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Longtime STAR TREK Artist John Eaves to Receive Art Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award

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Longtime STAR TREK Artist John Eaves to Receive Art Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award

Longtime Star Trek artist John Eaves has been working with the franchise for nearly thirty year, joining the Star Trek V: The Final Frontier team back in 1989 and having a hand in nearly every incarnation since: the Next Generation series and feature films, Deep Space Nine, Enterprise, the Kelvin Timeline films, and Discovery.

His designs include headlining Trek starships from the Sovereign-class Enterprise-E from Star Trek: First Contact to the Walker-class USS Shenzhou in Star Trek: Discovery. While his design work has been featured in special presentations like the “John Eaves Sketchbook” interview series on the DS9 DVD sets and the Star Trek: First Contact & Star Trek: Insurrection Sketchbook, fans finally got a spotlight look at his work in 2019’s The Art of John Eaves (which we reviewed upon its release).

A concept design for the Discovery-era Enterprise, by Scott Schneider and John Eaves.

This year, Eaves’ peers will be honoring his decades of contributions both Star Trek and other productions when he’s presented with the Art Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in April, recognizing his years of contributions to the industry.

Here’s the official announcement from the Art Directors Guild:

LOS ANGELES, March 31, 2021 – Concept Artist John Eaves, known for his iconic illustrations and designs for the Star Trek series and for the numerous science fiction realms he created, will receive the Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) Lifetime Achievement Award from the Illustrators and Matte Artists (IMA) at the 25th Annual ADG Awards.

Herman Zimmerman, Emmy®-nominated Production Designer for the Star Trek franchise, will be presenting the award to Eaves. The event will celebrate Eaves’ artistic contribution to the many space vehicles, sets, and concepts that have become classics in the Marvel, Star Trek and Sci-Fi worlds that we know today.

“For the past 36 years, John’s work as a Production Illustrator has been an integral part of over 100 films and television shows. From props, to sets, to vehicles, to gadgets, and, most prominent and recognizable, a small fleet of starships for the Star Trek franchise, John has inspired many and left an amazing mark on our industry. We celebrate his creativity, talent, and contributions to the Craft and honor him with this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award,” said Tim Wilcox, ADG Illustrators & Matte Artists Council Chair.

John Eaves has worked as a concept artist on many of Hollywood’s most successful franchises, creating iconic Sci-Fi images of futuristic worlds, vehicles, spaceships, and otherworldly designs that have become the foundations and concepts of over 100 award-winning motion picture franchises.

These include four Star Trek movies; Captain America: The Winter Soldier; Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides; Spider-Man: Homecoming; Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Iron Man 3. His talented prop designer and diverse model maker skills are on display in Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Ant-Man and The Wasp, Ant-Man, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Iron Man 2, Batman Forever, Toys, Die Hard 2, RoboCop 2 and The Hunt for Red October, among many others.

Eaves’ groundbreaking work has garnered him numerous awards, including four previous ADG awards. As a child, John was fascinated with aircraft and science fiction and how films came together, a fascination that continued into adulthood and which led to a highly successful 36-year career and still counting.

Eaves will be presented the award during the virtual 25th Annual Art Directors Guild Awards on April 11, where legendary Star Trek production designer Herman Zimmerman will preside over the moment.

New STAR TREK LEGENDS Game Debuts on Apple Arcade

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New STAR TREK LEGENDS Game Debuts on Apple Arcade

Tilting Point LLC, the digital gaming company behind Star Trek Timelines, rolled out their next Star Trek mobile game today, tying almost all generations of the Trek franchise together in Star Trek Legends.

Launching today on the Apple Arcade gaming platform — playable on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Mac devices — the new Star Trek Legends game ties together characters from the Original Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Enterprise, Discovery, Star Trek: Picard, and the TOS and TNG feature films using the time-traveling anomaly featured in Star Trek: Generation, the mysterious Nexus.

Captain Kirk, Dr. Crusher, Seven of Nine, Scotty, General Martok, Worf, and Soji Asha make up this STAR TREK LEGENDS player’s custom crew.

