"What is it they're launching?" "You know it, father. You've already seen it." "Seen it? What are you talking about? I haven't seen any missile." "Yes, you have, old friend. Don't you remember?"
@@TheBuzzard42 Orville got me hooked too, i wouldnt compare it to tng to be honest. It would loose big. But i really have fun with the orville, interesting concepts and kind of star trek. ;)
When I first saw this episode when it aired, I thought it was going to be a lame story. By the end of the show, it ended up being my favorite Star Trek TNG episode. And this song goes beyond a television show. It's just beautiful.
This episode along with Data's child "The Offspring" i think its title, are my all time favs, along with both " Vash" episodes and the one with Q'a protege played by Olivia D'Abo and lastly, the Metamorph, Wesly' first crush (although Lt. Leflet (aka Ashley Judd) also are favs episodes.
+Nathan-Lee Ambrose - This is a great point. When Picard first awoke he struggled to even remember the names of the closest crew. He had been given more experience in the other life than he already had as Picard. I would have enjoyed seeing Picard describe more how deeply he was affected by the experience. Amazing indeed.
@@ericorr3461, I hope that's something they'll explore in the upcoming Picard centric show. I'd presume it's set at least 10-15 years after the events of Nemesis, and it would be really interesting to see him reflect back on two distinct life times.
I hope the comments never stop and I hope this never gets taken down. Like others have said, this episode (Star Trek TNG) was so well written and acted, with such a plot twist. That episode, and this music, are rare glimpses of people getting it perfectly right.
TNG is a series with some action, some comedy, and deep contemplative philosophy and with such a memorable and lovable cast. I think it’s one of the best series ever.
@@stuart7245 Star Trek is filled with so much wisdom. The Inner Light is by far my favourite episode of TNG. It's has such a good message, which I try to follow, albeit not often enough.
Season 5 episode 25.for me, it’s the best episode in Next Gen. I have asked my son to have this song played at my funeral, when the time comes. To me this song, that episode, truly represents the life of someone. Lived for a lifetime. Gone in galactic minutes.
With the conductor wearing a uniform, an image comes to mind. An admiral conducting his orchestra to play a song that a famous late captain used to play after a certain incident. Eventually, that Captain composed an entire piece based off of that single melody he used to play in the quiet hours aboard his starship. With this single composition, the bravery, honor, and heart of that Captain and his crew shall always be remembered. Now one with the stars, they explore unhindered throughout the universe. Their mark on our mortal souls shall be eternal.
Probably one of the best episodes...a life, a family...a whole world and it's civilization, all contained in one piece of music... one flute and a special individual like Picard to preserve their existence even if in just memory.
This episode is everything I love about science fiction as a whole, the ability to look so far out there, and see more of what's inside ourselves than we do when we try to look inside, because we are better at seeing what reflects us out there than we are at understanding ourselves. We look outward, to the stars, and learn just as much about the human condition as we learn about what's out there. Picard is in a situation none of us will ever be in, but we can see ourselves in Patrick Stewart's performance. He's a man in charge of a space traveling ship further from home than we'll ever be, after being forced to live a virtual lifetime by an ancient spacecraft, but when he sees that flute, when he sits down and holds it to his chest like it might be ripped away from him like the family he never had, we see ourselves in him. We see the pain of loss that is a fundamental part of the human condition, the pain and joy of memory, and life. This song is so emotional, that flute is so important, because it was his music that let him live in the moment and enjoy what he never had. His own family, playing the flute let him just enjoy what he'd given up by joining Starfleet, that lietmotif is glued to that feeling of belonging, of family. When he sees that flute, it's the only part of that life he has left, so he pulls it close, because that flute is his wife, his children, his best friend, and he'll never have them back, because they died before he met them. It's the only way he can hold them again, because it was real to him, and that's what mattered.
BATAI: You saw it just before you came here. We hoped our probe would encounter someone in the future. Someone who could be a teacher. Someone who could tell the others about us.
This haunting tune is capable of making me feel an entirely new emotion. It's as if a trace of something is grasping onto me and saying: do not forget me.
The wife of a friend passed away after a long battle with Cancer. She was a big Star Trek fan, so at the funeral this was played as part of a montages of images of her titled "Remember Me"
This episode and song had probably the biggest impact on my view of how music, even as a simple melody, could capture and preserve lifetimes of emotion.
This music is like the artwork of any number of lost civilizations here on Earth. It keeps alive a culture and people who have been lost to time. Gets me every time I hear it.
I just imagined a music video with someone playing this standing among the ruins of such bygone civilizations. Ruins of buildings, runestones, the Stonehenge, some rockface with ancient handprints, such things.
Absolutely, and yet there's something more to it I think. Its more than a record (though maybe you didn't intend to say that) but Picard's he was left with a souvenir. The flute is obviously special,, but the true gift is the mark left behind within him.
I always thought this song encapsulated the bitter sweetness of being born, learning from your first mistakes, moving away from home, having children of your own, watching them grow up and have their own children, living long enough to see them go through the same thing and eventually saying goodbye to all of it.
i started watching the series a few months ago, this is my favorite episode so far. and from what i can see, its a lot of people's favorites too. i wish the orchestral version had ended with just the single flute like it started. in my opinion, having the orchestra build the sound to its height then die down to a single flute playing would have created an stronger emotional effect like the episode did.
If things keep going the way they are going right now, that episode might be how we as a specie die out. With Voyager and other drones carrying our legacy.
@@hukeskypotter5149 Honestly, if we were facing certain and absolute extinction, I'd hope we'd launch a record of our planet's life into space, just to prove to the universe that we once existed.
