I remember seeing TMP in the theater. When Ilia's Theme came on, people were literally running to their seats such was the excitement for TMP. Wonderful memories from a long time ago.
That sounds great, I remember a different experience. Overtures by 1979 were basically gone and I remember a lot of people sitting in their chairs looking all confused and wtf is going on, where's the movie? Lol. (1979 tried to bring it back because The Black Hole had an Overture too.)
The producers clearly wanted to play with people's mind and knowing they would expect to listen to the TV theme version they made this long starfield intro and then wham! The pounding sounds of the new score in their face a new theme that just blows you away !
OMG I remember this so vividly, Me and my Dad, having just got our popcorn and pop, finding our seats to this overture, settling in... ... and then that magnificent Jerry Goldsmith fanfare ! ... Just so moved by the music throughout, especially the Enterprise Theme, but also the Main Theme and the Klingon Theme. And then almost exactly 3 years later when our family got our first VHS machine, this was my second VHS tape I purchased for it (after, of course, Star Trek The Wrath of Khan) leading up to Christmas. ... And this overture... sent me directly back to that moment and the goosebumps I had. ... tonight felt EXACTLY like that moment... lol
This is my second favorite Star Trek. It's more peaceful and less violent than the others except 4. I love the slower more thoughtful pace of this one too!
I really hoped it would grow on me but the more I watch it the worse it gets for me. I think part of that is the 70s colour scheme hasn't aged well, the pijamas, the blaster beam etc. I get that Spock is semi purged of emotion but he is borderline robotic throughout the film. The enterprise refit exterior is stunning though.
And the theme of Star Trek: The motion picture was used for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection & Star Trek: Nemesis.
This "TMP Main Title" sounds like a prototype for the Main Title of Season 2 TNG. Fun Fact: Season one of TNG actually did not have a Stanza on the Logo it wasn't until They credited Captain Picard.
It's hard to match the epicness of the work that both Jerry Goldsmith and James Horner produced for these classic films. Michael Giacchino's music is good, but in no way can it match the classic soundtracks of classic Trek.
Hell yes, I Love Star Trek: The Motion Picture so much and Star Trek: The Motion Picture along with Moonraker with Roger Moore and Time After Time with Malcolm McDowell are the most underappreciated sci-fi films of 1979. Star Trek: The Motion Picture is one of my favorite Star Trek films. Star Trek: The Motion Picture had a stellar music score by Jerry Goldsmith, the acting from William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and DeForest Kelley were all excellent, and the scene with Spock coming aboard on The Enterprise was also great. I also really love both Moonraker and Time After Time. Time After Time is a brilliant time travel film with Malcolm McDowell, Moonraker is a very underrated and awesome bond film, and Moonraker will always be my favorite Roger Moore bond film. Moonraker had an amazing music score by John Barry, Michael Lonsdale as Hugo Drax was a great bond villain, and Lois Chiles was a beautiful bond girl as Holly Goodhead. Overall, I always loved Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Time After Time, and Moonraker from 1979, 1979 was a great year for sci-fi films, and Star Trek: The Motion Picture as well as Time After Time and Moonraker are all very underappreciated and great cult classic sci-fi films.
i was 7. don't remember if i saw it in the theater or at home first. but my parents sat me in front of the tv and one of my faves back then (and still) is star trek.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture along with Moonraker with Roger Moore and The Black Hole with Robert Forster are the most underappreciated sci-fi films and I really love Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a very stellar and great Star Trek film, it had a very good plot of the Enterprise crew investigating V'Ger, and Star Trek: The Motion Picture had brilliant stuff like the Jerry Goldsmith music score and the performances from William Shanter and Leonard Nimoy. Star Trek: The Motion Picture as well as Moonraker and The Black Hole are all way much better sci-fi films than any Star Wars film made after 1980's The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars was never the same when Gary Kurtz left the franchise in 1980, and I always loved both Moonraker and The Black Hole on repeated viewings. Moonraker is my absolute favorite Roger Moore bond film, The Black Hole is a very underrated and excellent sci-fi Disney film, and the John Barry music scores for Moonraker and The Black Hole were both absolutely incredible. Overall, I will always have a soft spot for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Black Hole, and Moonraker. I can't believe that Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Black Hole, and Moonraker are all 45 years old now in 2024, they are all great cult classic sci-fi films from 1979, and I would easily re-watch Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Black Hole, and Moonraker over any Star Wars film made after 1980's The Empire Strikes Back all day anyday.
