Star Trek music…

An Amazing Playlist – The Last Starfighter

One of the great things about soundtracks is the wonderful themes that composers create. Sadly, many modern day composers seem to have lost this art, or those that try just cant seem to create something as memorable as those from the ’80s and ’90s. By memorable, i mean one like this…The Last Starfighter, composed by Craig Safan. The movie itself is considered a cult-classic, and one of the 1st to show how CGI technology can be used in films. It’s cheesy, but in a cool way…and this main theme is on my top 10 list. I’ve read that Safan employed a larger brass section than normal for this…and you can definitely hear it when they get going.

This particular recording is an arrangement by Erich Kunzel and performed by the Cincinnati Pops orchestra…

An Amazing Playlist – The Hanging Tree

Another good one from James Newton Howard, this time from Mockingjay pt1, part of the Hunger Games series that my daughter Dakota just loves. This one starts off with vocals from Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence). This is another one of those where the music builds and builds as Katniss is joined in the song by others in the rebellion…and then the orchestra takes over completely reaching a marvelous…crescendo? I think thats the right term…anyway, take a listen and enjoy…