Braga: ‘I still cringe when I hear it.’ Apparently, it was a long road to the franchise’s most despised title music
Braga: ‘I still cringe when I hear it.’ Apparently, it was a long road to the franchise’s most despised title music
The infamous pop song theme for Star Trek: Enterprise was derided then and remains derided now. Here's the story of how it got from there to here.
Working from the oral history in The Five Year Mission: The next 25 years, this is a fascinating deep dive that answers the question “How did a recycled cover of a 1998 song written for Rod Stewart, ‘Where My Heart Will Take Me’ aka ‘Faith of the Heart’ become the title music for Enterprise?”
Also, after resisting melodic scoring in all the 90s shows, it turns out this was the music Rick Berman liked?!!
“…I, for one, can tell you that I thought it was a great opening and I'm not alone in that. I don't think I'm in the majority, but I'm not alone."
And it seems the song does have its own subniche of supporters who share Berman’s view. (But not I.)
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I actually like it. TNG's theme was annoyingly bombastic to my ears, DS9's is basically nothing, Voy is okay I guess.
Not saying ENT song was the best choice there could be, but I don't know why it should be gospel that ST has to have orchestral tunes. And for a prequel that was about how it all started, I think it was fine to go with something different.
And it's not like an opening theme is a dealbreaker either way. I always skip the opening credits on the shows where they go for over a minute. I think for people who don't like ENT (it's not exactly popular) this is just another notch.
BTW I'm half way through SNW S02 and I'm not tired of its opening. First time ST nailed it in my book.
Couldn't skip back then.
Thought the time honored tradition was switching to another channel to watch another show's opener so you'd know what was going on when you switched there during commercial breaks. Just my family?
You could've always muted the sound.
I agree with you about TNG and DS9 completely. SNW is the best music since the earlier movies, IMO. I love it.