The musical accompaniment, whether it is to an audio or video production, subconsciously sets the mood of a scene, adds subtle, unspoken hints of danger or suspense and, by the means of personal themes, enhances the presence of specific characters. Is it any wonder that fan producers prize the contribution of their composers? Luckily musicians are notoriously ruled by their passions and Star Trek fan productions are lucky to be connected with artists ranging from talented garage bands to professionals in the entertainment industry.
Knowing the contribution they make, it's only fitting that we acknowledge them here with this listing of composers, musicians and groups that, to a large extent, lies behind the success of many of our favourite fan productions. If they are independent artists, check out their other work, if they are amateurs comment on their Facebook, YouTube or website. We owe them a debt of gratitude for our productions would be immensely the poorer without them.
ST:
Intrepid, Orphans of War, Operation Beta Shield
Professional composer, remixer and arranger - great info on audio engineering on his website.
Professional composer, remixer and arranger - great info on audio engineering on his website.
ST:
The Helena Chronicles, Operation Beta Shield
ST:
Odyssey, ST: Federation One
California-based professional composer, conductor and orchestrator. IMDB
California-based professional composer, conductor and orchestrator. IMDB
ST:
Intrepid
ST:
Federation One, Project: Potemkin, ST: Lexington, ST: New Homelands
Bermuda-born but now UK-based, Steve is an enthusiastic contributor to a number of Star Trek fan films.
Bermuda-born but now UK-based, Steve is an enthusiastic contributor to a number of Star Trek fan films.
Playlist
of Star Trek music by Steve
Gallant
ST:
Excelsior
An award-winning composer from Alabama, he has written several pieces for piano and mixed ensemble, a comic one-act operetta, and serves as the staff composer for the audio drama series Excelsior, authoring the theme, a musical episode, and a considerable volume of incidental music!
An award-winning composer from Alabama, he has written several pieces for piano and mixed ensemble, a comic one-act operetta, and serves as the staff composer for the audio drama series Excelsior, authoring the theme, a musical episode, and a considerable volume of incidental music!
ST:
Eras
A long-term friend of the co-producers of Star Trek Eras, Matt creates custom-made soundscapes for nearly all of TWERPs audio dramas.
A long-term friend of the co-producers of Star Trek Eras, Matt creates custom-made soundscapes for nearly all of TWERPs audio dramas.
ST:
Intrepid, ST: Odyssey, Voyages of the U.S.S. Angeles, ST: Diplomatic
Relations, ST: Grissom
Bodo has been a tireless worker on various Star Trek fan films since his musical work and acting on the first Starship Intrepid movie! Listen to his opening credits for Star Trek Grissom at the head of this page.
Bodo has been a tireless worker on various Star Trek fan films since his musical work and acting on the first Starship Intrepid movie! Listen to his opening credits for Star Trek Grissom at the head of this page.
Starship
Farragut, ST: Osiris, ST: The Helena Chronicles, Tossed Upon the Shore
Hetoreyn's score for the Star Trek: Farragut episode, "The Price of Anything" was featured on FSM Online the industry's premiere film music resource. It is available on iTunes and cdbaby where you can get his earlier album for Farragut "For Want of a Nail".
Hetoreyn's score for the Star Trek: Farragut episode, "The Price of Anything" was featured on FSM Online the industry's premiere film music resource. It is available on iTunes and cdbaby where you can get his earlier album for Farragut "For Want of a Nail".
Henglaar,
M.D.
Star
Trek: Red Squad
The co-producer of this animation has also written most of the theme music as well.
The co-producer of this animation has also written most of the theme music as well.
Star Trek: Phoenix Cloak & Dagger Part I
ST:
Outpost
ST:
The Helena Chronicles
ST:
Defiant
Incidental piano music.
Incidental piano music.
Star
Trek: The Continuing Mission
Co-producer of Star Trek: The Continuing Mission, has also created some evocative work as incidental music for their episodes. Andy's work is an especially good example of how music can be timed and themed to support the dialog - understandable since the creator is the producer!
Co-producer of Star Trek: The Continuing Mission, has also created some evocative work as incidental music for their episodes. Andy's work is an especially good example of how music can be timed and themed to support the dialog - understandable since the creator is the producer!
Other Composers, Groups and Productions
For your cultural edification! Music and dance in the original Klingon!
A
project started by three fans of Gary Seven, the charismatic scifi
secret agent introduced in the Star Trek TOS episode, Assignment Earth,
which is fan-made theme music for the spin-off TV series about him that
was planned but never made.
Indianapolis'
24th Century Klingon Opera Ensemble, il Troubadore, known on the planet
Qo'noS as bomwI'pu' has been performing tlhIngan QoQ (Klingon music)
live since 2009. This dynamic group of live classical performers
perform Klingon music with cello, mandolin, percussion, clarinet,
vocals and dance. Facebook YouTube
Twitter
A
fun and talented rock group who also happen to be Star Trek fans! They
have made it their "five year mission" to write a song for every
episode of The Original Series and are currently on year 2! Facebook Youtube
Twitter
Not
music but the first play to be performed entirely in the Klingon
language by the Commedia
Beauregard which has produced the play for the last
four years in Minnesota and Chicago. YouTube.
Facebook
Special
mention should also be made of those charitable composers who place
some, if not all of their work on line under the creative commons
license,making it possible for amateurs to use them without charge as
long as the creators are credited. This is a great concept for
fostering collaborative, creative projects and the first name that
springs to mind is Kevin McLeod and his website Incompetech.com.
Kevin's work, large and small, has become almost a standard resource
for sound editors because of the wide range of themes and their
consistant quality... and for $5 per song you can use it royalty free!
(See also Machinimasound.com.)
Emmett,
commander of the Star Trek fan club, the USS
Blackheart, and a Star Trek producer in his own right,
released 'Honorbound',
an album of music inspired by the Klingon Empire, in April. Available
now on Amazon
MP3. Facebook
’u’,
billed as "The first authentic Klingon opera on Earth" is based on the
epic legend of "Kahless the Unforgettable", a messianic figure in the
fictional Klingon history.It successfully premiered at The Hague on
10/09/10 but they recently
announced that they are going to close their run at
the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin on the 22/02/13 for one night
only!. Wikipedia
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