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Re: Why does Star Trek Television Music Suck?
matmilne
October 9th, 2005 02:13 PM
they did try popular music with enterprise but it just really didn't hit the spot. No good theme music, fact is they pay for that stuff as well. Most of the musically gifted fans could do better!
i do think rock music would be appropriate for some parts, particularly the action sequences but the instrumentation is extreemly limited (seriously 160 instruments in an orchestra each with at least 10 different ways of playing, maximum 5-10 in a pop/rock group with around 5-10 different ways of playing them each, can't compare really)
I think the best thing is to combine the styles appropriately. and the characters should all be interested in different things. And i think paramount need to stop paying for music that is inappropriate, if it aint gonna win an oscar what's the point?
(oscar defines the ability of the music to envoke feeling AS WELL as providing memorable tunes that can be marketed easily.)