To quote from Auguries of Innocence written by William Blake : To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour.
+Me3stR For me, Star Trek isnt really fiction. It is something for us to aim for, a goal for humanity. To move past our petty differences (For the most part) and unite as one to finally leave our solar system and continue exploring as humans have always been meant to do. Without something to explore, and goals to strive for, we are going to stagnate and die off.
This piece of music is actually in TWO episodes. Inner Light (My favourite episode of all) and the Season 6 Episode "Lessons" in which Picard falls in love with one of his officers. That's a really good episode as well if you haven't seen it. Also is it just me or does the opening of this piece sound a little like "Skye Boat Song" to anyone else as well?
Micic00 In that case I have a question for you Micic? Which one did you prefer? I think Inner Light is THE best Picard centred episode of all but Lessons is also superb in the way it deals with the difference between his personal feelings and professional duty. That conflict is all internal and both episodes are among the ones I rate as the best sort of sci-fi in that it makes us think and doesn't settle for replacing a meaningful story with masses of explosions and other special effects.
MrPeterpiper1969 I like the Inner Light better because of the mind blowing story, of some long ago disappeared civilization programming your mind to re-live their final moments. You can't top that. Every part of that episode is exciting and fires the imagination and the final part of Picard's realization is the high point where you realize that he basically lived another full life besides his own which I think will be possible in the future (so there's another one of those inventions and ideas in Star Trek) wheres in Lessons you have pretty much an episode at a constant pace, beautiful nonetheless with good actress about their mutual love but lacking some of the above mentioned elements of the Inner Light which I regard highly. My honest opinion, of course
Micic00 I agree, as I said earlier I believe Inner Light to be THE best episode of TNG bar none because of those very factors you mentioned. The way Picard has to first adjust to his "life" on the planet and the way the writers made it actually quite difficult to readjust to being the Captain of the Enterprise was absolutely awe-inspiring to me. Everything about Inner Light is brilliant whereas Lessons has one slight weakness for me. Would Picard of all people REALLY be conflicted in the face of duty by personal considerations? I don't say he wouldn't have worried a lot about Daren but he would never have allowed that sort of fear to show in front of his bridge officers. It's just a minor point but it rubs against the grain of his character as it's written everywhere else across the seven series.
Always loved this episode. Patrick Stuart really got to flex his acting muscles in this episode; that end scene where he finds the ressicant/flute in the box just blows you away. The way he clutches the flute to his chest tells you how much he felt for the people in that other life.
"So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning." - Aaron Copland
+Gary Wright Actually commodore isn't really a rank it's a position. It's the title given to a captain in charge of a group of captains and ships without holding a flag rank .
No. A Fleet Captain has 5 pips. A commodore (despite not having actual flag rank) will have 1 pip with a square/rectangle piping around it, similar to all flag officer rank pips from that "era" in the stories. The flag ranks for 1-5 pips are: Rear Admiral, Lower half - Rear Admiral, Upper Half - Vice Admiral - Admiral - Fleet Admiral. (ST:TNG Officer's Manual as source for Fleet Captain rank insignia, Rear Admiral division into lower/upper and the implied Fleet Admiral insignia). -- If you're REALLY interested in this stuff ... the folks running Star Trek apparently took awhile to decide to actually track how they wanted to denote ranks visually, so there's quite a lot available at memory alpha under Starfleet Ranks.
I got goosebumps while he was still living the dream in his mind, and he realized as the rocket launched, that he was the one chosen to remember the now dead civilization. This is a lovely arrangement, but nearly as powerful as the simple duet played by Picard, and Neela, in the episode LESSONS.
This is so magical. I've been binging TNG, and the duet episode came on where he plays this in the great Jefferies tube acoustics. You can't help but get swept up with emotion from the Inner Light episode. It's such a beautiful story, a beauty only matched by the flute arrangement.
There are so many things yet to learn. So many reasons to be humble. So vast a gap between who we are and what our true potential is. A study that Star Trek demonstrated ingeniously time and time again. A fact that all true fans mourn now that Trek is becoming known for blood, guts, sex and dirt - a reflection of who we ARE, not who we WANT to be.
Vern Hestand “so vast a gap between who we are and what our true potential is.” Beautifully put. Those words combined with the music speak volumes to me. I am a man who cannot seem to even begin to bridge the gap. As I continue to get older (in my mid thirties now) I begin to fear I will never achieve that which want to aspire to. my own fears and repeated failures...leave me with sense...that I never will. Yet music like this...words like yours...give me a spark of hope. Thank you.
one could; and I emphasizes could come to the conclusion that the "Kelvin time line " is more in line with the mirror universe. But not the one of the TERRAN EMPIRE !!
What is it about ST:TNG? Not the greatest sci-fi out there. Not the greatest or most interesting characters. But it's capable of producing moments of such....such feeling. The Inner Light was not only the high-water mark for the series, but all of television.
Startrek (specifically TNG) focused on portraying us as much more than we current are, be it political, religious or environmental. Most of the time it missed the mark because people just weren't interested and missed the action. Episodes like Inner Light and Chain Of Command, not only showed the incredible acting ability of Patrick Stewart but as this music shows there are great things in all of the episodes if people give them the time they deserve.
I wanted this in the Picard show. Imagine, if you will You see stars, you hear the opening bars to the TMP/TNG into start up, you see the Enterprise D come into shot just like in TNG... and then the... E? Wait what? And before the DUN DUH DA DUN kicks in, the camera pans out and THIS music begins. Its not the ship, its a diorama on Picard's wall in France. Opening credits start up as we go through his living room and/or study and we see a few easter eggs in addition to hints as to what he's been up to all these years. And it ends with coming to him overlooking the vinyard, flute in hand as the last notes fade away... Alas, not quite the show we got. But using this would have really cemented that this was HIS journey.
