I was 17 when I, after 6 hours in line, purchased the first ticket sold at the local cinema. A fan since September of 69 at age 6, having defended the show and my interest in it for a decade, finally came to reality. at time stamp 01;09, when the crescendo following "Take Us Out" began, I jumped to my feet at gave a standing ovation. Suddenly, every other fan that felt like I did, also stood and gave a standing ovation. We accounted for about 80% of the audience. I still feel the electricity and the emotion every time I hear this piece and remember that time forty- three years ago.
I remember first seeing this in the theater in '79 when I was 6 years old. Being so hard-core-sci-fi, it left such an intense impression on me that I was raving that I wanted my own USS Enterprise ship after I saw it! And my dad loved the Goldsmith epic music so much he bought the record album and used to play it on his huge, room-shaking LOUD stereo system in our living room. My goodness, the music was insane!
@@nathanfitzgerald6651 I was also small kid when nearly same TNG theme played and I loved it so much and so ST in general. It was like water to my brain back in days. Such vision of better and smarter place! And yes music is still so good not aging a bit.
Trust me if we had only one more movie like the Motion Picture it would earn more money than all the movies that came out in the last 2 years all at once
@@staalman1226 let's make it like this: a movie with the soundtrack like TMP the action of TROK and the thrilling action of TSFS (the search for Spock) (and I'm talking about the part where Kirk and Co. Stole the Enterprise). So in short if we combine these 3 elements we have the perfect formula for a Star Trek movie
I would like to see Michael Giacchino achieve something as beautiful and as well executed like what the late Goldsmith achieved here. It's brilliantly realised and you truly feel amongst the stars. Jerry Goldsmith was a terrific composer., and very sadly missed.
I’m about to start building the 1 / 350. scale polar lights refit enterprise. Once it’s done im playing this right when i light it up. On an original pressing vinyl from 1979. It’s gonna be epic.
This is the only one of the original-cast movies I still regularly watch. When I was a kid I liked Wrath of Kahn and Search for Spock, but as I get older TMP is by far the best story and my favorite. It would have been cool to have done a sequel to this where the crew tries to find Vger's homeworld. Maybe a precursor to the Borg type entities.
@Curling12341 No, it didn't. It did exactly what TMP has done, it brought back Star Trek into our lives. Even more, Discovery brought the spirit of the TMP in the fourth season's plot.
Thats an instrument called a synthesizer that they used as the backing music for the main theme. There is a rare Three Disc CD Soundtrack release from LA LA Land Records that has the synthesizer by itself before they added the orchestra to it. It is quite beautiful! :')
Captain's log, stardate 7412.6. 1.8 hours from launch. In order to intercept the intruder at the earliest possible time, I must now risk engaging warp drive while still within the solar system
The engine imbalance was what happened when the Enterprise's engines were not properly calibrated. Thanks to the help of Spock he got the engines recalibrated to work properly.
I love how this theme was done for this track, and in The Enterprise, with it's slower pace, and sweeping melody, much more so than what was done with the much later into theme for TNG.
I find this a very carefully performed work, and I have put my finger on one point: the split-second rests that occur punctuate the music beautifully, almost as though they were paragraphs in literature (to fit the scene shots no doubt). If you listen at the point around 1.40 to 1.42 there is one such full rest (there are others), and it makes, for me, the music magnificent.
I’m still in love with that ship and get goose bumps whenever I hear this . I’m a starfleet engineer at heart. My galvanizing moment was meeting Mr. Doohan and shaking his hand. Glad to be part of the Star Trek family.
The introduction of the Enterprise after 10 years off the air was thrilling to see it in 1979. Heard on the radio that Star Trek was being made into a film in 1977. Was counting the days. Shame Robert Wise was not allowed to direct the sequel . Great director from the 1940's onward.
Or, better still, run it in the live stream so it's timed to match the launch, the same moment the Enterprise would start to leave the dock matching up to the (BFR) Superheavy & Starship lifting from the pad, give it's going to be made of polished steel now in a way this feels even more appropriate (even if the Enterprise was not, in fact, shiny)
Yes I haven't worked it out yet, but from what I remember of recording the film many years ago on VHS it was this tempo and in the key of B Flat; seems correct to me. I've heard it faster and higher but feels out of place to my mind... maybe it's what you're familiar with. It's a fabulous work at any rate- pure space-opera for the scene it depicts
That "trainwreck" was almost scraped because of budget cuts and low funds that movie for its time was a masterpiece. I am sorry but I disagree with your opinion respectfully. Good day sir.