This is the 2001 directors cut - its not the same opening score as the 1979 movie. This teack is from the album. The 2022 directors cut features the correct score. If you like the music, check out the remastered 3-disc from LA LA Records.
Looking back, 1980s had alot of shows about hotshot heros with really cool/iconic vehicles..A-Team(Van),Airwolf,KnightRider,Magnum P.I.(Ferrari/Helicopter)...idk seems like a pattern in hindsight. A very cool pattern,with banging theme songs.
I was five or 10 years old back in 1979 with the movie came out as a teenage 1983 I saw the movie for the first time on TV on and VHS too now I'm 53 years old and always will be a fan of Star Trek TV series original TV series and the movies
This movie and it's score will always have a special meaning to me. Like you I was turning 10, and my father took me to see it on opening day for my 10th birthday present. He also sat with my mother, and I during the season premiere of Star Trek: The Next Generation which when it started he immediately recognized it as the same music from the movie. Now today at 53, and even 4 years after his passing. I can not listen to this without those blessed memories flooding back. An the flood gates of my eyes letting loose. A beautiful piece, leading to beautiful memories of a shared time with a loving father. Thank you Gene, Thank you Cast, and Thank you Gerry for this, and all you did, and are continuing to do with this franchise... Indeed the human adventure is just beginning, and will continue... Always.
Star Trek made some interesting predictions. It predicted cellphones, computers, and iPads. Now we have them. I wonder if Star Trek: The Motion Picture was predicting a future return of a probe that was launched in the past.
Ideas 1m2a Theme of "Gatchaman" Music by: John Williams Orchestration by: Edward Karam Recording Engineer: Steve Smith Mixing Engineer: William Storkson Editing Engineer: Alex Levy Music Copyist: Gregg Nestor Orchestra Contractor: Simon James Music Supervisor: Dana Sano Assistant to John Williams: *Jean-Claude Madonne* Recorded at: Bastyr University Mixed at: AudioSFX, CA Orchestra Conducted by: John Williams Orchestra: Northwest Sinfonia Orchestra *_Orchestra_* 14 Violins I 12 Violins II 10 Violas 10 Cellos 6 Double Basses 3 Flutes (3rd dbl. Piccolo) 3 Oboes (3rd dbl. Cor Anglais) 3 Clarinets (3rd dbl. Bass Clarinet) 3 Bassoons (3rd dbl. Contra Bassoon) 6 French Horns 4 Trumpets 2 Trombones 2 Bass Trombones 2 Tubas Timpani Percussion (3 players) 2 Harps 2 Pianos A crew member in *bold* indicates decease...
They were added for the Director’s Edition. Supposedly they were around for the first couple of theatrical showings during its original release, but nobody paid attention to them, so they just switched to a black background and “Ilia’s Theme.”
Sitting in that darkened theater in 1979, I wondered at the strange, haunting music they played over the moving star field. Obviously it was part of the film, but why play something unfamiliar at the start?
The music is titled Overture/Ilea's Theme. Its my opinion that its a depiction of V'ger heading for the Alpha Quadrant in search of her creator. She later takes Ilea as her representative and in the rest of the film the music is used for both.
It’s the 2001 Director’s Cut which, until 3 days from now (9/6/22) was only available on DVD. All the blu-Ray editions have been the theatrical version, shown here.
Somehow I think the late Jerry Goldsmith burnt them, followed by Shaun Cassidy doing the same with the master tapes for his vocal version of this. That was not a proud career point for either of them.
@@Fatman_egg_thou4 I would be happy just to go back to regular opening credits music. I actually read the credits, so it’s really distracting to both read the credits and listen to the dialogue of the first (few) scenes at the same time.
I was there in 1979. The theatre was packed. People were applauding when the movie title displayed!
Me too! I wonder if we were at the same theater?! 😀
As Star Trek TMP made it's debut I arrived on the planet that year in July! Must be cosmic coincidence or Devine, certainly has seemed that way!
Me too, I was 5
The overture is so beautiful in this,
I love how they gave 3 minutes for people to get into the seats with some nice music back in the day.
It's called an "overture." It's a very old-school movie theater thing.
Oh, so that’s what that was.
I remember seeing TMP in the theater. When Ilia's Theme came on, people were literally running to their seats such was the excitement for TMP. Wonderful memories from a long time ago.
I also saw TMP in the theater in 1979.
