Star Trek The Next Generation devait occuper le devant de la scène cette année concernant les anciens équipages de l’Enterprise, avec la sortie de la série en Blu-Ray. Mais Lalaland Records frappe un grand coup le 5 juin avec la sortie d’un triple cd de Star Trek: The Motion Picture. L’édition de la musique de Jerry Goldsmith sera limitée à 10 000 exemplaires. La musique a été restaurée, remixée à partir des masters originaux fournis par Bruce Botnick, le coproducteur de l’album original et collaborateur de longue date de Jerry Goldsmith.
“To put together the complete score the decision was to go back to the original Analogue 16-track 2-inch 30 i.p.s. masters,” Botnick explains. “John Davis at Precision Audiosonics baked each of the 37 rolls in a convection oven at 110º for eight hours so that they were playable, then rolled out a marvelous 3M 56 IsoLoop 16-track machine with brand new heads. The tapes were resolved at 60Hz to maintain the original orchestral pitch and sync. The Analogue-to-Digital transfer was done from the 16-track through the latest Black Lion A/D convertors and recorded to Pro Tools X at 192kHz 24-bit.”

This 3-CD set presents the score for the 1979 theatrical release (filling disc 1 and part of disc 2) and also premieres the legendary early “rejected” cues that Goldsmith recorded prior to composing his famous main theme. The 1979 album program (much of which is performed and edited differently as compared to the film) completes disc 2, with disc 3 offering additional alternates (including those heard on the previous Sony expanded release) along with a wealth of bonus material. Among the highlights are a collection of early takes of the “Main Title” (including extensive stage chatter), isolated segments featuring Craig Huxley’s famous “blaster beam” and assorted synthesizer excerpts, the domestic CD debut of Bob James’ disco cover version of Goldsmith’s theme and Shaun Cassidy’s vocal version of the love theme, “A Star Beyond Time.”

Sur le DVD du Directors Cut en 2001, on pouvait déjà entendre des thèmes alternatifs, avec la sortie de l’Enterprise.

Pour le lancement de ce coffret, une soirée est organisé au cinéma Arclight d’Hollywood le 4 juin. Seront présents pour un Q&A : le producteur du 33t de la musique et de sa réédition, Bruce Botnick, les musiciens Craig Huxley et David Newman, le coproducteur de la réédition et également superviseur de la restauration du film en 2002, Mike Mattesino, ainsi que le directeur de la photographie du film, Richard H. Kline (King-Kong). Le tout sera modéré par Jeff Bond, auteur de The Music Star Trek. Espérons que ces entretiens seront filmés et disponibles peu après sur la toile.

DISC 1

THE FILM SCORE
1. Overture (1:43)
2. Main Title / Klingon Battle (7:01)
3. Total Logic (3:54)
4. Floating Office (1:08)
5. The Enterprise (6:02)
6. Malfunction (1:30)
7. Goodbye Klingon / Goodbye Epsilon Nine / Pre-Launch (2:10)
8. Leaving Drydock (3:32)
9. TV Theme / Warp Point Eight (0:50)
10. No Goodbyes (0:53)
11. Spock’s Arrival (2:03)
12. TV Theme / Warp Point Nine (1:49)
13. Meet V’Ger (3:06)
14. The Cloud (5:05)
15. V’Ger Flyover (5:01)
16. The Force Field (5:07)
17. Micro Exam (1:13)
18. Games / Spock Walk (9:51)
19. System Inoperative (2:03)
20. Hidden Information (3:58)
21. Inner Workings (4:04)

DISC 2
1. V’Ger Speaks (4:04)
2. The Meld / A Good Start (5:37)
3. End Title (3:16)

TOTAL FILM SCORE TIME: 85:03

THE UNUSED EARLY SCORE
4. The Enterprise (6:05)
5. Leaving Drydock (2:39)
6. No Goodbyes (0:55)
7. Spock’s Arrival (2:00)
8. Micro Exam (1:15)
9. Games (3:49)
10. Inner Workings (4:43)

TOTAL UNUSED EARLY SCORE TIME: 21:26

THE 1979 ALBUM
11. Main Title / Klingon Battle (6:50)
12. Leaving Drydock (3:29)
13. The Cloud (5:00)
14. The Enterprise (5:59)
15. Ilia’s Theme (3:00)
16. Vejur Flyover (4:56)
17. The Meld (3:15)
18. Spock Walk (4:17)
19. End Title (3:16)

TOTAL 1979 ALBUM TIME: 40:02

DISC 3

ALTERNATES
1. Overture (Long Version) (2:50)
2. Main Title (Alternate Take) (1:44)
3. Total Logic (Alternate Take) (3:49)
4. Malfunction (Early Take) (1:28)
5. Goodbye Klingon (Alternate Take) (0:35)
6. No Goodbyes (Alternate Take) (0:53)
7. Spock’s Arrival (Alternate Take) (2:01)
8. The Force Field (Alternate Take) (5:04)
9. Micro Exam (Alternate Take) (1:14)
10. Games (Early Synthesizer Version) (3:48)
11. Games (Alternate Take) (3:48)
12. Inner Workings (Alternate Take) (4:05)
13. V’Ger Speaks (Alternate Take) (4:03)
14. The Meld (Film Version) (3:16)
15. A Good Start (Discrete) (2:27)
16. Main Title (Album Take) (1:44)

TOTAL ALTERNATES TIME: 42:49

ADDITIONAL MUSIC

17. Main Title (First Raw Takes) (7:21)
18. The Force Field / The Cloud (Excerpts) (2:33)
19. Beams and Synthesizer for V’ger (4:04)
20. Beams and Synthesizer for Ilia (0:59)
21. Synthesizer for Main Theme (1:44)
22. Main Theme From Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Bob James) (5:24)
23. A Star Beyond Time (Shaun Cassidy) (2:43)
24. Ilia’s Theme (Alternate) (3:33)
25. Theme From Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Concert Edit) (3:25)

TOTAL ADDITIONAL MUSIC TIME: 31:46

GRAND TOTAL TIME: 3:41:13