@@FQP-7024 I like it how civilized your answer was. For that alone I salute you, really I do, but even the cast members are not proud of TMP to say the least. And I kinda see their point. The effects, while a few steps forward from TOS, are still bad. The cinematography, like the plot, is slow (time how much minutes passed in uneventful fly-throughs). And speaking of the plot - when I compare it to subsequent Star Trek movies, it's no different from being an over-glorified extended episode (Just to be fair with you, star trek FC which I LOVE, has a similar problem). If you want to talk about success despite the budget, why not WoK? It had to reuse the same props, and shots taken just 3 years earlier, and it's not only a superior movie than TMP, some say the best movie in the franchise
@@ABhaim I do see your point yet I can not see where the movie is a failure just because of the effects, yet i for my taste find the movie just because of the music a lot better and of someone remade all outside scenes with CGI i think it would have the same effect just a bit of a more modern look to it as I am completely fine with the script besides the thing that I did not and I will say again, DID NOT watch the movie in its full glory yet because they did not put it on Netflix. But I have searched all the behind stuff that would have been glassed over in the movie it self and can only say that I wish I could see all the 6 movies from start to finish if I had the means to watch them. In short I do agree with you almost in all casses so I won't complain too much at this point. So if you do wish that I see your point spread the message to get The Motion Picture on Netflix and when I watch it I will return to you and will exactly tell you what I think of the movie and if I completely agree with you or not. Of course you do not need to but I am just asking. Good bye now.
This film nevertheless saved the franchise, I try to imagine what it was like being a fan from the sixties never imagining I’d see any continuation, and seeing the enterprise on the big screen 10 years later
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I was 17 when I, after 6 hours in line, purchased the first ticket sold at the local cinema. A fan since September of 69 at age 6, having defended the show and my interest in it for a decade, finally came to reality. at time stamp 01;09, when the crescendo following "Take Us Out" began, I jumped to my feet at gave a standing ovation. Suddenly, every other fan that felt like I did, also stood and gave a standing ovation. We accounted for about 80% of the audience. I still feel the electricity and the emotion every time I hear this piece and remember that time forty- three years ago.
:-)
I remember first seeing this in the theater in '79 when I was 6 years old. Being so hard-core-sci-fi, it left such an intense impression on me that I was raving that I wanted my own USS Enterprise ship after I saw it! And my dad loved the Goldsmith epic music so much he bought the record album and used to play it on his huge, room-shaking LOUD stereo system in our living room. My goodness, the music was insane!
@@nathanfitzgerald6651 I was also small kid when nearly same TNG theme played and I loved it so much and so ST in general. It was like water to my brain back in days. Such vision of better and smarter place! And yes music is still so good not aging a bit.
I sooo can’t wait to see this film on the big screen for the first time.
This sounds extremely similar to my experience.
Jerry Goldsmith and James Horner both made immortal themes for Star Trek.
It's been 43 years, and I still tear up and get chills when I hear this track.
You are not alone..
It's certainly the most larger-than-life musical thunder ever associated with Star Trek!
never has a spaceship getting ready to leave sounded so thrilling
Trust me if we had only one more movie like the Motion Picture it would earn more money than all the movies that came out in the last 2 years all at once
@@FQP-7024 I mean I'm guessing another Wrath of Khan calibre movie would do much better.
@@staalman1226 let's make it like this: a movie with the soundtrack like TMP the action of TROK and the thrilling action of TSFS (the search for Spock) (and I'm talking about the part where Kirk and Co. Stole the Enterprise).
So in short if we combine these 3 elements we have the perfect formula for a Star Trek movie
@@FQP-7024 To be honest, I prefer Horner's, but each are fantastic.
@@staalman1226 yes...indeed they are
I would like to see Michael Giacchino achieve something as beautiful and as well executed like what the late Goldsmith achieved here. It's brilliantly realised and you truly feel amongst the stars. Jerry Goldsmith was a terrific composer., and very sadly missed.
