New “Star Trek” Soundtrack Now Available

The new Star Trek film, directed by J.J. Abrams hits theaters this Friday but the soundtrack is already available.  As you probably know, a film’s soundtrack, especially one as important to fans as this one, is very important.  Most people can probably identify music from movies like Star Trek and Star Wars even if they’ve never seen it. 

This time, Abrams tapped Michael Giacchino, with whom he regularly works, to create the score which I’m sure was a daunting task.  The recording actually took place at the Sony Scoring Stage where Giacchino directed a 107-piece orchestra and 40-person choir.  In case his name sounds familiar, you might recognize his work on previous scores for Alias, Lost, Mission: Impossible III and my two favorites – The Lost World: Jurassic Park and The Incredibles.

I’m not completely sure (and won’t be until I see the movie) but I’ve had a hard time imagining his style working with the Star Trek theme.  The preview of the CD sounds pretty good (although, a lot of it seems to end up sounding the same) but you can’t really know until it’s all put together.  He did, however, keep the original theme by Alexander Courage for the end credits.

Here’s the tracklisting:

1. Star Trek/Star Trek Listen
2. Star Trek/Nailin’ the Kelvin Listen
3. Star Trek/Labor of Love Listen
4. Star Trek/Hella Bar Talk Listen 
5. Star Trek/Enterprising Young Men Listen
6. Star Trek/Nero Sighted Listen 
7. Star Trek/Nice to Meld You Listen
8. Star Trek/Run and Shoot Offense Listen 
9. Star Trek/Does It Still McFly Listen
10. Star Trek/Nero Death Experience Listen
11. Star Trek/Nero Fiddles, Narada Burns Listen 
12. Star Trek/Back from Black Listen
13. Star Trek/That New Car Smell Listen
14. Star Trek/To Boldly Go Listen
15. Star Trek/End Credits

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