Boldly Going Back

Man, it’s been a good week for Star Trek music enthusiasts. First Film Score Monthly announces a brand-new deluxe reissue of James Horner’s score to Star Trek III: The Search for Spock last week. And now, Varese Sarabande has jumped ahead on the Trek timeline to give fans another new deluxe set: starting June 14, the label will ship Star Trek: The Deluxe Edition, featuring the complete score to last year’s fantastic reboot of the sci-fi series.

As if the movie wasn’t great enough on its own (and this is coming from a longtime Star Wars fan), it had a delightful score composed by Michael Giacchino, one of the hardest-working composers in the business today. Pixar fans will know his name for his killer scores to The Incredibles, Ratatouille and Up (the latter a deserved Oscar winner earlier this year), but he’s also made a name for himself as a video-game composer (where he earned high praise for his musical score to the Medal of Honor series) and in television (where he’s set the shows of J.J. Abrams – Alias, Fringe and Lost – to his scores).

Now, Giacchino’s score to the new Trek – which deftly added new motifs for Kirk, Spock and company alongside Alexander Courage’s original television theme song – has been given the expansion it deserves. It’s a two-disc affair packaged in a Blu-Ray-sized case with liner notes penned by Kerry Quinn, founder of iconic sci-fi/fantasy magazine Starlog.

Unsurprisingly, this set is limited (5000 copies) and will likely sell fast. Get it here and warp past the jump to preview the track list.Michael Giacchino, Star Trek: The Deluxe Edition (Varese Sarabande – originally released as Varese Sarabande 302 066 966-2, 2009)

Disc 1

1. Star Trek – 2:26 **
2. Narada Boom – 2:51
3. Hack to the Future – 1:23
4. Nailin’ the Kelvin – 2:10 *
5. Labor of Love – 2:44 *
6. Main Title – 0:46
7. Head to Heart Conversation – 1:08
8. One Proud Mother – 1:38
9. Hella Bar Talk – 1:55 *
10. The Flask at Hand – 0:29
11. Welcome Back, Spock – 1:09
12. Vulcan Gets a Good Drilling – 1:30
13. Hangar Management – 2:46
14. Enterprising Young Men – 3:05 **
15. Flying Into a Trphlthdl – 3:24
16. Nero Sighted – 3:23 *
17. Matter? I Barely Know Her! – 2:05
18. Jehosafats – 3:03
19. Chutes and Matter – 3:23
20. A Whole in My Hearth – 0:56
21. I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Beam Up! – 1:51
22. Spock Goes Spelunking – 1:28
23. An Endangered Species – 3:10
24. Galaxy’s Worst Sushi Bar – 2:14
25. Mandatory Leave of Absence – 1:19
26. Dad’s Route to School – 0:34
27. Frozen Dinner – 1:30
28. You Snowin’ Me? – 0:50

Disc 2

1. Nice to Meld You – 3:14 *
2. Hail to the Chief – 0:52
3. I Gotta Beam Me – 2:02
4. Scotty’s Tanked – 1:37
5. What’s with You? – 2:12
6. Either Way, Someone’s Going Down – 2:44
7. Trekking Down the Narada – 2:31
8. Run and Shoot Offense – 2:03 *
9. Does It Still McFly? – 2:02 *
10. Nero Death Experience – 5:38 *
11. Nero Fiddles, Narada Burns – 2:28 *
12. Black Holes Have a Lot of Pull – 0:55
13. Back From Black – 0:57 *
14. That New Car Smell – 4:46 *
15. To Boldly Go – 0:26 * +
16. End Credits – 9:11 * +

* denotes track was previously released
** denotes track was partially previously released
+ denotes inclusion of original Star Trek theme by Alexander Courage