NeonVisual's video: Star Trek: Discovery - Main theme footage montage First Thoughts - See description

Make your judgement with a thumb up or down.. It's horrendous. I've tried to highlight the "leaked" soundtrack with bits of footage I feel draw from previous Trek signatures. Some of my own VFX thrown in. It does sound very ST: Online with it's blatant mashup of other trek themes, almost like a parody to avoid paying copyright royalties. I've highlighted some with visuals, especially the Voyager section which is especially blatant, but given that the only VFX for DSC we've seen so far are in the video game ballpark, it wouldn't surprise me if it's the case :-/ Filming begins in 48 hours, so as each episode is complied the soundtrack will be recorded, and incorporated into the post edit. The main theme will be on paper by now. While this does sound very synth, you can clearly hear the brass screw up a few notes here and there, so it's an authentic, studio-mastered recording with a real orchestra. General consensus is that the video games rarely tend to use an orchestral recording. So, chances are that this is either a rejected theme, or the actual theme. IMHO it's too safe, and a mish-mash of other signature trek tunes to the point of a beautiful orchestra sounding like a comic-con presentation. It's obviously hugely inspired by Jerry Goldsmith, RIP, it could be dropped in to "Air Force One" with zero effort, but it's not him. IMHO the pacing is all over the place, it's trying too hard to bridge between what came before and what's coming next. The trouble is that this is a prequel, so we already know what's coming next. As a video game this would be up in the top five for production values, even if it's a tad schizophrenic, but as a signature theme tune of a the biggest budget trek series to date, I'm not convinced, even remotely, that it's of it's own. Not that anyone listening and reading this could do any better. It's just not quite original and could apply to any fan production hoping not to get a lawsuit with their latest upload. Hopefully it's a grower, I've listened 50, maybe 100 times putting this montage together, and I like it a lot, it was a pleasure compiling, but I also like the Jurassic Park signature theme, hearing it for the first time didn't strike me as Trek, more like an American Parade, a Police Academy montage, or the end of some war movie. It's Starship troopers, Galaxy Quest.. I don't know what mileage it would get bringing in new folks to the universe. hmph. I'm also reminded quite a bit of Blanck Mass's colab with the London symphony in the 2012 Olympic games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhv_vjaeP_M Well, we've been here before.. yet another prequel, a theme tune trying to fit the vision of the show, rather than the history of the franchise. Funny thing is though, this would have fitted the cancelled "Enterprise" much more snugly than Russel Watson. That ending needs fixing too. http://redshirtsalwaysdie.com/2017/01/20/possible-star-trek-discovery-theme-released/ *EDIT* It's grown on me. Pipe up the counterpoint, ditch the snare drums.