We may as well state this at the start of this review: I am not
\na Trekkie. Never have been. Probably never will… then again, I
\nonce thought I’d never be a Deadhead, so maybe I shouldn’t slam the
\ndoor on this.<\/p>\n
I harbor no ill will against
\nStar Trek<\/i> in all of its various phases, nor do I have any
\nstrong feelings good or bad towards the thousands upon thousands of
\npeople who follow this genre so closely. (Well, that’s not totally
\ntrue; I admired the attitude of the one alternate O.J. Simpson
\njuror who refused to come to court unless she was wearing her
\nStarfleet Federation uniform. I always stick up for the
\nsmart-ass.)<\/p>\n
So I, admittedly, am probably not the best candidate to review a
\ndisc like
\nThe Best Of Star Trek Volume Two<\/i>, a disc which collects the
\nthemes from the well-known shows and mixes them with music from
\nvarious episodes, some of which have never been released on CD
\nbefore. Why did I review it? Simply put, I wanted to go where no
\nman (or music reviewer) has gone before.<\/p>\n
And, after sitting through this disc… well, my mind hasn’t
\nbeen changed at all. There are some beautiful moments on this disc,
\nbut unless you’re a devotee to any of the different shows, some of
\nthis music won’t mean a thing to you.<\/p>\n
Four of the tracks are the most recognizable – namely, the
\nthemes. It’s kind of weird to hear the “Main Title” from
\nStar Trek: The Original Series<\/i> and compare it to the richly
\norchestrated themes from such shoes as
\nStar Trek: The Next Generation<\/i> or
\nStar Trek: Deep Space Nine<\/i>. It’s instantly recognizable, to
\nbe sure, but it sounds like a relic in comparison. Still, it does
\nbring back memories of sitting in my buddy’s driveway on summer
\nnights, the television still on from the latest Cubs loss, when the
\nregular programming would kick back in.<\/p>\n
Of the four themes, only the “Main Title” for
\nStar Trek: Voyager<\/i> doesn’t do anything for me; it just
\ndoesn’t present itself as anything that grand like the other three
\nshows. Oh, well; maybe the theme suggests a darker side to the
\nshow. (The “Lounge Mix” of “Theme From Star Trek” also doesn’t do
\nmuch for me, though it kind of gives it a camp appearance.)<\/p>\n
As for the episode music, I’ll give props to the producers for
\nincluding a wide variety of selections from
\nStar Trek: The Original Series<\/i>. Admittedly, many of the
\npieces sound like they blend together well (though I don’t think
\nthat was the original goal), and while they sound as dated as the
\ntheme music, they do have a kitsch value to them. Regrettably, the
\nremaining three series’ examples focus on one particular episode,
\nthough the producers do a good job by closing the disc with
\nselections from “All Good Things,” the final episode from
\nStar Trek: The Next Generation<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Much of the episode music quickly falls to the background –
\nwhich, ironically enough, is where it came from, so at least it’s
\nappropriate. This, however, proves to be difficult when you’re
\ntrying to focus in on the music, only to find yourself getting
\ndistracted by it. And I can’t really justify including a version of
\n“Fever” from “His Way,” the only other episode featured from
\nStar Trek: Deep Space Nine<\/i>. It’s not the most comforting
\nthought to have – even in the future, crappy music from the 20th
\nCentury will survive, like cockroaches.<\/p>\n
If you’re a diehard Trekkie, chances are you will absolutely
\nflip for
\nThe Best Of Star Trek Volume Two<\/i>; I let a Trekkie in my
\noffice listen to the disc, and was barely able to get it back from
\nher. (Okay, I waited until she went home, but what matters is I got
\nthe disc back.) If you’ve only dabbled in the series and don’t have
\na fanatical devotion to any of its forms, chances are this is a
\ndisc you could live without.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[5729],"rating":[5614],"class_list":["post-36749","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-soundtrack","rating-rating-c-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36749"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=36749"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=36749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}