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Just as fun as the show,
November 2, 2011 leo134 "Simon Hutley" (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Star Trek: The Next Generation- Collection, Vol. 1 (Audio CD)
As a fan of the show, and owner of the entire series on dvd I can say this box set is well worth getting. I also own most of the other next gen cds, as I'm a completist. It's presented well. One of the highlights of the set is the huge booklet which talks about each episode presented. Lots of colour photos. It talks also about each composer. One composer for the first 2 discs, then guest composers for the third plus extras and alternate takes. I liked hearing Picard's voice on the main title. It would be great to get some more naration in other soundtracks. I always thought that It would be a good idea. Scary, light hearted, comical, soaring and interesting is some of the words I could use to discribe the music. A track from "The Big Goodbye" was one of my favourite pieces as I like music from film noir and detective stories from the 1940's. I think the music from the next generation is magical, exciting, futuristic and cutting edge like the visuals in the show.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Some great music, definitely worth the money,
October 7, 2011 David Frolik - See all my reviews
This review is from: Star Trek: The Next Generation- Collection, Vol. 1 (Audio CD)
I was very excited to see this album come out, I didn't expect any release like this at all anymore since it has been a very long time since any TNG music has been released.
CD 1: I've always been a big fan of Dennis McCarthy's music since I was a kid and heard his work on the MacGyver series and later on Star Trek TNG. While I think that they could have made some better choices as to which of McCarthy's pieces to feature on this album, it's nevertheless well worth it. The music for 'Haven', McCarthy's first episode after scoring the pilot, is unusual for Star Trek, very romantic and melodic, and really beautiful. I didn't care much for the actual episode, but the music is some of McCarthy's best. For 'Hide and Q' they only chose to release the music from one scene, in my opinion they should have chosen a few more scenes from this episode which featured some really great dramatic action music in earlier parts of the episode. Nevertheless, not bad by any means. The same goes...Read more
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