From the game’s official synopsis:

Engage in an epic storyline for control of the mysterious Nexus and the fate of the universe as players step into the role of their favorite Star Trek heroes and villains in the hit franchise’s official team-based RPG. Players will embark on missions, experience epic turn-based combat and make choices that influence the entire story as they take command of the U.S.S. Artemis.

They’ll warp into the Nexus, where they’ll discover new worlds and recruit over 40 of their favorite characters from the entire Star Trek franchise – Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Star Trek: Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Discovery, and Star Trek: Picard.

Their crew’s skills and ingenuity will prove critical as players choose the right team members from their collection for the task at hand. Each legend has their own unique set of skills, abilities and weapons, from Spock’s Vulcan Nerve Pinch to Worf’s deadly Bat’leth.

Explore beautifully rendered 3D worlds, fully realized and lovingly animated characters, and a dynamic graphics system that provides a console-level experience on your Apple device.

Burnham, Pike, Worf and Picard battle a Romulan, a Gorn, Locutus of Borg, and the Borg Queen.

Characters like Dr. McCoy, the Borg Queen, General Martok, Phillipa Georgiou, and Soji Asha all share the screen in this crossover game, which was also the subject of a feature interview on the official Star Trek website today — shedding a little more light behind the game’s story.

Something is happening within the Nexus that is causing its walls to break down. It would have started long before the events of ‘Star Trek: Generations’, where the Nexus rifts were a known phenomenon, and it’s becoming more and more of a threat.

‘Star Trek: Generations’ established that travel into the Nexus isn’t a simple matter, but it would stand to reason the Federation has been hard at work understanding more about it. When the events of ‘Star Trek: Legends’ begin, the Federation is finally successful in constructing a starship – the U.S.S. Artemis – capable of withstanding the power of the rift and traversing the Nexus. At least, theoretically.

And that is where we are bringing the player in. The maiden voyage of the U.S.S. Artemis is a perilous one. No one knows what awaits on the other side of the rift and how the ship and its crew will be able to come back from the Nexus. If there ever was a mission you would “boldly go” on, this is it. As captain of the U.S.S. Artemis, we are immediately casting the player as a true model of a Starfleet officer: stalwart in the face of danger and committed to the greater good in the face of immense risk.

It won’t be long before the player learns of other Starfleet officers that have been pulled into the Nexus from other eras of Star Trek history. The Nexus is not bound by our principles of time and space, and you start the journey ignorant of the circumstances that have led to this time-spanning union. It’s a considerable part of the overall mystery as you and your crew delve deeper into the origins of the extradimensional realm.

That’s not to say everything about your adventure in the Nexus will be alien and shrouded in mystery. We’re using the liberty it affords us as a realm consisting of multitudes of realities to tell self-contained stories and even follow up on old plots that have become iconic to ‘Star Trek’ fans.

The Gorn captain wants a rematch, Kirk!

If you’re interested in checking out this new Star Trek Legends game and have a compatible device, you can find it at Apple Arcade today.

Mirror Spock & Mirror Chekov, PICARD’s La Sirena Join 2021’s Hallmark STAR TREK Ornament Lineup

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Mirror Spock & Mirror Chekov, PICARD’s La Sirena Join 2021’s Hallmark STAR TREK Ornament Lineup

Last year’s Star Trek Hallmark holiday ornaments were the first in a new line of larger “Storytellers” products, with built-in lights and audio electronics in these first inter-connecting display pieces — and for 2021, the company is continuing their plans with two more classic Star Trek characters.

Revealed this week are the first look at Hallmark’s take on the Terran Empire’s version of Pavel Chekov and Mr. Spock, part of the seven-character “Mirror, Mirror” series of Star Trek Storyteller ornaments that Hallmark announced in 2019.

Following Mirror Kirk, Sulu, and Uhura in 2020 — and expected to conclude with the Mirror versions of Scotty and Dr. McCoy in 2022 — the special run of episodic tie-in figures are once again expected to be the main offerings from Hallmark this year.

Digital mock-ups of the 2021 Chekov and Spock ornaments…
…and the first photos of the final products from Hallmark’s 2021 catalog.

From our August 2019 report:

Each of the character ornaments contain audio from the episode, and will play back lines from the episode on their own — but when brought together, the ornaments will communicate with each other with built-in radio technology to replicate scenes from the episode where those characters interacted.

