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Melodic Treks is a Trek.fm podcast dedicated entirely to the music of Star Trek. Host Brandon-Shea Mutala explores the themes, orchestral scores, and incidental compositions that bring Star Trek episo... more
FAQs about Melodic Treks: A Star Trek Music Podcast:How many episodes does Melodic Treks: A Star Trek Music Podcast have?The podcast currently has 107 episodes available.
June 15, 2019103: James Versus JamesJames Horner's score for Aliens. We are joined by Carl Wonders to discuss James Horner's Academy Award nominated score to the 1986 film Aliens. We talk about working with director James Cameron, self plagiarism, chopping up the score, and Die Hard....more1h 24minPlay
May 12, 2019102: Set Phasers to Fun!Star Trek: Dark Remnant with Matthew Carl Earl. We are joined by Matthew Carl Earl, composer for Star Trek: Dark Remnant to discuss the new VR experience. We also discuss working in the video game world, Giacchino's inspiring music, the sound design, and some of Matthew's other composing works....more31minPlay
May 05, 2019101: Jaunty and Postive"Desert Crossing" With Jim Moorhouse. We are joined by Jim Moorhouse of the Trek Ranks podcast to discuss the score to the episode "Desert Crossing" from the first season of Enterprise. We talk about composer Velton Ray Bunch, how the music fits the episode, the tone of the score, and choosing this score as the theme for Moorehouse's podcast....more37minPlay
April 28, 2019100: The Dark Time-Crystal5 Favorites with C Bryan Jones. We are joined by the founder of the Trek FM network, Christopher Jones (for his first appearance on the show) to discuss his five favorite Star Trek score tracks in this special milestone episode. We also discuss Chris' history with music, Wil Wheaton's new polka album, and peak Star Trek....more1h 14minPlay
April 05, 201999: Isn't That What the Second Season of Discovery is Called?Five Favorites with Zach Moore. We talk about Zach's five favorite tracks from the score to Star Trek III: The Search For Spock, composed by James Horner. We also discuss why this is his favorite Trek film, and, as always, we have a few tangents along the way....more1h 2minPlay
March 17, 201998: Minimoog VoyagerCharles-Henri Avelange Interview. We interview composer Charles-Henri Avelange and discuss growing up in a castle, writing a score in five hours, composing theme songs, the status of film scoring, his passion project of creating the Star trek: Voyager theme song on the now discontinued minimoog voyager synthesizer....more1h 6minPlay
March 04, 201997: Harlem RenaissanceThe Musical Era of "Far Beyond the Stars." We are joined by Andy Farber to discuss the music of the early 1950's, which was the era of the acclaimed Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Far Beyond the Stars." We talk about different styles of music, artists that Benny Russel name drops in the episode, the charts, source music, and the score....more1h 1minPlay
December 22, 201896: 100 VoicesWhen the Train Stops. We are joined by James Kerwin, Mike Avenaim, and Rekha Sharma to discuss the score to the short film When the Train Stops. They talk about the sarangi, what they feel this instrument represents, recording sessions, teachers and father figures, and some of the challenges in distribution of a short film....more52minPlay
October 14, 201894: Do I Have the Job?Cliff Eidelman Interview. We are joined by Cliff Eidelman to discuss his career as a composer. We talk about his new works that were inspired by art, working with the Londonand Munich Symphony Orchestras, his vocal album, and getting the job as the composer for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country....more1h 30minPlay
October 07, 201893: Sound Always Dominates PicturesNicholas Meyer Interview. We are joined by Nicholas Meyer, writer and director of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, to talk about film composing from a director's perspective. We talk about temp scores, favorite scores, Bernard Herrmann, and we also discuss his friendship with James Horner....more1h 1minPlay
FAQs about Melodic Treks: A Star Trek Music Podcast:How many episodes does Melodic Treks: A Star Trek Music Podcast have?The podcast currently has 107 episodes available.