From 1966 until 1993, there was one constant in the Star Trek universe: The USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), the ship that took Kirk, Spock, Picard, Riker and a myriad of crew through the furthest reaches of space to explore new worlds and seek out new life and new civilization. Nearly three decades later, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine changed the game - and the musical fruits of that endeavor have been newly anthologized by La-La Land Records.
Deep Space Nine took viewers on the decks of the eponymous space station, a vital stop beside the Bajoran wormhole. A crew of Starfleet officers and other colorful characters, including Avery Brooks as Starfleet Commander Benjamin Sisko, Rene Auberjonois' Odo, the shape-shifting head of security for the station; and the unforgettable Ferengi bartender Quark (Armin Shimerman), populated Deep Space Nine. (Later, after the end of sister show Star Trek: The Next Generation, the Klingon Worf (Michael Dorn) transfered from the Enterprise to DS9.) In its seven seasons, the series investigated many of the deeper issues of equality and justice that previous Trek installments weren't afraid to tackle - but it did so with the added benefit of trying longer, multi-episode story arcs more in line with traditional episodic television.
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Like its predecessors, DS9 was graced by some solid television soundtrack work from veterans of both Trek and television. Dennis McCarthy, who scored many episodes of The Next Generation, wrote a gorgeous, stately theme for the series, and shared scoring duties with composers like Jay Chattaway, Richard Bellis and John Debney. A good five hours of that music is presented on a new four-disc set from La-La Land. One disc features compositions by McCarthy, one devoted entirely to Chattaway, another to "the new recruits" and a final disc intriguingly presents an album assembled for release during the program's lifespan that remained unreleased until this set. Jeff Bond again pens liner notes for this Trek title, limited to 3,000 copies.
After the jump, pre-order the Deep Space Nine collection and check out the track list!
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Original Television Soundtrack Collection (La-La Land Records LLLCD 1239, 2013)
Disc 1: Music by Dennis McCarthy
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Main Title (Seasons 1-3)
Music from "The Storyteller" (Season 1, Episode #14 - 5/2/1993) - Quaker Odo
- Take It Off!/Que Sirah, Sirah/Blowin' in the Wind
- The Big Wrap Up
Music from "Duet" (Season 1, Episode #19 - 6/13/1993) - Revelation /Poloiusized (3:32)
Music from "In the Hands of the Prophets" (Season 1, Episode #20 - 6/20/1993) - Sisko Sails/And So Ends Year One
Music from "The Homecoming" (Season 2, Episode #1 - 9/26/1993) - The Great Escape
Music from "The Circle" (Season 2, Episode #2 - 10/3/1993) - Orbosity
- Kira's Rescue
Music from "Crossover" (Season 2, Episode #23 - 5/15/1994) - Bajoranosity
- O'Brien Joins In/Escape
Music from "Life Support" (Season 3, Episode #13 - 1/31/1995) - He's Toast
Music from "The Die is Cast" (Season 3, Episode #21 - 5/1/1995) - Torture
- Sandbagged
- Demolished/Escape/Hard to Digest
Music from "Explorers" (Season 3, Episode #22 - 5/8/1995) - Home Improvement
- Sailing
- Fireworks
Music from "The Visitor" (Season 4, Episode #3 - 10/9/1995) - One Last Visit
Music from "Shattered Mirror" (Season 4, Episode #20 - 4/22/1996) - Charge!
Music from "Once More Unto the Breach" (Season 7, Episode #7 - 11/11/1998) - Volunteer/Die with Honor
Music from "Far Beyond the Stars" (Season 6, Episode #13 - 2/11/1998) - Back to the Future
Music from "You Are Cordially Invited..." (Season 6, Episode #7 - 11/10/1997) - Coming Home
- Hirsute Pastola/Klingon Wedding Drums/The Ceremony/Bashing
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine End Credits (Season 1-3)
Disc 2: Music by Jay Chattaway
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Main Title (Seasons 4-7) - Dennis McCarthy
Music from "The Search - Part I" (Season 3, Episode #1 - 9/26/1994) - Recap
- The Adventure Begins/Run Silent, Run Deep
- Toothless Tiger
Music from "The Search - Part II" (Season 3, Episode #2 - 10/3/1994) - The Ultimate Handjob
- Destroying the Wormhole/Not Quite Home
Music from "Broken Link" (Season 4, Episode #26 - 6/17/1996) - Odo Goes Solid
- What I've Lost/Generous Offer/ See You Next Year
Music from "By Inferno's Light" (Season 5, Episode #15 - 2/17/1997) - Clash of the Titans
- Heavy Hitters
- Armageddon Denied
Music from "Call to Arms" (Season 5, Episode #26 - 6/16/1997) - Battle Preparations
- Garak Returns/First Wave/Abandon Ship
- I Shall Return
- Program Sisko/Gotta Job to Do/Message in Horsehide
Music from "One Little Ship" (Season 6, Episode #14 - 2/18/1998) - The First Shall Be the Last
Music from "Strange Bedfellows" (Season 7, Episode #19 - 4/21/1999) - The Red Eye
- The Dark Side