The Inner Light is my favorite episode of any show I've seen. This made me cry and filled my heart with joy. It made me miss playing on an orchestra. Those were the best years of my life that will never come again.
this is so beautiful and i really loved this episode it really touch my heart so deeply i almost cry every time i hear just 2 sec of this flute music from my heart thank you so much Morgan Grendel for writing this episode Morgan GendelMorgan GendelMorgan Gendel
no|ta¦tion [nəʊˈteɪʃ(ə)n] NOUN a series or system of written symbols used to represent numbers, amounts, or elements in something such as music or mathematics: "algebraic notation" how do you "encounter" a notation?
+Gary - The conductor encounters a notation on the sheet music. Jesus, it was a joke. You're one of those types that copies and pastes an entry form a dictionary to try and prove someone wrong.
הפרק "האור הפנימי" הוא אחת היצירות המרגשות והנוגעות-ללב ביותר שאי פעם ראיתי. קפטן פיקארד חי למעשה חיים שלמים, עשרות שנים, בהן יש לו אישה, אהבה, ילדים ונכדים. אלה חיים שהספק אחוז בהם ונמצא תמיד ברקע, עם תחושת אבדן וגעגוע אל החיים האמיתיים שלו בקפטן בצי-הכוכבים, ובצידו של הספק הולכת ונוצרת דאגה עמוקה מגורלו של הכוכב בו הוא נמצא, שנגזר למוות. אך יחד עם הספק והדאגה, הוא חי חיים של אהבה, של יצירה, של משפחה, דברים שאין לו בחייו האמיתיים כקפטן קרייריסט. ואת הדברים האלה הוא לא יחליף בעד כל הון שבעולם. את כל אלה מלווה הנגינה בחליל, מוזיקה קצרה שיש בה גם געגוע וגם תקווה. החיים שלו נפסקים, הוא מתעורר, מתברר לו שהכל היה חזיון, שהתרחש במוחו בלבד, אך יחד עם זאת הכל היה אמיתי - הכוכב אכן התקיים, והיו בו קהילות, משפחות, ילדים, נכדים, ואהבה גדולה. לבד בחדר, הוא חוזר אל החליל. השריד היחידי שנותר לו מהמשפחה שכל כך אהב, ולמעשה מהכוכב ומהאוכלוסיה שחייתה עליו, לפני אלף שנים. הוא מחבק את החליל, מתגעגע, ומנגן.
This SNG episode was just on tv. It's always had an impact on me, so much that a couple of months ago when I was at a bazaar in Mexico and saw a wooden flute, I bought it. If only I can learn to play it. But it did take Picard a lifetime to learn.
This music brings to mind so many beautiful images.... Eline smiling when Kamen tells her he wants to build a nursery, Picard kissing Nella Daren, Wesley Crusher's lifeless corpse floating away from external side of an airlock... just beautiful...
I never get this emotional listening to music but this struck such a chord. So many memories. Absolutely beautiful.....the lone flute made me tear up something awful. I wish I had half this talent. Bravo.......
Over so many of thousands of years we were unknown. Then suddenly we are born. And we will be forgotten in a blink of an eye for the rest of eternity. We are a splitsecond in time, feeling as the universe is ours. But we are mere guests, too shortlived to understand anything but what is in front of our eyes.
This is the magic that is Science fiction... taking us to places we have never seen... but have all experienced. Opening doors to other forms of expressing the emotions we all are made of... and attempting to inspire and encourage us to boldly go wherever we dare to explore.
Chief O'Brien this is the captain... I order you: TO SCAN AND ISOLATE THOSE HUMANOIDS WHO DISLIKE THIS BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF MUSIC...AND BEAM THEM TO THE BRIG! Picard out!
The brig? Nah skipper, let's beam them to a spot five miles or so out of the starboard airlock. Better yet, send them to Jeffries Tube 9. No one EVER comes back from there. :)
@@SciTrekMan I think justin bieber is definitely banned on klingon vessels. it's probably also a biological weapon used by the romulans during their assault on the Khitomer outpost.The music had such a PTSD effect on Worf that he took to drinking prune juice.
Cherish your life.cherish this time here for it is finite in the grand scheme of your life. Let every moment be a world unto it self. Hold those you love close and forgive their short comings. This life is your gift to wrap to present and to cherish. We are so lucky to have a piece of music such as this to remind us of such a great melody and a show.
I saw this episode in 1992 when it was released. I was a boy of 14 and it moved me deeply. I was overwhelmed with sadness when it came out. I didn't know why then. But I know why now. 30 years later, my wife laid to rest, the songs of our life are only a thing of memory. Our children a product of love and affection. And even if I explain the depth of our love and meaning of our overcoming struggle... no one will ever hear more than a song sung on a flute of a memory past. A life taken for granted. A a love so true, if I explained it to you, you wouldn't've believe me.
Picard...A man who explored many wonders of the galaxy, a hero and champion of Earth... but also a man saddened by never having his own children, a tragic irony, as Picard would have been a better father then Starship Captain...The probe gives the Capt a lifetime of memories (from a long extinct race) in the matter of moments. He has family a wife, children. I die at the end of the episode when Picard finds the flute he played in his vision inside the probe and can play this song ! Beautiful..