"Intermix set, bridge. Impulse power at your discretion."
I’m about to start building the 1 / 350. scale polar lights refit enterprise. Once it’s done im playing this right when i light it up. On an original pressing vinyl from 1979. It’s gonna be epic.
I bet the model looked awesome when you finished building it, nothing can beat the look of the original refit Enterprise from this movie. 👍
How is the model doing after 3 years?
And a low, reverberating thunder fills the universe, as a new Enterprise is born...
Can a movie's soundtrack be TOO good?
Not THIS one!
one word: 1492
Oh I don't know, ask Wrath of Khan
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Fair enough.
I was thinking of a general example for a soudtrack that out does its own movie.
@@ABhaim The Lost World is a perfect example of this
Greatest film score of all time.
rest among the stars, Ms Nicholls...RIP
This is the only one of the original-cast movies I still regularly watch. When I was a kid I liked Wrath of Kahn and Search for Spock, but as I get older TMP is by far the best story and my favorite. It would have been cool to have done a sequel to this where the crew tries to find Vger's homeworld. Maybe a precursor to the Borg type entities.
unfortunately, ST Discovery ruined that
@Curling12341 No, it didn't. It did exactly what TMP has done, it brought back Star Trek into our lives. Even more, Discovery brought the spirit of the TMP in the fourth season's plot.
2:20 gives me chills Everytime. Subtle epic modulations.
"Thrusters ahead Mr. Sulu. Take us out."
Truly an historic line to begin a franchise.
That little background sound bit at 1:38 I must say is quite Doctor Who-ish, and I love it.
Thats an instrument called a synthesizer that they used as the backing music for the main theme. There is a rare Three Disc CD Soundtrack release from LA LA Land Records that has the synthesizer by itself before they added the orchestra to it. It is quite beautiful! :')
Ikr!
I always thought that too.
Captain's log, stardate 7412.6. 1.8 hours from launch. In order to intercept the intruder at the earliest possible time, I must now risk engaging warp drive while still within the solar system
Just before imbalance with warp drive
The engine imbalance was what happened when the Enterprise's engines were not properly calibrated.
Thanks to the help of Spock he got the engines recalibrated to work properly.
I love how this theme was done for this track, and in The Enterprise, with it's slower pace, and sweeping melody, much more so than what was done with the much later into theme for TNG.
We also gt hints of both those cues in Star Trek Nemesis, Goldsmith's last Star Trek soundtrack.
Pulling out of the driveway never sounded this grand.
l like to play this when flying a new shp from Star Trek Online.
Jerry Goldsmith at the height of his powers.
I think I keep watching this movie for the soundtrack. Some of Jerry Goldsmith's best work!
Kirk - "Bones, there's a thing out there."
Why is it always a thing?
Bones - "Why is any object we don't understand always called a "thing"?"
Why can't it be a whosits or a whatsits?
'i need you....badly'
I find this a very carefully performed work, and I have put my finger on one point: the split-second rests that occur punctuate the music beautifully, almost as though they were paragraphs in literature (to fit the scene shots no doubt). If you listen at the point around 1.40 to 1.42 there is one such full rest (there are others), and it makes, for me, the music magnificent.
You should read David L Newman's memories memories of the score, he was in the 2nd violins.
Impulse power Mr Sulu and ahead warp 0.5
Alex Bellingham departure angle**
The pinnacle of movie soundtracks!
I’m still in love with that ship and get goose bumps whenever I hear this . I’m a starfleet engineer at heart. My galvanizing moment was meeting Mr. Doohan and shaking his hand. Glad to be part of the Star Trek family.
The conflict between captain and commander adds to the film.Reminds me of crimson tide.
The introduction of the Enterprise after 10 years off the air was thrilling to see it in 1979. Heard on the radio that Star Trek was being made into a film in 1977. Was counting the days. Shame Robert Wise was not allowed to direct the sequel . Great director from the 1940's onward.
THE ONE AND ONLY THEME OF STAR TREK.
1:06 the only star trek theme that is the most recognized.
The most famous spaceship in history
The musical score could be used with scenes where a large starship is under tow by tractor beam before being set free to navigate.
This is so good.
