Star Trek music round-up: Discovery season 3 soundtrack, The Motion Picture complete score, and new Goldsmith music!

Whether you play music or just like to listen, it's a good time to be a Star Trek music fan right now, with the latest Discovery soundtrack release now upon us, plus a new sheet music from The Motion Picture. Continue below to check out the latest Star Trek music updates, including a never before heard Jerry Goldsmith track!

The latest release from Lakeshore Records is the Discovery season 3 soundtrack(ad), by Jeff Russo. This forty track album is available right now digitally, and will no doubt get a snazzy looking vinyl release later following the pattern of previous seasons. A CD release is looking less likely though.

Picard soundtrack comes to vinyl

Lakeshore Records have announced the details of their forthcoming vinyl edition of Jeff Russo's Star Trek Picard season one soundtrack. The two-disc release, due in October, will feature 24 tracks from the first season's score, and is presented on striking Borgish-green splatter discs. Continue below to check out the package, and for the track listing:

A Star Trek concert and virtual roller coaster, care of the Movie Park

Here's a nice musical treat, in the vein of many an online arts streaming event in these days of quarantine, the Movie Park Germany theme park have released a 24-minute video of the recording of the music for their Operation Enterprise roller coaster. Opened a few years ago, this is currently the world's only Star Trek roller coaster, and also includes a tour through set recreations, all accompanied by specially recorded music; a mix of classic Trek themes, and brand new music composed just for the ride. You can check out the music, which is pretty rousing, right here:

Picard season one soundtrack details

Lakeshore Records have today released the full season one soundtrack for Picard. The album includes Jeff Russo's music from the entire season, including all the tracks from the previous Chapter One soundtrack, the Blue Skies cover featuring Isa Briones which released as a single last week, plus 26 new tracks filling out the rest of the season's music. That adds up to a 55 track release, with more than 2.5 hours of music!

This is available now as a digital download or stream, and according to a tweet from Jeff Russo there will be a CD release later, plus a vinyl edition with a smaller selection of tracks (but no doubt much prettier presentation).

Continue below for the full track listing:

Blue Skies single previews further Picard soundtrack release

Lakeshore Records have announced a second Picard soundtrack album coming along in a few days time, and before that have released separately the beautiful version of Blue Skies from the show, sung by none other than Isa Briones, aka Soji/D'jahl/Sutra. The music was of course orchestrated by Picard and Discovery composer Jeff Russo, in this instance building upon the original creation of the great Irving Berlin. The track is available for download, or streaming, such as on Spotify below:



Here's a closer look at the cover art:

First Picard soundtrack arrives this week

With a pleasingly brisk turnaround Lakeshore Records have revealed the details of the first soundtrack release from Picard. Coming in just a few days time, on the 7th, the Picard Season 1, Chapter 1 soundtrack will include music by Jeff Russo from the first few episode of the series, plus the Short Treks prequel episode Children of Mars. Here's the cover:

Discovery season two soundtrack coming to vinyl

Lakeshore Records have revealed their rather splendid vinyl edition of Jeff Russo's Discovery season two soundtrack. The two-disc set features colourful, and partly transparent “Interstellar Splatter” discs, and artwork based on the season two opening title sequence. It's due out in March from Fye in the US, and Amazon in the UK. TrekCore released this image showing it off.

First Discovery season two soundtrack details.

Lakeshore Records records have announced the first details of their forthcoming Discovery Season 2 soundtrack, all composed by series composer Jeff Russo of course. The 39-track album is due for release on the 19th of July, initially digitally, with a vinyl edition to follow (according to /Film, and one assumes CD too, though that's not announced yet). Continue below to check out the cover, track list, and an excerpt:

Trek TV round-up: Discovery previews and behind the scenes, plus other show updates

Got lots of Trek-TV bits to dive into today, includes some little updates on the Picard series and Short Treks, and lots of Discovery behind the scenes goodies (including some great close looks at costumes/props, and a dive into this season's music), plus, bizarrely, a USS Discovery car!

But first, lets check out some new still's from this week's third episode in the second season, Point of Light. This episode brings us the return of both the Klingons and Emperor come Section 31 agent Georgiou. While the Discovery itself also welcomes a familiar face, Amanda Grayson:

Star Trek Nemesis soundtrack on vinyl

Star Trek Nemesis has become the latest Star Trek movie to get a shiny new vinyl soundtrack release. Available now from Varése Sarabande is a two disc set, featuring Jerry Goldsmith' music from the film on distinctive (thalaron) green discs! If you're a fan you'll want to get in quick though, as this is a limited edition of just 750!

At long last Jerry Goldsmith’s final musical journey into the Star Trek universe gets the vinyl treatment. Now available in a deluxe 2 LP gatefold jacket is the full & thrilling score to Star Trek: Nemesis on green thalaron colored vinyl. Also included are detailed liner notes by Star Trek historian, Jeff Bond. Get this exclusively on our website before Shinzon does.

Discovery soundtrack vinyl and chapter two release details

Lakeshore Records have revealed the details for the anticipated vinyl release of Jeff Russo's Star Trek: Discovery season one soundtrack, and also announced the chapter two soundtrack to be released on CD and digital. Continue below for all the details.

