Star Trek, Volume Two: Newly Recorded Music from Selected Episodes of the Paramount TV Series (Mirror, Mirror / By Any Other Name / The Trouble with Tribbles / The Empath) [Soundtrack]

George Duning, Fred Steiner, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jerry Fielding, Star Trek (Related Recordings) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: September 8, 1966
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B00000153U
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #165,374 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Main Title and Closing Theme

2. By Any Other Name: Neutralizer/Kelvan Theme/More Neutralizers/Broken

3. By Any Other Name: Rojan's Revenge/Rojan's Blocks/Pretty Words/Rojan'

4. The Trouble With Tribbles: A Matter of Pride/No Tribble at All/Big Fi

5. Mirror, Mirror: Mirror, Mirror/Black Ship Theme/The Agonizer/Meet Mar

6. Mirror, Mirror: Black Ship Tension/Goodbye Marlena/Short Curtain

7. The Empath: Enter Gem/Kirk Healed

8. The Empath: Vian Lab/The Subjects/Cave Exit/Star Trek Chase

9. The Empath: Help Him/Spock Stuck/Mccoy Tortured

10. The Empath: Time Grows Short

11. The Empath: Vian's Farewell/Empath Finale

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Authentic Sound, December 10, 1999

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John Garrett (NY, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Trek, Volume Two: Newly Recorded Music from Selected Episodes of the Paramount TV Series (Mirror, Mirror / By Any Other Name / The Trouble with Tribbles / The Empath) (Audio CD)

If you're worried that Newly Recorded means it will sound wrong, relax. Fred Steiner, who composed this music in the late 1960s, has reproduced the original orchestrations and arrangements faithfully enough to satisfy the most demanding Star Trek fan. And when this goes out of print, it will be a big bucks collectible.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Rating Actually is 4.5 Stars, December 29, 2000

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Reginald D. Garrard "the G-man" (Camilla, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Star Trek, Volume Two: Newly Recorded Music from Selected Episodes of the Paramount TV Series (Mirror, Mirror / By Any Other Name / The Trouble with Tribbles / The Empath) (Audio CD)

The main reason for the purchase of this collection of music from the original series is the inclusion of excerpts from George Duning's beautiful score to "The Empath." His music for the episode is comparable to the melodies that he composed for the both the installment "Metamorphosis" and the feature film "Picnic."

Fred Steiner's contributions for "By Any Other Name" and "Mirror, Mirror" are further examples of why "Trek," like no other show at the time, so effectively intertwined music in its storytelling.

Thankfully, only a snippet of the score to "The Trouble with Tribbles" is heard. When listening to the entire CD, I skip this one entirely.

Overall, however, "Volume Two" is a worthy successor to the first on the Varese-Sarabande label.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Star Trek Music At It's Best, September 15, 2006

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Adamtron (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Trek, Volume Two: Newly Recorded Music from Selected Episodes of the Paramount TV Series (Mirror, Mirror / By Any Other Name / The Trouble with Tribbles / The Empath) (Audio CD)

This is "classic" Star Trek music at it's best. I have all the Star Trek soundtracks and this is one of my favorites. Track 5 "Mirror, Mirror..." is one of the most identifiable Star Trek queues ever written. I like to call it the Star Trek "drama" theme and it was used in many episodes whenever there was something dramatic happening. This song along makes it worth the price of the CD, but all tracks are outstanding and sound quality is excellent. I wish there had been a Volume 3 in this series.