Like Cunard Line's RMS Aquitania, Enterprise is the Ship Beautiful.
2:44 best part
I put it on when Enterprise D leave SD
"Intermix set, bridge.Impulse power at your discrection"
"punch it"
j/k
'take us out..'
There are 2 types of people and I am one of the latter ones
No one makes music like this when I pull out of my driveway.🙄
There’s something about 0:00-0:38 that’s just really cool
0:39 Kick on the lights!
Running lights are on.
1:18 Starfleet dock worker does a backflip as the Enterprise pulls out...
This will be fitting when BFR gets rolled out to the launch pad for the first time. Chills...
Or, better still, run it in the live stream so it's timed to match the launch, the same moment the Enterprise would start to leave the dock matching up to the (BFR) Superheavy & Starship lifting from the pad, give it's going to be made of polished steel now in a way this feels even more appropriate (even if the Enterprise was not, in fact, shiny)
And when played at 1.5x speed, it sounds rather _familiar,_ tempo-wise.
Yes I haven't worked it out yet, but from what I remember of recording the film many years ago on VHS it was this tempo and in the key of B Flat; seems correct to me. I've heard it faster and higher but feels out of place to my mind... maybe it's what you're familiar with. It's a fabulous work at any rate- pure space-opera for the scene it depicts
then you get the TNG theme ;)
Who pulls put of their driveway playin this tune
my car as it emerges from it's MOT
The buildup and then :39
Clear all Moorings!!!!
There's a scene in the film Star Trek The Motion Picture where Spock first appears on the bridge and for a brief moment looks like Alan Rickman.
Mr Sulu take us out
Instead of imagining the USS Enterprise, I like to imagine the USN Nimitz putting to sea or one of our nuclear submarines diving.
Why not U.S.S. Enterprise CVN-65? ;-)
Colin Montgomery Because it’s decommissioned and no longer in service.
@@hawkmaster381 , there'll be another one soon enough...
@@colinmontgomery1956 it alrwsdy began construction it will be done in a few years no more than a decade if not less
Take us out
I think after leaving space dock is when the movie started to get boring.
As a movie it was... how can I put it nicely...? A TRAINWRECK
But no one will deny the sountrack was its saving grace. This track at least!
That "trainwreck" was almost scraped because of budget cuts and low funds that movie for its time was a masterpiece. I am sorry but I disagree with your opinion respectfully. Good day sir.
@@FQP-7024
I like it how civilized your answer was. For that alone I salute you, really I do, but even the cast members are not proud of TMP to say the least.
And I kinda see their point. The effects, while a few steps forward from TOS, are still bad. The cinematography, like the plot, is slow (time how much minutes passed in uneventful fly-throughs). And speaking of the plot - when I compare it to subsequent Star Trek movies, it's no different from being an over-glorified extended episode (Just to be fair with you, star trek FC which I LOVE, has a similar problem).
If you want to talk about success despite the budget, why not WoK? It had to reuse the same props, and shots taken just 3 years earlier, and it's not only a superior movie than TMP, some say the best movie in the franchise
@@ABhaim I do see your point yet I can not see where the movie is a failure just because of the effects, yet i for my taste find the movie just because of the music a lot better and of someone remade all outside scenes with CGI i think it would have the same effect just a bit of a more modern look to it as I am completely fine with the script besides the thing that I did not and I will say again, DID NOT watch the movie in its full glory yet because they did not put it on Netflix. But I have searched all the behind stuff that would have been glassed over in the movie it self and can only say that I wish I could see all the 6 movies from start to finish if I had the means to watch them. In short I do agree with you almost in all casses so I won't complain too much at this point. So if you do wish that I see your point spread the message to get The Motion Picture on Netflix and when I watch it I will return to you and will exactly tell you what I think of the movie and if I completely agree with you or not. Of course you do not need to but I am just asking. Good bye now.
This film nevertheless saved the franchise, I try to imagine what it was like being a fan from the sixties never imagining I’d see any continuation, and seeing the enterprise on the big screen 10 years later
Crap movie, incredible soundtrack.
The original theatrical movie isn't very good, but the Director's Edition is MUCH better.
incredible movie, incredible soundtrack.
2:20 gives me chills Everytime. Subtle epic modulations.