Once all seven $29.00 ornaments are released — Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, Sulu, Uhura, and Chekov — the entire set will work together to perform a cut-down, abbreviated rendition of “Mirror, Mirror” for owners.

The first five Storytellers ornaments, and classic Enterprise tree-topper (released in 2020).

The Hallmark Star Trek ornament fan site also published some additional technical details on the 2021 ornaments, from the soon-to-be-published 2021 Hallmark catalog, including an anticipated July 10, 2021 in-store availability date and the projected $34.99 retail price.

Connect this ornament to Hallmark’s Keepsake Power Cord to see the continuous light effect. Press the button to watch it perform an exciting scene from the classical original series episode “Mirror, Mirror.”

Artist: Jake Angell
Retail Price: $34.99 USA/$44.99 CAN
Dimensions: 2.49″ w. x 5.68″ h. x 2.37″ d.
Ornament Premiere Date: July 10, 2021

Requires Hallmark’s Keepsake Power Cord (not included).

Add other STAR TREK™ “Mirror, Mirror” Collection ornaments and the tree topper to unlock larger, amazing interactive performances!

APRIL 2 UPDATE:

While like last year, the Star Trek Storytellers ornaments are the primary Trek releases for 2021, as the 2021 Hallmark “Dream Book” made its way to TheDigitalDreamBook.com today, revealing that the two Mirror Universe crewmates will be joined this October by the first starship ornament from Star Trek: Picard, Captain Rios’ La Sirena.

A digital render of Hallmark’s planned La Sirena ornament.

Retailing at $32.99 when it goes up for sale this October, the Kaplan F17 Speed Freighter ornament will be Hallmark’s first starship ornament since 2019’s refit Constitution-class, as last year the company took the year off from ship designs to focus on the launch of the Star Trek Storyteller releases.

2021’s new Star Trek Storyteller ornaments will be available this July at local Hallmark Gold Crown stores, and online at Hallmark.com.

Set a Course for Camping in New STAR TREK: TNG Shuttlecraft Tent (No, This is Not an April Fool’s Day Gag)

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Set a Course for Camping in New STAR TREK: TNG Shuttlecraft Tent (No, This is Not an April Fool’s Day Gag)

Now that we’re on our way out of the winter months, it’s time to start planning for summer excursions (pandemic permitting, of course!) and there’s no better way to get away from being stuck inside for the past year than hitting the trails in the great outdoors… and now you can set up camp Star Trek style!

Debuting this week from Ukonic — and we swear this isn’t an April Fool’s Day gag, as it’s been in development for some time now — the new two-person Star Trek: The Next Generation Shuttlecraft Justman pop-up camping tent will help you brave the elements on your nature-bound away mission.

Do you ever look up at the stars and wonder… where is the U.S.S. Enterprise? We sure have! Stargaze all night long with this pop-up camping tent inspired by Star Trek: The Next Generation. The authentic design resembles a small-scale Federation Type 6 shuttlecraft, as seen attached to the Enterprise-D.

Now you can boldly go where no one has gone before right here on Earth. The durable construction is made to withstand harsh weather and conditions, including a B3 mesh design to repel insects and mosquitoes. This camping tent is perfect for your away mission to a local campground or an evening of stargazing right in your own backyard. You could even use this spacious tent to transform a Twin XL bedroom into a fabulous shuttle bay.

Built to comfortably sleep 2-3 people, this tent is easy to set up for all of your outdoor adventures. The convenient pop-up design means no assembly is required, so Trekkies can enjoy a hassle-free experience. The camping tent features a portable design and comes complete with a carrying bag for storage. Easily pack it up for your intergalactic missions across the cosmos.

Note: Metaphasic shielding function not guaranteed.

The pop-up tent is named for classic Star Trek and first-season Star Trek: The Next Generation producer Bob Justman, who was nearly as influential as Gene Roddenberry himself in building the foundation of the Trek franchise, as part of Roddenberry’s team dating back to “The Cage” in 1964.

Based upon the Enterprise-D’s Type-6 shuttlecraft of the same name — Beverly Crusher’s metaphasic shield test shuttle seen in “Suspicions,” which returned in “Gambit, Part II” — the Justman tent is retailing at $139 and on sale now at the Toynk store.

