Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Being the proud owner of all ten Star Trek soundtrack CD albums, I have to say that the contrast between all the other albums and this one is rather uplifting. The music on the album is generally cheery and delightfully energetic - very different than the often dark and ominous tones conveyed in many of the other motion picture scores. Leonard Rosenman did a nice job bringing Star Trek IV to life with this score. The majority of the music on the CD is fun to listen to, and some of the tracks even come off sounding comical. However, while the score does make the film all the more memorable, only a select few tracks on this album truly stand out. I also found that the Yellowjackets' co-produced songs clashed with the orchestral pieces on the CD, and I usually skip them whenever I listen to the album. You'll find the best parts of this CD in the title and chase themes (tracks 1, 7, 9 and 11).
The first thing I noticed when I played this CD was how short the music on the CD ended up...Read more

fantastic music for a fantastic movie. this monsterously catchy soundtrack provided the perfect backdrop for what is not only the best trek film but the most human and uplifting of all sci-fi. some of the other reviews here say that they dsliked it beacuse it strayed so far from the original trek model of the grand romantic score. i would like to argue that giving such a film as this such a score would be a terrible mistake and would clash terribly with the emotional landscape of the film.this lightly baroque score on the other hand augments it perfectly and makes the film that much more memorable

This one's an old favorite. The Voyage Home soundtrack is a good, but unfortunately short and hard to find star trek soundtrack. Rosenman is my second favorite star trek composer because the music so upbeat and different from the other star trek movie scores. (Horner is my favorite composer btw) I like all of the tracks except for Market Street, which sounds dated and sticks out like a sore thumb when compared to the other tracks. It has like a funky, computerized or synth quality to it. (Sorry I dont know the specific terms, play the sample to see what I mean) I have an old secondhand cassette tape of it but I recently bought the CD so I could play it anywhere I wanted and after about 20 odd years of existence and use, I was afraid my cassette might wear out some day. Some of the best tracks are Checkov's Run, Hospital Chase and the End Title. I also like the whale's theme which is beautiful. The track Ballad of the Whale sticks out too with a more synthesized sound to it. Its an...Read more