We finally got our first good look at Star Trek: Picard at San Diego Comic Con in that trailer that still as Trek fans buzzing – and now there’s some more detail about the team that’s bringing the upcoming series to life.
Spreading out from his work on Star Trek: Discovery, Emmy Award-winning composer Jeff Russo will be bringing his musical talents to the show as he takes on the job of scoring Picard, news that arrived courtesy of Film Music Reporter last week.
While CBS hasn’t officially made an announcement of their own, the composer himself took to Twitter to confirm the news.
Proverbial cat/bag scenario… I am so thrilled about this show, it’s insane.. #StarTrekPicard #Engage #TooManyHashtagsToFitInOneTweet https://t.co/ZtG2gzrqlU
— Jeff Russo (@jeffersonrusso) July 23, 2019
Though the California-based Russo is spreading his wings to a second Trek series, some other production professionals familiar to fans from Discovery – who are needed at the Toronto-based stages – have newly-identified counterparts working on Picard, thanks to first-episode director Hanelle Culpepper.
Jeff Lombardi is serving as Picard’s property master (Discovery counterpart: Mario Moreira), the lead designer for any physical props for the series, including the Starfleet Command visitor badge worn by Patrick Stewart in the trailer – and given away as replicas to fans at Comic Con.
Christine Bieselin Clark takes the lead as Picard’s costume designer (Discovery counterpart: Gersha Phillips), responsible for not only the look of Picard, Seven, and the cast’s civilian styles, but also the briefly-seen new Starfleet uniforms and Romulan garb sported by the Vulcanoid refugees.
Philip Lanyon worked as the cinematographer for the Picard pilot (Discovery counterparts: Glen Keenan and others); serving as the director of photography for the opening episodes of the series helps formulate the ‘look’ of the show, which two-episode director Jonathan Frakes describes as “a little bit different [from Discovery]… a lot more contemplative.”
Production designer Todd Cherniawsky, who began his time on Trek during the first year of Discovery before ceding that show over to Tamera Deverall, is master of all things set design for Star Trek: Picard.
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