Presenting: The Alternate TNG Theme
I’m taking some downtime, so no review this week, but I thought this would be fun to share. I’m sure most super-fans are already aware, but there was a time when Jerry Goldsmith’s now-world-famous theme was not slated to be used on TNG. This is the original theme meant for the show, written by Dennis McCarthy, and truthfully, I don’t hate it but… yeah, it would have been the wrong choice. Goldsmith’s score just IS Star Trek, no hard feelings Dennis!
McCarthy would go onto compose the far superior theme for Deep Space Nine, which is still one of my favourites. At any rate, I think this a fun bit of trivia, and an interesting glimpse at what might have been. Give it a listen if you haven’t already, and feel free to chime in with your thoughts.