Thats what overtures are for basically,to get stragglers into their seats.
That sounds great, I remember a different experience. Overtures by 1979 were basically gone and I remember a lot of people sitting in their chairs looking all confused and wtf is going on, where's the movie? Lol. (1979 tried to bring it back because The Black Hole had an Overture too.)
A long time ago but this time in our galaxy...
So does my dad. I grew up on this in the late 90s. The human adventure is just beginning!
The producers clearly wanted to play with people's mind and knowing they would expect to listen to the TV theme version they made this long starfield intro and then wham! The pounding sounds of the new score in their face a new theme that just blows you away !
I adore Jerry Goldsmith's music with all my heart
I miss jerry goldsmith.
Illia's Theme Song always calmed me when I was stressed. It also made my heart melt.
TMP theme needs to be mankind's anthem.
OMG I remember this so vividly, Me and my Dad, having just got our popcorn and pop, finding our seats to this overture, settling in...
... and then that magnificent Jerry Goldsmith fanfare !
... Just so moved by the music throughout, especially the Enterprise Theme, but also the Main Theme and the Klingon Theme.
And then almost exactly 3 years later when our family got our first VHS machine, this was my second VHS tape I purchased for it (after, of course, Star Trek The Wrath of Khan) leading up to Christmas.
... And this overture... sent me directly back to that moment and the goosebumps I had.
... tonight felt EXACTLY like that moment... lol
And they were expensive back then!
This is My favourite Star Trek Opening Theme as it Reminds my of Star Trek: The Next Generation!
Probably the best and most accurate thing for an overture set around a show about space travel
This movie gets better the more I watch it. That's probably 100+ times by now, at least!
This is my second favorite Star Trek. It's more peaceful and less violent than the others except 4. I love the slower more thoughtful pace of this one too!
I really hoped it would grow on me but the more I watch it the worse it gets for me. I think part of that is the 70s colour scheme hasn't aged well, the pijamas, the blaster beam etc. I get that Spock is semi purged of emotion but he is borderline robotic throughout the film. The enterprise refit exterior is stunning though.
This movie and The Black Hole were the last two movies I know that had an overture that played before the opening credits rolled.
The Artist more recently my friend
Ice Station Zebra, 2001 and Lawrence of Arabia also feature an overture.
i remember seeing posters for that movie. never watched it...the posters scared me as a kid lol.
At the same time in 1979. That was a good year.
The Human Adventure Is Just Beginning.
The 40th Anniversary Of STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE.
The main theme for "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" was reused as the main theme for the TV series, "Star Trek: The Next Generation".
it's a slight variation
And the theme of Star Trek: The motion picture was used for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection & Star Trek: Nemesis.
Duh. Everyone knows that.
This "TMP Main Title" sounds like a prototype for the Main Title of Season 2 TNG. Fun Fact: Season one of TNG actually did not have a Stanza on the Logo it wasn't until They credited Captain Picard.
More like a fusion with the original series
TMP's theme song is one of the most iconic theme songs ever.
The theme song was also used for the hit TV series “Star Trek: The Next Generation”.
It's hard to match the epicness of the work that both Jerry Goldsmith and James Horner produced for these classic films. Michael Giacchino's music is good, but in no way can it match the classic soundtracks of classic Trek.
Jerry Goldsmith and his fantastic score made the film that much better. And the origin of the ST next generation theme!
Hell yes, I Love Star Trek: The Motion Picture so much and Star Trek: The Motion Picture along with Moonraker with Roger Moore and Time After Time with Malcolm McDowell are the most underappreciated sci-fi films of 1979. Star Trek: The Motion Picture is one of my favorite Star Trek films. Star Trek: The Motion Picture had a stellar music score by Jerry Goldsmith, the acting from William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and DeForest Kelley were all excellent, and the scene with Spock coming aboard on The Enterprise was also great.
I also really love both Moonraker and Time After Time. Time After Time is a brilliant time travel film with Malcolm McDowell, Moonraker is a very underrated and awesome bond film, and Moonraker will always be my favorite Roger Moore bond film. Moonraker had an amazing music score by John Barry, Michael Lonsdale as Hugo Drax was a great bond villain, and Lois Chiles was a beautiful bond girl as Holly Goodhead. Overall, I always loved Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Time After Time, and Moonraker from 1979, 1979 was a great year for sci-fi films, and Star Trek: The Motion Picture as well as Time After Time and Moonraker are all very underappreciated and great cult classic sci-fi films.
