Star Trek

J.J.エイブラムスが2009年以降『Star Trek』シリーズを再建しボックスオフィスの興行成績も上がり、エイブラムス作品の音楽を多く手掛けるマイケル・ジアッキーノのサウンドトラックの人気も上がった!本作はその代表作のオリジナル・サウンドトラックが登場。

As J.J. Abrams' 2009 film Star Trek is no mere reboot of Gene Roddenberry's late-'60s television series, so Michael Giacchino's score for the film is no rehash of Alexander Courage's score for the series. Instead, Giacchino, like Abrams, has grafted contemporary sounds and effects onto the original. Thus, instead of Courage's Janacek-like brass, Steiner-like strings, and Herrmann-like percussion, Giacchino uses Ligeti-like waves of sound, Penderecki-like sheets of sound, and Goldsmith-like extravagant percussion. From the clangorous excitement of Nailin' the Kelvin through the explosive climaxes of Nero Fiddles, Narada Burns, Giacchino turns in a score that supports Abrams' film and its mission to resuscitate the Star Trek franchise. Whether or not Abrams and Giacchino succeed is up to the viewer/listener; but for many old-timers, the high point of both the movie and the music will be the moment at the very end when the Enterprise majestically turns toward deep space and Courage's original corny yet grandiose theme blares out for the first time. Brilliantly recorded by Robert Townsend and ably conducted by Tim Simonec, this soundtrack is a more than adequate aural souvenir.

Composer Michael Giacchino (Alias, Lost, Mission: Impossible 3), no stranger to the hyper-adrenalized worlds conjured by director J.J. Abrams, decided to "boldly go where no man has gone before" for the 2009 reboot of one of the most beloved science fiction franchises in history. To be fair, Giacchino's wildly heroic re-imagining of the Star Trek universe cribs the occasional motif from Jerry Goldsmith's original score (the end credits majestically weave in the original Alexander Courage-penned television theme), but it's more of a tip of the hat than an act of submission. Like any sci-fi score worth its weight in collapsing stars, the 11th big-screen voyage of the Starship Enterprise is propelled by bold, brass-led melodies that echo the heydays of the great Hollywood Westerns, and Giacchino has crafted a memorable, classic (in the silver screen sense) rendering of that pioneering spirit. Stoic, regal, and undeniably fun, Giacchino's Star Trek is a worthy successor to one of the great space opera themes of the 20th century. ~ James Christopher Monger