STAR TREK 2.1 & 2.2 VHS Intros

Re-released in 1997 on videocassette, three episodes per tape, each contained exclusive introductions by James Doohan, George Takei & Walter Koenig. Stories appeared in production order with 'Catspaw', 'Metamorphosis', 'Friday's Child' on Volume 2.1 with remarks from Takei. Koenig takes the chair for Volume 2.2 for 'Who Mourns for Adonais?', 'Amok Time' and 'The Doomsday Machine'.

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This introduction to volume 2.2 was where I first learned how Walter Koenig's surname was pronounced! Koenig talks about the show's incidental music here, but gets it slightly wrong. Typically the first 6-7 episodes produced in each season would have original scores, and the rest of the season would usually make use of those episodes' music where apt - although a few episodes later on in the season would get their own music composed if they needed something a little different - usually something more comedic, romantic, or evocative of a particular period setting. The episodes on volume 2.2 have some of the most recognisable music in the series. Gerald Fried's Vulcan themes from "Amok Time" were reused a lot, usually in connection with Spock. Fred Steiner's score for "Who Mourns For Adonais" was also heard a lot, oddly more in season 3. And of course Sol Kaplan's wonderful music from "The Doomsday Machine" provided the backdrop to just about every space battle in season 2, and was a huge influence on the music from Jaws - there's a couple of uploads here where people have put the Doomsday Machine music into the climax of Jaws to show just how much of an influence it was!

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