This moment is one of the best ever on tv history. The tune always brings a tear to my. Fight me on this....even non-Trekkies would appreciate it I am 100% sure!...but I am a Trekkie hahah.
I am always amazed at the fact that this one stand alone episode from a tv show can move so many people so deeply. My eyes well up every time I hear that hauntingly beautiful melody.
When i first heard this, it made me sad. I shared my thoughts with my father, and he disagreed. He thought it was full of beauty and hope. I hear it now and I miss him.
Goosebumps ....... Great Feeling ....Music for sad Moments in Life! Tears in my eyes and running down....for remember in history ... parts of life will come back to reality .... feeling the presence of all good and bad times in my life...
"What is it they're launching?"
"You know it, father. You've already seen it."
"Seen it? What are you talking about? I haven't seen any missile."
"Yes, you have, old friend. Don't you remember?"
"Oh my god, it's me!"
"Now, we live in you. Tell them of us...my darling..."
Best episode of ALL TIME.
Johnson09064 One of my all-time favorite lines.
@roflastc I have to admit i shiver and feel to cry as well.... everytime i hear it
Whose here because they miss those meaningful Star Trek episodes!?
FACTS
God, yes! These days if I want any new decent Star Trek, I have to turn off current Star Trek and put on Orville!
@@TheBuzzard42 Orville got me hooked too, i wouldnt compare it to tng to be honest. It would loose big. But i really have fun with the orville, interesting concepts and kind of star trek. ;)
I still watch them. You can watch them on Netflix. All 7 seasons. Had to go through it 3 times already. ..
3rd season of discovery was very star trekkiness. I cried tears of joy at the season finale.
May we *ALL* please acknowledge the spectacular flautist and her brilliantly-nuanced performance! Sublime!
Agreed sir 🖖
I would have appreciated hearing it more.
When I first saw this episode when it aired, I thought it was going to be a lame story. By the end of the show, it ended up being my favorite Star Trek TNG episode. And this song goes beyond a television show. It's just beautiful.
The simple beauty of that song says so much!
Same!
Patrick Stewart was on a talk show with his son who was also in the episode,he said it was his favorite episode
This episode along with Data's child "The Offspring" i think its title, are my all time favs, along with both " Vash" episodes and the one with Q'a protege played by Olivia D'Abo and lastly, the Metamorph, Wesly' first crush (although Lt. Leflet (aka Ashley Judd) also are favs episodes.
Same sir 🖖
Why do I do it too myself, this composition is so emotional? Tears rolling, damn it I am 51.
You are not alone my friend
One of the Best TNG - Not for action but for the Human factor.
To live a life time in the soul of another. An amazing episode, deep on so many ways.
And that is the power of Star Trek. especially TNG
+SomePonyWithAGuitar cftgzbcd
+Nathan-Lee Ambrose - This is a great point. When Picard first awoke he struggled to even remember the names of the closest crew. He had been given more experience in the other life than he already had as Picard. I would have enjoyed seeing Picard describe more how deeply he was affected by the experience. Amazing indeed.
Eric Orr: That experience of his is eventually explored in the Star Trek novel, Greater than the Sum, by Christopher Bennett. It's quite good!
@@ericorr3461, I hope that's something they'll explore in the upcoming Picard centric show. I'd presume it's set at least 10-15 years after the events of Nemesis, and it would be really interesting to see him reflect back on two distinct life times.
I hope the comments never stop and I hope this never gets taken down. Like others have said, this episode (Star Trek TNG) was so well written and acted, with such a plot twist. That episode, and this music, are rare glimpses of people getting it perfectly right.
Agreed sir ❤🖖❤️
"Now we live in you! Tell them of us ... my darling..."
Yes! That's the part. That's THE part. Wow. So human. So soulful.
TNG is a series with some action, some comedy, and deep contemplative philosophy and with such a memorable and lovable cast. I think it’s one of the best series ever.
Same sir 🖖❤🖖
In fact, is my favorite series, even with the Borgs...
"Seize the time, Meribor - live now! Make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again."
Matt George I love you, Father.
I agree.
SO SAY WE ALL!!!
As a retired man I broke down at your comment. Wasted so much time. I remember the episode.
@@stuart7245 Star Trek is filled with so much wisdom. The Inner Light is by far my favourite episode of TNG. It's has such a good message, which I try to follow, albeit not often enough.
Just want to add my name to the hundreds who think this is _the best_ episode in the entire Star Trek franchise :)
Deep Space Nine's "Far Beyond the Stars"
The episode "Lessons" where Picard and Nella Darren shared love and music was also a favorite.
DS9's The Visitor. I tear up just thinking about it.
@yehudahecht1520 That one gets to me too.
Live long and prosper... My old friend
Season 5 episode 25.for me, it’s the best episode in Next Gen. I have asked my son to have this song played at my funeral, when the time comes. To me this song, that episode, truly represents the life of someone. Lived for a lifetime. Gone in galactic minutes.
With the conductor wearing a uniform, an image comes to mind. An admiral conducting his orchestra to play a song that a famous late captain used to play after a certain incident. Eventually, that Captain composed an entire piece based off of that single melody he used to play in the quiet hours aboard his starship. With this single composition, the bravery, honor, and heart of that Captain and his crew shall always be remembered. Now one with the stars, they explore unhindered throughout the universe. Their mark on our mortal souls shall be eternal.
Julia Crawford to seek out strange, new worlds...
I like this interpretation. This song meant so much to him. I hope, along with it, the story of the people of Kataan was told far and wide.
Ok, dammit. Now you made me cry.
W O W
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One piece of music, from One episode...and the composer knocked it out of the park.
