11 The Force Field

Star Trek: The Motion Picture by Jerry Goldsmith.
© Columbia Records 1979
© Sony Legacy 1999

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[nostromo38]

To say this music is powerful would be a gross understatement. God only knows how such brilliant music came out of this simple human being.

[DaddlerTheDalek]

Goldsmith Rules! XD

[dwinkinney37e]

This is a very "brainy" video. =p

[TheDEATHSTARIII]

star trek 1 has something the others dont, its actually scary in a mild way

[Numinous20111]

@Buuuuuutch ST-TMP was in the 250 nominations list for the AFI list. I noticed that no composer got more than 11 nominations, which must have been the maximum allowed, presumably to prevent the list from becoming dominated by any particular group of composers. Amazingly 'Hoosiers' wasn't considered a top 250 American score.

[Buuuuuutch]

You're absolutely right! I stand corrected... **bows head**

Should be in the top 25!

[Numinous20111]

@Buuuuuutch Unfortunately ST-TMP isn't in the top 25 AFI film scores, which is pretty inexplicable, unless the AFI were trying to present a certain range of scores instead of picking the best 25. Goldsmith was represented by Chinatown (9) and Planet of the Apes (18). I would have thought Patton would be in the final 25 score list as well as ST-TMP.

[arthas19911]

@Digginjim OPINION!! In my opinion, voyager and DS9 were both good in their own way.

[Buuuuuutch]

As far as I'm concerned, TMP was the most cerebral of the Trek features, and perhaps the boldest in terms idea and the sheer scope of the design.

The music is truly astonishing, and no surprise that it is in the top 25 American AFI movie soundtracks of all time.

[darrenholcomb42]

Also listen to 13a Defenses Down. The blaster beam that comes in at 0:16. . . . . . . . THE VOICE OF V'GER.

[darrenholcomb42]

Each score in this film depicting various scenes of V'ger is a masterpiece invoking dark moods, layers upon mysterious layers, depths too unfathomable to comprehend. In all, one inconceivable being embodying the overwhelming infinity of the cosmos IN YOUR FACE.. Truly terrifying awe.

[OpenMawProductions]

A lot of people have a problem with the lengthy visual effects sequences in TMP, but I gotta say... What it is to me is pure art. Its revelling in the dark beauty of the designs. The Enterprise as seen in that picture as it floats over the huge alien vessel.... The visual effects in the film surpase pretty much everything i've ever seen. Some of my earliest nightmares came from those sequences. Being adrift and alone in the depths of some unknown thing.