Star Trek: Picard

[Gary2129]

Is anyone able to provide the opening credits (FC music) isolated without sound effects please?

Is this what you wanted?

 

[The Warlord]

Yes, but sans background sound effects

 

[Siliconmaster]

I think it's literally just a multi-splice of the First Contact music. If they haven't released it separately, I'd just align the opening credits track of the First Contact OST until it cuts, and then switch to the end credits music. I'd bet it's only 3 cuts. The starting bit could be the middle of the First Contact end credits, unsure.

This is where I should point out that using a movie-specific opening theme for your show demonstrates a real concerning lack of faith in your own composer. Goldsmith would always do (for end credits at least) Main Enterprise Theme followed by Movie-Specific Theme (in this case First Contact) followed by a reprise of the Enterprise Theme. For them to use a pre-existing Movie-Specific Theme, followed by specifically Goldsmith's Enterprise Theme Reprise, screams to me "We didn't like our old S1 and S2 Picard theme and didn't feel like making a cool new one so we'll just reuse old stuff". Did nobody think they could make a good enough S3-Specific Goldsmith-styled theme? Maybe Goldsmith was just that good.

Disclaimer: I love the First Contact theme, so at least they picked a good one.

 

[The Warlord]

I know what you mean.

What about the opening few seconds though?

Its an immediate 'jump in' which isn't on the OST as far as I am aware? Did they play around with that?

 

[Siliconmaster]

I know what you mean.

What about the opening few seconds though?

Its an immediate 'jump in' which isn't on the OST as far as I am aware? Did they play around with that?

The first half appears to be very very close to the opening track of First Contact's OST, but it has either been rerecorded or has an EQ on it to make it sound a little more fanfare-esque. The timpani are a dead giveaway that it isn't from some other OST.

The second half is from something else, either a new recording or some OST I'm not totally familiar with

Edit: I assume we're discussing this one:

 

[The Warlord]

The first half appears to be very very close to the opening track of First Contact's OST, but it has either been rerecorded or has an EQ on it to make it sound a little more fanfare-esque. The timpani are a dead giveaway that it isn't from some other OST.

The second half is from something else, either a new recording or some OST I'm not totally familiar with

Edit: I assume we're discussing this one:

No, the opening credits which they actually put at the end of each episode.

The FC theme segues into TNG film theme, but my question is did they edit or re-record the first few bars to get the 'clean' direct opening straight into the FC theme.

 

[Siliconmaster]

No, the opening credits which they actually put at the end of each episode.

The FC theme segues into TNG film theme, but my question is did they edit or re-record the first few bars to get the 'clean' direct opening straight into the FC theme.

Comparing 1:40 in the First Contact End Credits to the Picard Season 3 credits, it sounds pretty darned identical. I bet they just added the timpani roll to give it a cleaner start and hide the fade.

Then at 0:30 in Picard it cuts to 2:41 in the end credits track

Then at 1:00 in Picard it cuts to about 4:12 in the end credits track