I memorized it.the first time I herd it.avery part of it
This is About love and compassion all in one.
Jay Chattaway is the composer
Probably one of the best episodes...a life, a family...a whole world and it's civilization, all contained in one piece of music... one flute and a special individual like Picard to preserve their existence even if in just memory.
Big Amen to that. This music brings tears to my eyes.
This episode is everything I love about science fiction as a whole, the ability to look so far out there, and see more of what's inside ourselves than we do when we try to look inside, because we are better at seeing what reflects us out there than we are at understanding ourselves.
We look outward, to the stars, and learn just as much about the human condition as we learn about what's out there.
Picard is in a situation none of us will ever be in, but we can see ourselves in Patrick Stewart's performance.
He's a man in charge of a space traveling ship further from home than we'll ever be, after being forced to live a virtual lifetime by an ancient spacecraft, but when he sees that flute, when he sits down and holds it to his chest like it might be ripped away from him like the family he never had, we see ourselves in him.
We see the pain of loss that is a fundamental part of the human condition, the pain and joy of memory, and life.
This song is so emotional, that flute is so important, because it was his music that let him live in the moment and enjoy what he never had. His own family, playing the flute let him just enjoy what he'd given up by joining Starfleet, that lietmotif is glued to that feeling of belonging, of family.
When he sees that flute, it's the only part of that life he has left, so he pulls it close, because that flute is his wife, his children, his best friend, and he'll never have them back, because they died before he met them. It's the only way he can hold them again, because it was real to him, and that's what mattered.
Very, very well said!
Wow... crying a lot here
Ah..the great duality of human nature. The "what if" questions when we look back on our life's journey
Beautiful.
Same sir 🖖
BATAI: You saw it just before you came here. We hoped our probe would encounter someone in the future. Someone who could be a teacher. Someone who could tell the others about us.
This haunting tune is capable of making me feel an entirely new emotion. It's as if a trace of something is grasping onto me and saying: do not forget me.
Yes, exactly! Thanks for giving me the words
The wife of a friend passed away after a long battle with Cancer. She was a big Star Trek fan, so at the funeral this was played as part of a montages of images of her titled "Remember Me"
Same sir 🖖❤😢
This episode and song had probably the biggest impact on my view of how music, even as a simple melody, could capture and preserve lifetimes of emotion.
Agreed sir 🖖❤️🖖
This music is like the artwork of any number of lost civilizations here on Earth. It keeps alive a culture and people who have been lost to time. Gets me every time I hear it.
That idea is one that really makes me think...
protoborg Beautifully said.
Even in a small town with only 30,000 inhabitants, due to age reasons we lose every day one human life.
And one human life will be born each day.
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I just imagined a music video with someone playing this standing among the ruins of such bygone civilizations. Ruins of buildings, runestones, the Stonehenge, some rockface with ancient handprints, such things.
Absolutely, and yet there's something more to it I think. Its more than a record (though maybe you didn't intend to say that) but Picard's he was left with a souvenir. The flute is obviously special,, but the true gift is the mark left behind within him.
I always thought this song encapsulated the bitter sweetness of being born, learning from your first mistakes, moving away from home, having children of your own, watching them grow up and have their own children, living long enough to see them go through the same thing and eventually saying goodbye to all of it.
i started watching the series a few months ago, this is my favorite episode so far. and from what i can see, its a lot of people's favorites too. i wish the orchestral version had ended with just the single flute like it started. in my opinion, having the orchestra build the sound to its height then die down to a single flute playing would have created an stronger emotional effect like the episode did.
I would have to agree with you.
If things keep going the way they are going right now, that episode might be how we as a specie die out. With Voyager and other drones carrying our legacy.
Maybe its showing growth?
@@hukeskypotter5149 Honestly, if we were facing certain and absolute extinction, I'd hope we'd launch a record of our planet's life into space, just to prove to the universe that we once existed.
@@EgyptianSpaceDog "if I could find a souvenir, just to prove the world was here"
Beautiful arrangement. It must be Romulans that are thumbing this down. LLAP
Hahaha
Finally! A reasonable explanation for all the inappropriate thumbs down all over the internet. Romulans!
Nah, it's the Space Jews.
UA-cam bots, the ones people pay to like their videos, they go around thumbing up and down random videos to trick UA-cam detection algorithms.
ikarooz and most likely the Frengui
To quote from Auguries of Innocence written by William Blake :
To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.
Wonderful
Kai-fong Chang Wow ! so gentle and relaxing.
this seriously needs to be put on in our store for customers who shop around.
pure and absolute perfection. One the few songs in the entire star trek series that has truly made me cry.
I am here for that incredible flute solo. Rendered so beautifully.
How charming that the conductor wore his uniform for this performance. Beautiful --thank you!
So much emotion in this song and feels so real. Crazy to think it is based on a fictional civilization.
+Me3stR For me, Star Trek isnt really fiction. It is something for us to aim for, a goal for humanity. To move past our petty differences (For the most part) and unite as one to finally leave our solar system and continue exploring as humans have always been meant to do.
Without something to explore, and goals to strive for, we are going to stagnate and die off.
Andrew Harris
He was a Visionary, wish he was still around.
@@atomicdeath10 Visionary... true. Complete womanizer and a cheat... also true.
@@jerryharris876 we're all flawed on some level.
@@jerryharris876 noone said he is a perfect man. Tough, isn't that made him human?.
