Star Trek Soundtrack (Director’s Edition by Jerry Goldsmith)

Thanks. Not sure what all the other people are on about, but this is, as far as I am concerned, something to go as a special feature with my digital collection of the “New” version of the movie along with the trailer and any documentary stuff I might find. All part of the package.

I guess that Snyder Cut version of Justice League opened a whole can of worms for re-doing older movies as “Directors Cuts” again. And for the record, there was nothing wrong with the original version of ‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture’, so I am unsure why they have decided to make this “Directors Cut”) especially as Robert Wise died in 2005, so could not have actually made this new finished edit, which seams to have incorporated some new SFX based on Production art, (most of the artists involved are deceased – see below) and a new attempt by CBS/Paramount+ to gouge fans wallets again. I’m not a fan of “Directors’ Cuts”, as I usually let a film live or die by the original Theatrical Cut. I still prefer the original Theatrical cut of Blade Runner, and I don’t have an opinion on the Snyder Cut Justice league other than that it seemed weird to me that it was made, and I don’t care for the retro-look old TV aspect ratio he used for it. I am all for the integrity of artists over accountants though. But, as all the top people for this Star Trek film, and the director are all long gone, I cannot see how it can be justified as the “Directors Cut”, unless he’s doing it from beyond the grave. Seems more like the CBS disaster group of pen pushers grasping for more candy on their cake than a genuine attempt to give fans something for Star Trek’s 55th/56th anniversary.

As for those wo commented on the lack of new music… well Jerry Goldsmith is also long gone and sorely missed, so he could not contribute to this project much more than he already did. For those that want it, there are more complete OST’s, some even posted here on this glorious site.

So I am just saying “Thanks” to the Admin here for his trouble in posting this OST, which gives me a look at whether it is worth buying or not, and a chance to keep my collection (the digital part anyway) complete.

For those who might want to know:

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Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
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Star Trek Characters and Concepts Created by Gene Roddenberry

Producer : Gene Roddenberry (August 19, 1921 – October 24, 1991)
Music : Jerry Goldsmith (February 10, 1929 – July 21, 2004)
Director : Robert Wise (September 10, 1914 – September 14, 2005)
Production Art: Matt Jefferies (August 12, 1921 – July 21, 2003)
Production Art: Harold Michelson (February 15, 1920 – March 1, 2007)
Production Art: Ralph McQuarrie (June 13, 1929 – March 3, 2012)
Production Art: Sydney Jay Mead (July 18, 1933 – December 30, 2019)
Production Art: Michael Minor (September 25, 1940 – May 4, 1987)
Screenplay : Harold Livingston (born September 4, 1924 – )
Story : Alan Dean Foster (born November 18, 1946 – )

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I realize this is two years too late, but just to answer Yee Snarky’s question: The director’s cut of ST:TMP was done under director Robert Wise’s supervision before his death, and it was very much needed, as the film was essentially unfinished due to a hard-and-fast release date (12/7/79) and a troubled production, particularly regarding the special effects. The recent flurry of activity around ST:TMP is not due to a new edition of the film – it’s the same director’s cut that Wise supervised – but rather due to the fact that the film was given a theatrical re-release and released on regular and 4K bluray. Previously, only the theatrical cut was available on bluray, with the director’s cut being available only on standard DVD.

Amen to that, Gary. Yes, Robert Wise was so rushed to get this into theaters (only one year spent from pre-production to the final release), that Paramount didn’t even have a movie premiere. They simply released it.
Even when Wise did the first version of his Director’s Cut, he still didn’t get to finalized it how he wanted. Apparently, the man who was in charge of this latest version of the Director’s Cut had worked with Wise before on the first version, so he knew what Wise would have wanted in it. Hence the reason for the additional work and some slight added CGI additions.
To me, this is the best version of the movie. It makes it more like a huge budget modern movie and not a late-70’s big budget sci-fi flick.
Snarky is way off-base in the Justice League comparison, and the first version of the Director’s Cut of STTMP was done years before Snyder’s JL edition, so Snyder’s movie had no influence on “opening a can of worms” because Director’s Cuts of movies have been around for almost 45 years or so.