February 11, 2014 Author Share Posted February 11, 2014 Big version of the cover available at Trekcorehttp://trekcore.com/blog/2014/02/expanded-encounter-at-farpoint-and-arsenal-of-freedom-soundtrack-coming-february-26/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneBuckFilms 323 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 This is definitely a worthy upgrade to the original CD, and I certainly enjoy the score, so it's an easy choice for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManofDestiny 71 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Can't find it in moviemusic.com......Anyway, I don't think it will sell out soon, so I will wait and order it with Matrix Revolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Can't find it in moviemusic.com......Anyway, I don't think it will sell out soon, so I will wait and order it with Matrix Revolution.It's right here...http://www.moviemusic.com/soundtrack/M09297/startrek-tng-encounter/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManofDestiny 71 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 It was not there yesterday......Anyway, order placed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schilkeman 964 Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 Moved my post, wrong thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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