I can't believe some orchestra did music from this specific episode. Amazing! This episode is one of my favorites
This piece of music is actually in TWO episodes. Inner Light (My favourite episode of all) and the Season 6 Episode "Lessons" in which Picard falls in love with one of his officers. That's a really good episode as well if you haven't seen it. Also is it just me or does the opening of this piece sound a little like "Skye Boat Song" to anyone else as well?
MrPeterpiper1969
Yes I've seen both episodes, multiple times.
Micic00 In that case I have a question for you Micic? Which one did you prefer? I think Inner Light is THE best Picard centred episode of all but Lessons is also superb in the way it deals with the difference between his personal feelings and professional duty. That conflict is all internal and both episodes are among the ones I rate as the best sort of sci-fi in that it makes us think and doesn't settle for replacing a meaningful story with masses of explosions and other special effects.
MrPeterpiper1969
I like the Inner Light better because of the mind blowing story, of some long ago disappeared civilization programming your mind to re-live their final moments. You can't top that. Every part of that episode is exciting and fires the imagination and the final part of Picard's realization is the high point where you realize that he basically lived another full life besides his own which I think will be possible in the future (so there's another one of those inventions and ideas in Star Trek) wheres in Lessons you have pretty much an episode at a constant pace, beautiful nonetheless with good actress about their mutual love but lacking some of the above mentioned elements of the Inner Light which I regard highly. My honest opinion, of course
Micic00 I agree, as I said earlier I believe Inner Light to be THE best episode of TNG bar none because of those very factors you mentioned. The way Picard has to first adjust to his "life" on the planet and the way the writers made it actually quite difficult to readjust to being the Captain of the Enterprise was absolutely awe-inspiring to me. Everything about Inner Light is brilliant whereas Lessons has one slight weakness for me. Would Picard of all people REALLY be conflicted in the face of duty by personal considerations? I don't say he wouldn't have worried a lot about Daren but he would never have allowed that sort of fear to show in front of his bridge officers. It's just a minor point but it rubs against the grain of his character as it's written everywhere else across the seven series.
Always loved this episode. Patrick Stuart really got to flex his acting muscles in this episode; that end scene where he finds the ressicant/flute in the box just blows you away. The way he clutches the flute to his chest tells you how much he felt for the people in that other life.
Stewart and Ressican. Being a huge fan should include spell checking.
it is interesting how a single song can so fully encompass an emotion such as "Love"
and/or Faith
How do we learn to connect emotions to the music we hear?
@@AgeBetterDotCom We just do...
"So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning." - Aaron Copland
I like how the conductor is wearing a Starfleet admiral's tunic!
I did not notice that until you pointed it out!
With the rank of Admiral (One Star) or Commodore depending on how you see it
+Gary Wright Actually commodore isn't really a rank it's a position. It's the title given to a captain in charge of a group of captains and ships without holding a flag rank .
Commodore is a normal uniform like captains only with five rank pins !
No. A Fleet Captain has 5 pips. A commodore (despite not having actual flag rank) will have 1 pip with a square/rectangle piping around it, similar to all flag officer rank pips from that "era" in the stories. The flag ranks for 1-5 pips are: Rear Admiral, Lower half - Rear Admiral, Upper Half - Vice Admiral - Admiral - Fleet Admiral. (ST:TNG Officer's Manual as source for Fleet Captain rank insignia, Rear Admiral division into lower/upper and the implied Fleet Admiral insignia). -- If you're REALLY interested in this stuff ... the folks running Star Trek apparently took awhile to decide to actually track how they wanted to denote ranks visually, so there's quite a lot available at memory alpha under Starfleet Ranks.
One of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard...
I have told my brother that I want this played at my funeral, this is my favorite piece of music.
yes, in this concert it was a piccolo flute. its sound its close to the penny whistle. you can't get closer with an orchestra instrument.
I got goosebumps while he was still living the dream in his mind, and he realized as the rocket launched, that he was the one chosen to remember the now dead civilization.
This is a lovely arrangement, but nearly as powerful as the simple duet played by Picard, and Neela, in the episode LESSONS.
Yes, Lesson is a far better showcase of this song than Inner Light.
Feels. All the feels.
And a Communist murderer for an avatar....
What a song! it is absolutely painful but at the end it makes me feel happy and far from understanding the mysteries of our universe.
Exactly. Have all the stars in the universe.
That works better on sites with stars instead of upvotes...
Yes, it's kind of spiritual.
Ein deutscher musikalischer Star Trek Gruss und dann auch noch die schönste Melodie die jemals in Star Trek zu hören war.
^^
absolut
Oh how that episode brought tears to my eyes, that will always be why I love Star Trek, may you rest now weary travelers.
This is so magical. I've been binging TNG, and the duet episode came on where he plays this in the great Jefferies tube acoustics. You can't help but get swept up with emotion from the Inner Light episode. It's such a beautiful story, a beauty only matched by the flute arrangement.
I just watched that episode and had to come find the full song :)
i agree, they should have made the duet a complete piece of music!!!
Agreed 👍❤️🖖
"Seize the time, Maribor. Live now, make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again."
There are so many things yet to learn. So many reasons to be humble. So vast a gap between who we are and what our true potential is. A study that Star Trek demonstrated ingeniously time and time again. A fact that all true fans mourn now that Trek is becoming known for blood, guts, sex and dirt - a reflection of who we ARE, not who we WANT to be.
Very well said. It's supposed to be about character, not characters, if you will.
Vern Hestand “so vast a gap between who we are and what our true potential is.” Beautifully put. Those words combined with the music speak volumes to me. I am a man who cannot seem to even begin to bridge the gap. As I continue to get older (in my mid thirties now) I begin to fear I will never achieve that which want to aspire to. my own fears and repeated failures...leave me with sense...that I never will. Yet music like this...words like yours...give me a spark of hope. Thank you.
one could; and I emphasizes could come to the conclusion that the "Kelvin time line " is more in line with the mirror universe.
