Star Trek Composer Jerry Goldsmith - Episode 105

70s Trek: Star Trek in the 1970s

With his work on Star Trek The Motion Picture, he created the musical template for the franchise for the next 26 years. Composer Jerry Goldsmith re-imagined what Star Trek music could be in 1979. He created a score unlike anything that had come before.

This week, co-hosts Bob Turner and Kelly Casto talk about this award-winning composer who made a lasting impact on the franchise.

It’s safe to say that the legacy of Jerry Goldsmith is that he set the standard, and in deed the template, for what Star Trek music would be for the following 26 years.

Even if he didn’t work on it, every movie and TV show that followed through 2005 all had his influence. They were all the same musically.

And it’s all because of the work Jerry Goldsmith did for The Motion Picture.