The motion picture is one of my favorite Trek films too. :)
Amazing soundtrack and special effects this film is iconic. I love Star Trek
Of all the film scores I heard from my childhood this is my most favorite (Both Original & Director's Cut versions).
the most beautiful film score, I saw this movie when it came out and the song was so moving
This theme (opening credits) is beautiful it’s majestic it’s the best
A great intelligent sci fi movie with an epic slice of truly Galactic music opening score.....so bloody good 👍
A Classy Overture for a CLASSY Robert Wise Film
Full Body Chills. Every. Single. TIme!!!
I do remember watching this movie in theater. The curtain opened up lights came down and this overture was the light in that darkness
I missed this in theaters in 1979, being only 5 years old at the time.
i was 7. don't remember if i saw it in the theater or at home first. but my parents sat me in front of the tv and one of my faves back then (and still) is star trek.
2 years old lol
The theme is so powerful. Thataway!
Star Trek: The Motion Picture along with Moonraker with Roger Moore and The Black Hole with Robert Forster are the most underappreciated sci-fi films and I really love Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a very stellar and great Star Trek film, it had a very good plot of the Enterprise crew investigating V'Ger, and Star Trek: The Motion Picture had brilliant stuff like the Jerry Goldsmith music score and the performances from William Shanter and Leonard Nimoy. Star Trek: The Motion Picture as well as Moonraker and The Black Hole are all way much better sci-fi films than any Star Wars film made after 1980's The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars was never the same when Gary Kurtz left the franchise in 1980, and I always loved both Moonraker and The Black Hole on repeated viewings. Moonraker is my absolute favorite Roger Moore bond film, The Black Hole is a very underrated and excellent sci-fi Disney film, and the John Barry music scores for Moonraker and The Black Hole were both absolutely incredible.
Overall, I will always have a soft spot for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Black Hole, and Moonraker. I can't believe that Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Black Hole, and Moonraker are all 45 years old now in 2024, they are all great cult classic sci-fi films from 1979, and I would easily re-watch Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Black Hole, and Moonraker over any Star Wars film made after 1980's The Empire Strikes Back all day anyday.
This is the 2001 directors cut - its not the same opening score as the 1979 movie. This teack is from the album. The 2022 directors cut features the correct score. If you like the music, check out the remastered 3-disc from LA LA Records.
The human adventure will always be there...great post.
Looking back, 1980s had alot of shows about hotshot heros with really cool/iconic vehicles..A-Team(Van),Airwolf,KnightRider,Magnum P.I.(Ferrari/Helicopter)...idk seems like a pattern in hindsight. A very cool pattern,with banging theme songs.
I was five or 10 years old back in 1979 with the movie came out as a teenage 1983 I saw the movie for the first time on TV on and VHS too now I'm 53 years old and always will be a fan of Star Trek TV series original TV series and the movies
This movie and it's score will always have a special meaning to me. Like you I was turning 10, and my father took me to see it on opening day for my 10th birthday present. He also sat with my mother, and I during the season premiere of Star Trek: The Next Generation which when it started he immediately recognized it as the same music from the movie. Now today at 53, and even 4 years after his passing. I can not listen to this without those blessed memories flooding back. An the flood gates of my eyes letting loose. A beautiful piece, leading to beautiful memories of a shared time with a loving father. Thank you Gene, Thank you Cast, and Thank you Gerry for this, and all you did, and are continuing to do with this franchise... Indeed the human adventure is just beginning, and will continue... Always.
These stars are just so mesmerizing...... in Illia’s theme, Never seen that before.
They had added them in for the Director's Edition.
Hopefully someday this becomes the Anthem of a United Earth 🖖
Star Trek made some interesting predictions. It predicted cellphones, computers, and iPads. Now we have them. I wonder if Star Trek: The Motion Picture was predicting a future return of a probe that was launched in the past.
May you live long and prosper!🖖🏼
3:21 Someone should totally use this in a TV show.
It will startle your senses
1:36 Transport your spirit
Jerry goldsmith is Wizard
In a time as movies has been beautiyful.