But not the one of the TERRAN EMPIRE !!
@@mngentry live now, make now the most precious time ;-)
Well said friend, well said
It matters little how we die,
so long as we die better men than we
imagined we could be --
and no worse than we feared."
- Drago Museveni CY 8451
Wow - that soloist, really caught the emotion of the piece - well done to her and the conductor.
What is it about ST:TNG? Not the greatest sci-fi out there. Not the greatest or most interesting characters. But it's capable of producing moments of such....such feeling.
The Inner Light was not only the high-water mark for the series, but all of television.
Because it wasn't REALLY sci-fi! It was the exploration of the human spirit and ourselves! Also, it took risks. Hard to find these days.
Gotta disagree, I think it was one of the best.
Startrek (specifically TNG) focused on portraying us as much more than we current are, be it political, religious or environmental. Most of the time it missed the mark because people just weren't interested and missed the action. Episodes like Inner Light and Chain Of Command, not only showed the incredible acting ability of Patrick Stewart but as this music shows there are great things in all of the episodes if people give them the time they deserve.
Zedrophobia very well stated.
Wrong. Wrong. True ... :)
Beautiful ....
I wanted this in the Picard show. Imagine, if you will
You see stars, you hear the opening bars to the TMP/TNG into start up, you see the Enterprise D come into shot just like in TNG... and then the... E? Wait what? And before the DUN DUH DA DUN kicks in, the camera pans out and THIS music begins. Its not the ship, its a diorama on Picard's wall in France. Opening credits start up as we go through his living room and/or study and we see a few easter eggs in addition to hints as to what he's been up to all these years. And it ends with coming to him overlooking the vinyard, flute in hand as the last notes fade away...
Alas, not quite the show we got. But using this would have really cemented that this was HIS journey.
The Admiral (Conductor) and the whole orchestra did a Great job!
The Inner Light is my favorite episode of any show I've seen. This made me cry and filled my heart with joy. It made me miss playing on an orchestra. Those were the best years of my life that will never come again.
The best piece of music from the best stand-alone episode of all of TNG.
this is so beautiful and i really loved this episode it really touch my heart so deeply i almost cry every time i hear just 2 sec of this flute music
from my heart thank you so much Morgan Grendel for writing this episode
Morgan GendelMorgan GendelMorgan Gendel
4:39 most beautiful moment 🖖❤️🖖
Why doesn't this video have a million views yet? this is such a beautiful song to listen too.
I remember sitting there and crying…hearing it live and having all the memories coming back
Best Star Trek episode ever
Conductor's log: measure 24 in standard time. We have encountered a notation we cannot identify......
no|ta¦tion
[nəʊˈteɪʃ(ə)n]
NOUN
a series or system of written symbols used to represent numbers, amounts, or elements in something such as music or mathematics:
"algebraic notation"
how do you "encounter" a notation?
+Gary - The conductor encounters a notation on the sheet music. Jesus, it was a joke. You're one of those types that copies and pastes an entry form a dictionary to try and prove someone wrong.
Yknow, for a Gary, you sure talk a lot.
+SoulSukkur is that a fallout referance?
Spongebob reference.
The conductor with the uniform is the top! Love this music...
One of the great things about Star Trek is that it brings people together.
Inner light has got to be in the top 5 of tng
How beautiful
BRAVO!!!!
הפרק "האור הפנימי" הוא אחת היצירות המרגשות והנוגעות-ללב ביותר שאי פעם ראיתי.
קפטן פיקארד חי למעשה חיים שלמים, עשרות שנים, בהן יש לו אישה, אהבה, ילדים ונכדים. אלה חיים שהספק אחוז בהם ונמצא תמיד ברקע, עם תחושת אבדן וגעגוע אל החיים האמיתיים שלו בקפטן בצי-הכוכבים, ובצידו של הספק הולכת ונוצרת דאגה עמוקה מגורלו של הכוכב בו הוא נמצא, שנגזר למוות.
אך יחד עם הספק והדאגה, הוא חי חיים של אהבה, של יצירה, של משפחה, דברים שאין לו בחייו האמיתיים כקפטן קרייריסט. ואת הדברים האלה הוא לא יחליף בעד כל הון שבעולם.
את כל אלה מלווה הנגינה בחליל, מוזיקה קצרה שיש בה גם געגוע וגם תקווה.
החיים שלו נפסקים, הוא מתעורר, מתברר לו שהכל היה חזיון, שהתרחש במוחו בלבד, אך יחד עם זאת הכל היה אמיתי - הכוכב אכן התקיים, והיו בו קהילות, משפחות, ילדים, נכדים, ואהבה גדולה.
לבד בחדר, הוא חוזר אל החליל. השריד היחידי שנותר לו מהמשפחה שכל כך אהב, ולמעשה מהכוכב ומהאוכלוסיה שחייתה עליו, לפני אלף שנים.
הוא מחבק את החליל, מתגעגע, ומנגן.
This SNG episode was just on tv. It's always had an impact on me, so much that a couple of months ago when I was at a bazaar in Mexico and saw a wooden flute, I bought it. If only I can learn to play it. But it did take Picard a lifetime to learn.
This music brings to mind so many beautiful images.... Eline smiling when Kamen tells her he wants to build a nursery, Picard kissing Nella Daren, Wesley Crusher's lifeless corpse floating away from external side of an airlock... just beautiful...
