On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote: > I thought I was the only person alive that remembered ST:TMP's soundtrack as > an outstanding piece of recorded work. I don't think Goldsmith has ever > come close to reproducing his work on that first Trek film. After that, > he's only done very commercial recordings. But that was a VERY inspired > soundtrack.
I've always thought so. > I also thought I was the only person alive left that really liked ST:TMP as > well. It was the only Trek film that boasted Gene Rodenberry's work as > ExecProducer, and you can tell it has his "touch", right? This was a real > scifi thriller which transpires a great sense of wonder and discovery. Too > bad it went unappreciated. I think the latest release of the movie in DVD > with the special fx re-shot did the movie justice. Brother!!! :-) I remember sitting in the theater when the movie was first released -- I was about 10 years old -- and being mesmerized by the first three minutes where all you see are the stars rushing past, and all you hear is that gentle musical prelude. "Space, meet opera. Opera, meet space." I still get the shivers when I watch the movie today. > (I'm also really happy to see the Enterprise leave drydock without having to > see the clamps holding the model under it. They *finally* removed that > horrible faux-pas from the released version of the film). I've seen the movie dozen or two times, but I have to admit I never really noticed that bit. Ha! Marvin Long Austin, Texas Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter & Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA) http://www.breakyourchains.org/john_poindexter.htm _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
