Star Trek Theme Duet

[rrayner]

The theme from the “Star Trek” TV and subsequent movie series was written in 1966 by Alexander Courage.

I would be remiss if I were to produce a “Star Wars” duet, and not produce a “Star Trek” duet, so here it is.

Some of this piece is a reduction of Alexander Courage’s arrangement, and some is my own variation. I used available midi and mp3 files from the internet to capture the essence of the piece. My wife Cynthia and I had purchased a box set of the TV series, and in free time, we are playing through all of the episodes, one at a time. Therefore, the theme has very much been on our minds.

The Soprano part is a copy of the original theme, performed either by a soprano voice or a Theremin, and the counterplay by French Horns is in the Alto part.

The large comma you see above measure 35 indicates a brief pause – a separation before continuing.

As in many of my recent pieces, you can use Composer commands to display the lyrics (qsl) or the chords (qscn).

Ralph R. Rayner

[rrayner]

The ending in my initial posting of this duet was bothering me, as my wife and I played it together. As mentioned before, I had used an mp3 file as one of my sources for how the original song was scored.

Generally, as we watch episodes from the TV series, we will be chatting about what we just saw, and not critically listening to the closing credits theme. Subliminally, something was telling me I didn't have the ending right.

Listening more closely, I found that I had left out the four-beat note G in measure 34. Now, the ending sounds like the closing credits theme.

Ralph Rayner