Justman and Gates McFadden on the set of ‘Suspicions.’

So what do you think about this — will you be adding the Justman to your fleet of outdoor equipment? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

Clear Your Calendars and Make Room for STAR TREK’s April 5 FIRST CONTACT DAY Celebration

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Clear Your Calendars and Make Room for STAR TREK’s April 5 FIRST CONTACT DAY Celebration

Last September’s Star Trek Day was a rousing afternoon of convention panels and online activity, sorely needed in a year when everyone was stuck at home and missing that Comic Con and STLV experiences… and next week, we’re getting a springtime sequel!

April 5, 2063 was the day Vulcans first made contact with humanity in Bozeman, Montana — depicted, of course, in 1996’s Star Trek: First Contact feature film — and next Monday, the Star Trek franchise is celebrating that historic day with their own First Contact Day event.

Virtual First Contact Day Celebration Will Commemorate Pivotal Moment of Exploration and Acceptance in “Star Trek” History, first depicted in “Star Trek: First Contact”

Programming Includes Themed Panels with Cast and Creatives from “Star Trek” Series, Cast from “Star Trek: First Contact,” Exclusive News from the Star Trek Universe on Paramount+, The Return of #StarTrekUnitedGives and More

March 30, 2021 – Paramount+ invites fans from around the world to a virtual celebration of First Contact Day on Monday, April 5. As depicted in the film “Star Trek: First Contact,” April 5, 2063 is the day that humans first make contact with Vulcans, marking a pivotal moment of exploration and acceptance in “Star Trek” history.

The virtual event will honor and commemorate this future date by providing “Star Trek” fans exclusive programming, including themed panels with the cast and creatives from classic and current “Star Trek” television series and cast from “Star Trek: First Contact,” exclusive news from the Star Trek Universe on Paramount+, curated episode marathons, the return of the #StarTrekUnitedGives initiative and more.

Additional information on free First Contact Day programming and initiatives can be accessed at StarTrek.com/FirstContact.

A follow up to Star Trek Day, First Contact Day is also a continued celebration of “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry and the world he created and first introduced to audiences almost 55 years ago, championing diversity, inclusion, acceptance and hope.

The main event starts at 3PM ET (12PM PT) on Monday, April 5, where returning Star Trek Day hosts Wil Wheaton and Mica Burton will emcee three hours of panels and presentations, in the middle of a twelve-hour Star Trek episode marathon themed around the day’s celebration.

  • Special Presentation (3PM ET / 12PM PT): The event begins with a “special announcement and presentation by Patrick Stewart,” with details yet to be revealed. Our speculation is that it may be an official “We’re in production!” update for Star Trek: Picard Season 2, but who knows!
     

  • Star Trek: First Contact 25th Anniversary Panel (3:20PM ET / 12:20PM PT): Cast members Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner and Alice Krige discuss behind-the-scenes memories and the film’s importance 25 years after its premiere.

  • “Creating First Contacts” Panel (4PM ET / 1PM PT): Costume Designer Gersha Phillips (Star Trek: Discovery), Senior Concept Designer Neville Page, VFX Supervisor Jason Zimmerman and Make-up & Prosthetics Department Head James Mackinnon (Star Trek: Picard) come together in conversation about creating the incredible worlds of Star Trek, as seen in Discovery and Picard.

  • “Women In Motion” Panel (4:30PM ET / 1:30PM PT): Star Trek: Discovery’s Sonequa Martin-Green, Star Trek: Picard’s Michelle Hurd and Isa Briones, and Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Dawnn Lewislook back at how Star Trek: The Original Series actress Nichelle Nichols helped pave the way for women of color on television and overall, her lasting impact on not only Star Trek, but science and culture.

  • “Second Contact” Panel (5PM ET / 2PM PT): Mike McMahan, the creator of Star Trek: Lower Decks, Paul F. Tompkins, the co-host of official Star Trek podcast The Pod Directive, and Brent Spiner and Jonathan Frakes of Star Trek: The Next Generation discuss how some of the hilarious B-stories from past series like The Next Generation paved the way for new iterations of Star Trek, including Lower Decks.

