To The Stars (orchestra)

To The Stars, Kyle Wernke for orchestra I fondly remember the day my father came home from the library with a VHS copy of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. I must have been no older than seven or eight (certainly not old enough to realize that The Final Frontier is one of the worst Star Trek films), but the moment I saw the Enterprise on screen I was in love. As I got older, I came to realize that Star Trek is about a lot more than spaceships and phaser fights: Star Trek at its best looks at the problems of today through the lens of the future. The music of Star Trek plays no small part in making it as successful as it has been and as I grew older, I fell in love with the franchise’s extraordinary music. Whether it’s the pointed brass of Alexander Courage and Fred Steiner’s scores for The Original Series or the sweeping strings of James Horner’s Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, the music of Star Trek has played an enormous role in making me the composer I am today. To the Stars is a