Music that Inspires David Mack to Write. ***Please note that this podcast contains spoilers for the entire Star Trek: Vanguard series of novels.*** Writing novels can be challenging, considering the amount of details needed to flush out a ent

There is No Comparison

Dec 6th, 2019 1h 29m

Star Trek: The Motion Picture's 40th Anniversary. After its cancellation in 1969, Star Trek fans didn't have many options for new adventures of Captain Kirk and the Enterprise aside from a few comics and novels, and a short lived Saturday mo

James Versus James

Jun 15th, 2019 1h 23m

James Horner's score for Aliens. Hot off the success of works such as Cocoon, Krull, Brainstorm, 48 HRS., and his two Star Trek sequels, James Horner was hired to score Aliens. Unfortunately, Horner’s experience on Aliens was one of the worst

Set Phasers to Fun!

May 12th, 2019 30m 43s

Star Trek: Dark Remnant with Matthew Carl Earl. Star Trek: Dark Remnant puts you in control of the U.S.S. Galileo, Starfleet’s latest and most advanced stellar research vessel, accompanying the U.S.S. Enterprise on a routine mission to evacu

Jaunty and Postive

May 5th, 2019 36m 8s

"Desert Crossing" With Jim Moorhouse. Once a podcaster has chosen a format for their show, one eseential element that is vital to help set the tone of their show is the main theme. Some shows will have a new theme created and others will ch

The Dark Time-Crystal

Apr 28th, 2019 1h 13m

Five Favorites with C Bryan Jones. Podcasting is a medium that provides an outlet for fans to discuss elements of their fandom in an inexpensive and easily accessible way. However, many podcasts don't last to make their milestone of a 100th

Isn't That What the Second Season of Discovery is Called?

Apr 5th, 2019 1h 1m

Five Favorites with Zach Moore. Star Trek III: The Search For Spock continued the story of the Genesis planet and revealed the ultimate fate of Spock, who nobly sacrificed himself to save his crew mates at the end of the last film. One great

Minimoog Voyager

Mar 17th, 2019 1h 5m

Charles-Henri Avelange Interview. Composer Charles-Henri Avelange grew up in France, inspired by the sounds of John Williams in the Star Wars films. Williams' music would inspire Avelange to compose themes in his head while playing out fantas

Harlem Renaissance

Mar 4th, 2019 1h

The Musical Era of "Far Beyond the Stars." According to the novelization of the episode "Far Beyond the Stars" by Steve Barnes, the episode takes place in 1953. A time of societal unrest, racism was affecting people all over the world. This

100 Voices

Dec 22nd, 2018 51m 45s

When the Train Stops. Clive Emerson (Darren Jacobs) is a young fugitive with a troubled past and bleak future. When the law catches up with him, he's taken into custody by U.S. Marshal Preston Booth (Michael Forest) and begins a long train t

Lifted From a Missing TOS Episode

Nov 27th, 2018 55m 34s

"Code of Honor." Considered by many to be one of the worst episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the first season episode "Code of Honor" portrays a planet of black people with many of the negative stereo types that have been associated

Do I Have the Job?

Oct 14th, 2018 1h 29m

Cliff Eidelman Interview. Jerry Goldsmith created an epic and memorable theme when he composed the 1979 film Star Trek: The Motion Picture, a theme that would become synonymous with Star Trek due to its use as the main title for the hit telev

Sound Always Dominates Pictures

Oct 7th, 2018 1h

Nicholas Meyer Interview. The director of a film guides actors and creative elements of the crew, leading them to the ultimate goal of realizing their vision on the big screen. While not something seen, one of the most important elements fo

Like a Movie of the Week

Sep 30th, 2018 58m 47s

"11001001" with Brian McVickar. The majority of scores for season one of Star Trek: The Next Generation were primarily composed by two people; Dennis McCarthy and Ron Jones. It has been said in many interviews that the composers were directed

A Spiritual Sequel Score

Sep 2nd, 2018 1h 11m

James Horner's Clear and Present Danger. After the success of the 1992 film Patriot Games, a third film in the Jack Ryan series was quickly produced. With the powerful combination of star Harrison Ford, director Phillip Noyce, and composer Ja

Noticing it For the First Time.

Aug 20th, 2018 35m 8s

Star Trek Beyond at the Albert Hall. Over the past several years, film scoring has started to become more mainstream and has become more of a noticeable part of a movie due to documentaries and specialty labels placing emphasis on this often o

Yo!

Jul 8th, 2018 1h 9m

Dennis McCarthy Interview. Dennis McCarthy defined the sound of Star Trek by composing 257 episodes and movies of the franchise. However, the road to Trek was paved with hard work and trial-by-fire education sessions. McCarthy learned how to

Goodnight, Harlan

Jul 1st, 2018 17m 19s

Remembering Harlan Ellison's "The City on the Edge of Forever." Heralded by many as the greatest episode, not only of the original Star Trek, but the whole franchise, "The City on the Edge of Forever" was written by science-fiction legend Har

Melodic Treks Part V: A New Beginning

Jun 24th, 2018 52m 57s

Jeff Russo Interview. Two-time Grammy Award nominee and Emmy Award-winning composer Jeff Russo is at the top of his field, scoring varied and compelling music for television, film, and video games. Russo won an Emmy and received two additional

The City on the Edge of Saskatchewan

Jun 17th, 2018 7m 45s

Restarting the music. In November 2017, Melodic Treks came to an untimely end when Suliban experimentation with temporal mechanics sent ripples throughout the universe that stopped the turntable’s spin. But when associate producer Tony Robinson

Melodic Treks Part IV: The Final Chapter

Nov 12th, 2017 1h 50m

Jefferson Russo and Erich Kunzel. An omnipotent entity once was quoted as saying “All good things must come to an end,” and the time has come to say good bye to Trek FM’s podcast on the music of Star Trek after 85 episodes and three supplemen

Stretching Their Legs

Sep 20th, 2017 38m 29s

The Music of Star Trek: Voyager. The music for the later Star Trek series has been described by some as 'wallpaper' music, or music that is just there as filler, without substance. While it may be challenging to come up with new music after

83: We Don't Drive Expensive Cars

Jul 16th, 2017 42m 34s

Matthew Hightshoe Interview. In the eighties and nineties, buying a soundtrack usually meant an album full of hit songs that were used in a film, and every once in a while, you would get a track or two of the score included. Some labels wou

82: Pon Farr Baby

Jul 2nd, 2017 45m 56s

The Songs of Leonard Nimoy. Many Star Trek actors have expanded their talents to include other areas of artistic exploration. Some have tried their hand at directing or photography. Some have gone on to write, and some have gone on to to ta

81: A Truck Driver in a Tuxedo

Jun 18th, 2017 41m 41s

The Hunt for Red October with Lukas Kendall. For eighty episodes and three supplementals, Melodic Treks has explored the world of Star Trek composers and their works outside of the Star Trek franchise. Basil Poledouris is a talented composer,