Music from "The Changing Face of Evil" (Season 7, Episode #20 - 4/28/1999) - Defiant Ending
- Damar is the Key/Jay Speaks
Source Cues from "Our Man Bashir" (Season 4, Episode #10 - 11/27/1995) - Girls in a Cage (The Fab DS9 Band)
- Go-Go #2 (Disco Casino)
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine End Credits (Season 4-7) - Dennis McCarthy
Disc 3: Music by the New Recruits
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Main Title (Seasons 4-7, Alternate Mix) - Dennis McCarthy
Music from "The Nagus" (Season 1, Episode #11 - 3/21/1993) (John Debney) - Mysterious Visitor/Nagus Revealed
Music from "Progress" (Season 1, Episode #15 - 5/9/1993) (John Debney) - Yamok Sauce
- No. 5 Consort
- Saving a Friend
Music from "The House of Quark" (Season 3, Episode #3 - 10/10/1994) (Richard Bellis) - Quark's Big Gamble/Play It Again, Quark
Music from "The Sword of Kahless" (Season 4, Episode #9 - 11/20/1995) (David Bell) - Worf and Kor Fight/Sword Tumbles Into Space
Music from "The Ascent" (Season 5, Episode #9 - 11/25/1996) (David Bell) - Quark Ties Splint/Trudging Montage
- Quark Musters and Moves/Beamed to Safety/I Meant Every Word
Music from "Soldiers of the Empire" (Season 5, Episode #21 - 4/28/1997) (David Bell) - Martok and Worf Fight (3:28)
Music from "Sacrifice of Angels" (Season 6, Episode #6 - 11/3/1997) (David Bell) - Teaser Recap
- Klingon Fleet to the Rescue
- Dukat Searches for Ziyal/Damar Shoots Ziyal
Music from "In the Pale Moonlight" (Season 6, Episode #19 - 4/15/1998) (David Bell) - Computer, What Day Is It?/It's a Fake
- Sisko Punches Garak/I Can Live with It
Music from "Take Me Out to the Holosuite" (Season 7, Episode #4 - 10/21/1998) (David Bell) - Solok Watches Batting Practice
Music from "Covenant" (Season 7, Episode #9 - 11/25/1998) (David Bell) - Followers Throw Pills/Makes Him More Dangerous
Music from "Tacking Into the Wind" (Season 7, Episode #22 - 5/12/1999) (David Bell) - Worf Kills Gowron
Music from "The Assignment" (Season 5, Episode #5 - 10/28/1996) (Gregory Smith) - Man on a Mission/An Electrifying Resolution
Music from "Field of Fire" (Season 7, Episode #13 - 2/10/1999) (Gregory Smith) - Joran's Nocturne
- Ezri Gets Her Man/Joran's Outta Here
Music from "Little Green Men" (Season 4, Episode #8 - 11/13/1995) (Paul Baillargeon) - The Chase/A-Bomb/So Long, Brother
Music from "Children of Time" (Season 5, Episode #22 - 5/5/1997) (Paul Baillargeon) - Feeding the Soil
Music from "The Siege of AR-558" (Season 7, Episode #8 - 11/18/1998) (Pual Baillargeon) - War Adagio
- Cost of Victory
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine End Credits (Seasons 4-7, Alternate Mix) - Dennis McCarthy
Disc 4: The Lost Album
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Main Title (1:55)
(Seasons 1-3, without effects)
(Dennis McCarthy)
Music from "Our Man Bashir" (Season 4, Episode #10 - 11/27/1995) (Jay Chattaway) - Smashing (Bashir Back in Action)/Holosuite Buddies
- Major Gigabytes
- Interesting Jewelry/Acme Cigar
- Diabolical
- Smooth Talker/Attitude Adjustment *
- End Game (Julian Bashir Will Return) *
Music from "Trials and Tribble-ations" (Season 5, Episode #6 - 11/4/1996) (Dennis McCarthy) - The Inspectors/Ye Olde Shippe **
- New Old Dress/The Old Interior **
- Prelude/Famous Fight
- Squash
- Tribbomb
- Finding the Bomb
- The Big Goodbye
- Tribble Infestation **
Music from "What You Leave Behind" (Season 7, Episodes #25-26 - 6/2/1999) (Dennis McCarthy) - Last Frolic/Promises/Moving Out
- Loop de Loop/Casualities of War/Colm Fesses Up
- Saved!/Turncoats/Ms. Mojo
- Revenge/El Mondo Visualo/Damar Buys the Farm/Into the Fray
- Death/Treaty/Mojo Yojo
- Final Battle/Trapped
- Finality/The Way You Look Tonight
- Goodbyes/Lookin' Good
- Farewell */Dennis Speaks!
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Main Theme for Solo Piano (After 3:00AM at Quark's Mix) - Dennis McCarthy
* contains "Theme from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" by Dennis McCarthy
** contains "Theme from Star Trek" by Alexander Courage and Gene Roddenberry
I bet this is pricey, but I'd like to have it. DS9 was my favorite of the Treks, and in fact it's probably still my favorite TV show ever. Highly underrated, and even underappreciated in its time, DS9's reputation as one of the great sci-fi shows ever has grown with time.
I've been rewatching it again, and it's amazing to see how well the show has aged (as opposed to how dated TNG often seems now), and how relevant the show remains.
This looks like a remarkably comprehensive collection of music from the show, although I wouldn't have minded if one or two songs sung by James Darren (as Vic Fontaine) had made it on there. Specifically, the slow version of "I'll Be Seeing You," from the episode "The Siege at AR-558." That song was used to a chilling effect, but when Darren's album of songs from the show was released, a faster, more upbeat version of the song was used instead and it just isn't the same.