As you can see, for the vinyl release they have selected some of the more colourful promotional artwork to use for the covers, and plan for equally colourful discs - Which they describe as "'Intergalactic Starburst" (and note the colours are not finalised yet). It looks spectacular! And is a fine addition to some of the other recent Star Trek vinyl soundtrack releases. They are anticipating a summer release.

First Discovery soundtrack now available on CD

The first Discovery soundtrack, Season 1, Chapter 1, has now been released on CD, following the digital release of Jeff Russo's music from the first half of the season late last year. Publishers Lakeshore Records posted a couple of images on Twitter, revealing the disc art:

New DS9 soundtrack collection coming soon

La La Land Records have announced the details of their latest Star Trek soundtrack release, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Collection, Volume 2, a follow up to their previous DS9 collection, which was released all the way back in 2013 (20th anniversary then, and 25th anniversary now)! Like the previous release, this is a four disc set, containing music from multiple episodes from across the series.

It will be available from next week, and will be a limited edition of 3000. The first 200 ("or so") orders will also get a copy signed by composer Dennis McCarthy. Continue below for the full track listing. But first, check out this glorious cover by Darren Dochterman:

Discovery bits: Episode titles, new posters, soundtrack preview, and behind the scenes photos

A few bits of Discovery news below, starting with the announcement of the final episode titles for "chapter two" of season one. They are:

• Episode 10: Despite Yourself
• Episode 11: The Wolf Inside
• Episode 12: Vaulting Ambition
• Episode 13: What’s Past Is Prologue
• Episode 14: The War Without, The War Within
• Episode 15: Will You Take My Hand?

News of which came via this dramatic announcement video:

#StarTrekDiscovery unveils titles for the final 6 episodes of season 1. Mark your calendars. Chapter 2 beings Sunday, January 7 on #CBSAllAccess!

A post shared by Star Trek Discovery (@startrekcbs) on Dec 13, 2017 at 10:03am PST

Discovery updates: Third novel announced, plus art prints, comics, pins, video game, and music updates!

Lots of different Discovery merchandise and tie-in fiction updates today, including updates from both the novel and comic lines, soundtrack news, new art prints, FanSets latest releases, and new additions to Star Trek Timeline. Continue below to check them all out.

First up, the third Discovery novel has been announced. Coming in June will be the Saru focused Fear Itself, by James Swallow. StarTrek.com released the blurb:

Lieutenant Saru is a Kelpien, a member of a prey species born on a world overrun by monstrous predators…and a being who very intimately understands the nature of fear. Challenged on all sides, he is determined to surpass his origins and succeed as a Starfleet officer aboard the U.S.S. Shenzhou.

But when Saru breaks protocol in order to prove himself to his crewmates, what begins as a vital rescue mission to save a vessel in distress soon escalates out of control. Forced into a command role he may not be ready for, Saru is caught between his duty and the conflicting agendas of two antagonistic alien races.

To survive, he will need to seek a path of peace against all odds, and risk compromising the very ideals he has sworn to uphold…. 

First Discovery soundtrack on the way

CBS have announced the first soundtrack release from Star Trek: Discovery is imminent. Available digitally from the 15th of December will be Season 1, Chapter 1, comprising Jeff Russo's music from the episodes we have so far seen, and implying a second soundtrack will come later to fill in the rest of the season.

The Chapter 1 release will also be made available on both CD and vinyl in early 2018, published by Lakeshore Records - Who seem to be in the good habit of producing very attractive looking physical media, so that should be something to look forward to. Continue below to check out the cover and track list.

Cliff Eidelman's unused music for Star Trek: Discovery

Composer Cliff Eidelman, best known to Star Trek fans for his music for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, has released a new EP based on music he composed for Star Trek: Discovery. Into the Unknown includes four tracks, two of which were composed early in the production of the series, and the other two which Eidelman continued to work on later, based on the ideas he had started to develope. You can find Into the Unknown on Amazon and iTunes, or right here via Spotify:

Discovery title theme revealed

CBS have released a new Discovery video, this time looking at the music, composed by Jeff Russo, and in the process revealing the main theme for Discovery, which leans heavily on the TOS theme (alas, once more region locked video, so only for US viewers. UPDATE: But here it is on the Netflix Twitter):

Star Trek roller coaster gets its own soundtrack!

Well here's a somewhat unexpected Star Trek music release, the Star Trek roller coaster launched this year at Movie Park Germany had brand new music recorded to enhance the ride experience, and now they've released a soundtrack so you can enjoy that new Star Trek music at home too!

Put together by IMA Score Audio Experience, who have also produced music for other attractions, the soundtrack features a mix of new recordings of classic Trek themes, plus several new themes created for the ride. Here's the cover:

Movie Park's Star Trek roller coaster launches

After a year of teasing its construction, Movie Park Germany's Star Trek roller coaster, Operation Enterprise, has now opened! The TNG themed ride is the only Star Trek theme park attraction in the world right now (with the old Borg Assimilator closed, and other planned attractions not making it to reality yet), and there's more on offer than the ride, with a section of the park now Star Trek themed, including some really fun features. Let's check them out:

Revealed in photos celebrating the launch of the ride, and perhaps more exciting than the roller coaster itself, the Operation Enterprise experience includes the chance to walk through a full sized recreation of the USS Enterprise-D bridge! Complete with active Borg attack on the viewscreen.