How Star Trek Enterprise main theme should have been

Star Trek Enterprise main theme was totally different from the main themes of other Star Trek series. While the song is really beautiful and emotive, I think it does not fit very well in the Star Trek tradition, so, in the tradition of The Next Generation theme that was a version of the Motion Picture theme, I took the Overture from Star Trek Generations, reworked it a little and it fitted perfectly the Enterprise intro. What do you think?

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[artofwalls]

When I made the edit I was very surprised at how perfectly it matched the images so I would be not surprised to discover the images were originally edited with this theme. If you or anybody else can provide a link to that leaked test, I would love to compare it with my edit. I'm not a musician and this is my first edit and I did it with very basic tools so despite I feel proud of it, I know it could be improved a lot, mainly to make the cymbals match the key scenes more precisely.

[artofwalls]

I was listening to the Generations theme in my mp3 player while in the subway when i realized it was perfect for the Enterprise intro, specially the part that plays when you see the Spirit of St Louis and the Enterprise space shuttle. I think the rithm fits perfectly with the idea of progress and superation that is the ongoing adventure of the manking, going where no human has gone before (the unknown oceans, the uncharted lands, the deep sea, the sky, the space... and beyond).

[DasGeneral12]

If I remember correctly, this was considered a few different times as the intro song for Enterprise. In fact, the screen test was leaked onto file sharing websites back when Enterprise was on the air. It's a far better intro song than "Faith of the Heart" ever was.

[Kliffy77]

Loved Enterprise and miss it like hell...



[hossola77]

Perfection! This piece of music from 'Generations' captures the spirit and feel of 'Enterprise' perfectly.

Paramount unfortunately would've rejected your idea, only because you know your 'Star Trek' very well.

[TroyConvers5000]

Nail. head.

Even more so than the theme tune from the 'In A Mirror, Darkly' episodes.

[artofwalls]

@datacipher

You are right. That motif appears at the begining of the TNG opening, but it also apeared at the begining of the original series opening during the captain speech (Space, the final frontier...). I now think it didn't appeared in the motion picture (at least not in the main theme). The closing theme from the 2009 picture has a wonderful part that flawlessly transforms (I would say morphs) the movie motif into the motif we are talking about.

[datacipher]

@artofwalls

I think what you're referring to is actually from the original 60's series, and was used as a tribute in The Next Generation theme?

[artofwalls]

@datacipher

And what about the first notes from the Next Generation theme (or the original Motion Picture) beginning when we see the warp rocket deploying her nacelles?

[fortunefaded456]

OMG, this just fits perfectly! If only they used it, then I'd have really enjoyed listening to the Enterprise intro rather than cringing all the time... it probably would have been my favourite intro too.