I know absolutely nobody who understands me to like this melody and seeing orchestras such as these gives me hope. 🖖❤️🖖
Wer findet, dass das eine der besten Star Trek Melodien ist!
Einfach nur Wunderschön ... !
19min mark of season 6 Episode 19 "Lessons" brings this beautiful song full circle. Such depth in almost every episode.
I never get this emotional listening to music but this struck such a chord. So many memories. Absolutely beautiful.....the lone flute made me tear up something awful. I wish I had half this talent. Bravo.......
Of all the STNG episodes The Inner Light is and always has been my favorite. Nothing even comes close to any of the episodes in ST TOS
Beautiful, maginificent!! Having trouble typing. For some reason my allergies kicked in and my eyes are teraing up. =Stefan=
I freaked the first time i saw "The Inner Light" it was truly amazing.
Over so many of thousands of years we were unknown. Then suddenly we are born. And we will be forgotten in a blink of an eye for the rest of eternity. We are a splitsecond in time, feeling as the universe is ours. But we are mere guests, too shortlived to understand anything but what is in front of our eyes.
I cannot listen to this without tears rolling down my face. I'm 69.
This episode and the music from it are both Star Trek at its very core.
This episode won the 1993 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
This is the magic that is Science fiction... taking us to places we have never seen... but have all experienced. Opening doors to other forms of expressing the emotions we all are made of... and attempting to inspire and encourage us to boldly go wherever we dare to explore.
Probably one of the best renditions I have heard
Es ist bleibt er Hammer Sound ! Vielen lieben Dank !!!!! :*
An Admiral's uniform no less.
That's completely awesome.
At the core of this story is the tale of humanity and its journey through the eons. Perfect.
There is something in my eyes. :'(
Is it doughnuts?!?! :D
Why Not? No, doughnuts would be AROUND my eyes.
ahhh. :)
Chief O'Brien this is the captain...
I order you: TO SCAN AND ISOLATE THOSE HUMANOIDS WHO DISLIKE THIS BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF MUSIC...AND BEAM THEM TO THE BRIG!
Picard out!
The brig? Nah skipper, let's beam them to a spot five miles or so out of the starboard airlock. Better yet, send them to Jeffries Tube 9. No one EVER comes back from there. :)
Rura Penthe would be better.
...beam them to the dilithium mine
Beam the directly to the Klingon's engine room! And make them listen to and endless loop of Justin Bieber music!
@@SciTrekMan I think justin bieber is definitely banned on klingon vessels. it's probably also a biological weapon used by the romulans during their assault on the Khitomer outpost.The music had such a PTSD effect on Worf that he took to drinking prune juice.
Cherish your life.cherish this time here for it is finite in the grand scheme of your life. Let every moment be a world unto it self. Hold those you love close and forgive their short comings. This life is your gift to wrap to present and to cherish. We are so lucky to have a piece of music such as this to remind us of such a great melody and a show.
Props to the conductor for wearing his starfleet admirals uniform, you can tell that this was his favorite episode
I can't find words to describe how this make me feel. Kataan's memory is honored!
I saw this episode in 1992 when it was released. I was a boy of 14 and it moved me deeply. I was overwhelmed with sadness when it came out. I didn't know why then. But I know why now. 30 years later, my wife laid to rest, the songs of our life are only a thing of memory. Our children a product of love and affection. And even if I explain the depth of our love and meaning of our overcoming struggle... no one will ever hear more than a song sung on a flute of a memory past. A life taken for granted. A a love so true, if I explained it to you, you wouldn't've believe me.
One of the best episodes of all of sci-fi. What a beautiful melody and what memories it brings back.
Picard...A man who explored many wonders of the galaxy, a hero and champion of Earth... but also a man saddened by never having his own children, a tragic irony, as Picard would have been a better father then Starship Captain...The probe gives the Capt a lifetime of memories (from a long extinct race) in the matter of moments. He has family a wife, children.
I die at the end of the episode when Picard finds the flute he played in his vision inside the probe and can play this song ! Beautiful..
The burden of our choices. And the price we pay, eh?.
This moment is one of the best ever on tv history. The tune always brings a tear to my. Fight me on this....even non-Trekkies would appreciate it I am 100% sure!...but I am a Trekkie hahah.
Still loving this music in 2020.. Vielen Dank fur diese video...... Alles gute!!!!
I am always amazed at the fact that this one stand alone episode from a tv show can move so many people so deeply. My eyes well up every time I hear that hauntingly beautiful melody.
I ve a son in part for this episode
I cant explain how much I love this song.... and thos episode is one of my favorites too........
Hört sich vielleicht komisch an, aber ich habe nicht nur Tränen in den Augen gehabt.. das ist einfach nur wunderschön, es hat sehr mein Herz berührt.
This music brings tears to my eyes
Fantastic performance of the single best piece of music to come out of all of "Star Trek".
Ich als alter Star Trek Fan kriege regelmässig einen Kloß im Hals bei dieser Melodie...danke! Wunderschön gespielt......
When i first heard this, it made me sad. I shared my thoughts with my father, and he disagreed. He thought it was full of beauty and hope. I hear it now and I miss him.
Absolutely! There aren't many Star Trek episodes that moved me to tears... this one, probably the most of all!
My internal processors have learned to anticipate the unexpected. What a fantastic piece of music, written for a very memorable show.
Goosebumps ....... Great Feeling ....Music for sad Moments in Life! Tears in my eyes and running down....for remember in history ... parts of life will come back to reality .... feeling the presence of all good and bad times in my life...