Ideas
1m2a Theme of "Gatchaman"
Music by: John Williams
Orchestration by: Edward Karam
Recording Engineer: Steve Smith
Mixing Engineer: William Storkson
Editing Engineer: Alex Levy
Music Copyist: Gregg Nestor
Orchestra Contractor: Simon James
Music Supervisor: Dana Sano
Assistant to John Williams: *Jean-Claude Madonne*
Recorded at: Bastyr University
Mixed at: AudioSFX, CA
Orchestra Conducted by: John Williams
Orchestra: Northwest Sinfonia Orchestra
*_Orchestra_*
14 Violins I
12 Violins II
10 Violas
10 Cellos
6 Double Basses
3 Flutes (3rd dbl. Piccolo)
3 Oboes (3rd dbl. Cor Anglais)
3 Clarinets (3rd dbl. Bass Clarinet)
3 Bassoons (3rd dbl. Contra Bassoon)
6 French Horns
4 Trumpets
2 Trombones
2 Bass Trombones
2 Tubas
Timpani
Percussion (3 players)
2 Harps
2 Pianos
A crew member in *bold* indicates decease...
This entire movie was a Jerry Goldsmith orchestra!
1979 version had no starfield. This is from the 2001 directors cut. :)
Yes, and the credits were simply white on black too.
So just like Star Wars the producers also did "special editions" in Star Trek stuff.
@@gabrielvieiraramos8530Yeah, but unlike “Star Wars,” this film especially needed it.
I need to go see this at the movie theater.
Just saw it last night - great film to see in theaters!
@@kingofyoutube6415 couldn't agree more. Seen it twice now. The 2019 40th anniversary and the recent directors cut. 👍
The original on VHS did not have a star field.
Nor that out of place modern Paramount logo!
They were added for the Director’s Edition. Supposedly they were around for the first couple of theatrical showings during its original release, but nobody paid attention to them, so they just switched to a black background and “Ilia’s Theme.”
I have the Ilia's Theme from the film in 35mm.
Why is this theme absent from the version I saw recently ?
Sitting in that darkened theater in 1979, I wondered at the strange, haunting music they played over the moving star field. Obviously it was part of the film, but why play something unfamiliar at the start?
The music is titled Overture/Ilea's Theme. Its my opinion that its a depiction of V'ger heading for the Alpha Quadrant in search of her creator. She later takes Ilea as her representative and in the rest of the film the music is used for both.
The Movie After With Along To Watership Down 1978
3:12
EPICNESS 🖖🏾
🖖
You stole my thunder!!! Yes, I agree with you...the open theme of ST:TMP IS (nothing short of)...EPIC!!!
Nice
I had an old DVD (first run) and this was the movie's intro. It is not on any of the releases that followed; blu-ray or streaming. Why was it cut out?
In the DVD Director's Cut.
It’s the 2001 Director’s Cut which, until 3 days from now (9/6/22) was only available on DVD. All the blu-Ray editions have been the theatrical version, shown here.
3:12 to 3:22 always sounded like a dogs dinner to me. Much improved in later editions.
This is from the Director's Edition.
Lindo
This Movie Made Over,175 Million Dollars at The Movie Theaters and Drive Inns in 1979,There Were Lines around the block
Did anyone know the lyrics?
Somehow I think the late Jerry Goldsmith burnt them, followed by Shaun Cassidy doing the same with the master tapes for his vocal version of this. That was not a proud career point for either of them.
Great soundtrack, but tough to watch at times. Still, not a bad movie overall.
It’s not tough for me up watch. I love this movie.
Too much reliance on effects, plodding pace, not much story.
Seems like a lifetime ago 🤔
Can star trek save star wars next door?.
Yes.
What was this purpose of the intro music with the star field before the main theme and credits? I love it, but seems unusual. Why?
Prelude music before the movie starts. Gives you a few moments to acclimate to the mood of the upcoming presentation.
Reminds me of epics like Lawrence of Arabia . Be cool if they brought them back 😅
@@Fatman_egg_thou4 I would be happy just to go back to regular opening credits music. I actually read the credits, so it’s really distracting to both read the credits and listen to the dialogue of the first (few) scenes at the same time.
Too far removed from TOS but excellent nonetheless.
This is seriioiusly the first 4,5 minutes of the movie?
So they used the Next Generation theme first? Ditched it, and went back to it again?? ummm, Okay!!
This is the original piece from TMP, such a great score that TNG composer decided to borrow and made some slight adjustment to it
I get it, this was first, but It's too weird for me hearing TNG music and seeing TOS names on screen.
Ah, back when movies needed a loading screen... actually I take that back, I'm a gamer and I've seen loading screens go by faster then this.
I bought the 4K UHD restoration set a few months ago and the director's cut has this version