Oh, gods, yes. It was the most beautiful thing ever. Sigh...
Ok, here's my take on the music in this movie: as I watched it for the first time, I kept waiting and listening for the underlying motif of either classic Trek or TNG. It never came. Never. When we got the big brassy horn lines of the new tune, I was almost disappointed at first because I wanted my music, dammit! Then came the end credits and I squealed with delight. They did it just right. This film NEEDED all new EVERYTHING, including music. By not using old motifs, they made this film everything it had to be, meaning new, new, new.
Then, by using classic Trek for the end credits, the paid tribute where tribute was due.
Finally, when the end credits are almost done, there is one riff of Life is a Dream (the music that became the TNG theme).
*dies*
It's perfect. An all new score for an all new film, then homage, then looking to the future once again.
Perfect, perfect, perfect.
Well done, Mr. Giacchino. Well effing done.
p.s.-upon third viewing, I did catch the tiniest hint of Life is a Dream-ish tunes when Kirk looks up at the shipyard. Tiny, tiny, tiny, though.
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Ok, here's my take on the music in this movie: as I watched it for the first time, I kept waiting and listening for the underlying motif of either classic Trek or TNG. It never came. Never. When we got the big brassy horn lines of the new tune, I was almost disappointed at first because I wanted my music, dammit! Then came the end credits and I squealed with delight. They did it just right. This film NEEDED all new EVERYTHING, including music. By not using old motifs, they made this film everything it had to be, meaning new, new, new.
Then, by using classic Trek for the end credits, the paid tribute where tribute was due.
Finally, when the end credits are almost done, there is one riff of Life is a Dream (the music that became the TNG theme).
*dies*
It's perfect. An all new score for an all new film, then homage, then looking to the future once again.
Perfect, perfect, perfect.
Well done, Mr. Giacchino. Well effing done.
p.s.-upon third viewing, I did catch the tiniest hint of Life is a Dream-ish tunes when Kirk looks up at the shipyard. Tiny, tiny, tiny, though.