Jerry Fielding is my favorite TOS composer and "Spectre of the Gun" has got to be his most ambitious score. I love the upside-down version of "Buffalo Gals" when they come into the saloon, and the music underlaying Chekov's scene with Sylvia is worthy of Aaron Copland. What makes it work for me is the way his themes keep slipping from major to minor-it's like trying to wake up from a nightmare. Thank you, thank you for saving the best for last.
Haha, I knew it would be a home transcription for this episode! I said elsewhere that Spectre Of The Gun must be the least reused full score the show had. You've done a good enough job - the software has its limitations and will never sound exactly like the real orchestra but to hold that against your sterling work would be like holding the budget limitations of the original series against its effects - that is to say, it would not be fair! I've recently been doing some research online and getting my hands on as many polls of the original series as I can to create some sort of definitive rank order for them. I have a degree in maths which included some modules on probability & statistics and I'm putting that training to use here in identifying trends, outliers, and which episodes polarise the fans based on a property called standard deviation. The higher the standard deviation, the more controversial the episode, and Spectre Of The Gun has the second highest standard deviation, making it, according to the data I have, the second most controversial episode after Let That Be Your Last Battlefield. For the record, I like this episode. It's a sort of a cross between The Corbomite Maneuver and Arena, the latter is unsurprising as they were both great episodes written by Gene L. Coon, the former, well, I've never been a fan of the ending of The Corbomite Maneuver and have said for a while that I think it would have benefitted from Coon's touch, although of course it was before he joined the show. This in a way is a taste of what it would have been like. Looking forward to your more detailed analysis of this score as Fielding's fingerprint is the hardest to spot in Trek! - Liam.
FIRST😎What a great score for a great episode! The scoring made this episode stand out even more. Fav part of the episode is when Spock said “his own mind killed him” & saves the day. Great vid David. Keep Trekking🖖🏻
It’s interesting how over the decades this episode went from one categorized as one of the worst episodes to one of the most memorable. Fielding’s score really helps to lift this outing, making it my favorite of S3. Thanks for this teaser, David-greatly looking forward to an in-depth examination of this exemplary score.
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Jerry Fielding is my favorite TOS composer and "Spectre of the Gun" has got to be his most ambitious score. I love the upside-down version of "Buffalo Gals" when they come into the saloon, and the music underlaying Chekov's scene with Sylvia is worthy of Aaron Copland. What makes it work for me is the way his themes keep slipping from major to minor-it's like trying to wake up from a nightmare. Thank you, thank you for saving the best for last.
Nice! I also recall the off-center saloon piano cue which has stuck with me since the late Sixties...
Such a complicated and memorable soundtrack to this ep. A fav of mine. Thanks for posting this.
Haha, I knew it would be a home transcription for this episode! I said elsewhere that Spectre Of The Gun must be the least reused full score the show had. You've done a good enough job - the software has its limitations and will never sound exactly like the real orchestra but to hold that against your sterling work would be like holding the budget limitations of the original series against its effects - that is to say, it would not be fair!
I've recently been doing some research online and getting my hands on as many polls of the original series as I can to create some sort of definitive rank order for them. I have a degree in maths which included some modules on probability & statistics and I'm putting that training to use here in identifying trends, outliers, and which episodes polarise the fans based on a property called standard deviation. The higher the standard deviation, the more controversial the episode, and Spectre Of The Gun has the second highest standard deviation, making it, according to the data I have, the second most controversial episode after Let That Be Your Last Battlefield.
For the record, I like this episode. It's a sort of a cross between The Corbomite Maneuver and Arena, the latter is unsurprising as they were both great episodes written by Gene L. Coon, the former, well, I've never been a fan of the ending of The Corbomite Maneuver and have said for a while that I think it would have benefitted from Coon's touch, although of course it was before he joined the show. This in a way is a taste of what it would have been like.
Looking forward to your more detailed analysis of this score as Fielding's fingerprint is the hardest to spot in Trek!
- Liam.
So much tension in this score!
FIRST😎What a great score for a great episode! The scoring made this episode stand out even more. Fav part of the episode is when Spock said “his own mind killed him” & saves the day. Great vid David. Keep Trekking🖖🏻
It’s interesting how over the decades this episode went from one categorized as one of the worst episodes to one of the most memorable. Fielding’s score really helps to lift this outing, making it my favorite of S3.
Thanks for this teaser, David-greatly looking forward to an in-depth examination of this exemplary score.
Know what would be great to write a symphony or tone pome on James T. Kirk. Maybe later do one on Mr. Spock.
One of my favourite episodes from Season 3. Music was great too. Miss you, David!
@@DanielWilson-kj3po Aw thanks! I am probably about 60-70% towards getting in front of the camera. September for sure!