  • “Star Trek: Prodigy” Panel (5:30PM ET / 2:30PM ET): Kevin and Dan Hageman are joined by Star Trek: Voyager’s Captain Kathryn Janeway herself, Kate Mulgrew, who is reprising her role in animated form in Prodigy, as they talk about the highly anticipated upcoming CG-animated kids series.

Like the September Star Trek Day event, these panels will be available to fans worldwide through the official franchise website — at StarTrek.com/FirstContact — and will also stream for free in the U.S. on PlutoTV and Paramount+’s Twitch page.

(If you can’t watch them live, don’t worry; they’ll also be available afterwards on the Paramount+ YouTube channel, and available to streaming subscribers on Paramount+ as well.)

For fans in the United States, there will also be a marathon of Star Trek episodes from all of the television shows, each featuring an “iconic first contact.”

    • TOS: “Arena”
    • LOWER DECKS: “Second Contact”
    • DS9: “Little Green Men”
    • SHORT TREKS: “Children of Mars”
    • VOY: “Scorpion, Part II”
    • DSC: “New Eden”
    • TAS: “The Infinite Vulcan”
    • ENT: “The Andorian Incident”
    • TNG: “First Contact” (Season 4 episode)
    • PIC: “Broken Pieces”

This “Best of First Contacts” marathon begins at 12PM ET (9AM PT) and will pause during the three-hour First Contact Day panel session. The marathon of episodes will be available to stream for free at StarTrek.com/FirstContact for viewers based in the U.S. only (due to international licensing rights).

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The franchise is also reviving the Star Trek United Gives charity campaign they launched in September.

On April 5, for every person that tweets the hashtag StarTrekUnitedGives (#StarTrekUnitedGives), Paramount+ will donate $1 to organizations who do the real-world work of championing equality, social justice and the pursuit of scientific advancements. 

While that’s all the official news about the First Contact Day plans, we’re hoping that there may be some surprises planned for the events — and with Lower Decks and Prodigy panels as part of the celebration, perhaps we’ll even find out when those two shows may let fans make “first contact” with their upcoming new seasons.

If that’s not enough to make you want to pay attention on Monday, you also may want to keep your eyes open for some new Star Trek product announcements that might be beaming down on April 5 — keep your sensors locked on TrekCore for all the news that breaks that day!

STAR TREK: VOYAGER Documentary Fundraiser Campaign Tops $1 Million, Targets HD Footage & Premiere Events

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STAR TREK: VOYAGER Documentary Fundraiser Campaign Tops $1 Million, Targets HD Footage & Premiere Events

As it enters the final week of fundraising, the incredibly-successful crowdfunding campaign behind To The Journey — Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager spent this weekend blasting past its ultimate stretch target of $1 Million raised from fans around the world.

The campaign set a stretch goal of $900,000 to be able to remaster included Voyager episodic footage into high-definition — which, despite the funds raised, is still being negotiated with ViacomCBS — which was a major victory and selling point for this film’s older cousin, What We Left Behind — Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

455 Films, the production company behind this Voyager documentary project, has stated that if there’s not an agreement reached with ViacomCBS regarding Voyager remastering work, they’ll simply put that money raised into other parts of production — but there’s no reason to give up hope yet.

In recent months, fans have lent their own time and computing power to take the existing DVD release of the series and create a home-brewed upscale to a quality that’s somewhat approximate of a high-definition experience; while the earlier seasons of Voyager don’t see much of an improvement due to the poor picture quality, the latter years have been remarkably clarified through these fan efforts.

TrekCore reader Billy Reichard shared these captures from a home-upscaled edition of “Bride of Chaotica!,” which hints at just how much improvement a true remastering could bring to Voyager.

In addition, now that this major $1 Million milestone has been reached, the campaign’s final stretch goal — “an exclusive, never-before-seen Voyager surprise” — has been unlocked, but for now, there’s only fan speculation as to what that top-secret reveal is going to be. (Share your guesses in the comments below!)

As the last few days of the fundraiser wind down, three premiere events tentatively scheduled for late 2022 have also been planned — in London, Los Angeles, and New York City — with the campaign soliciting ticket sales to the screenings as part of the open fundraiser perk packages.

Tickets for each premiere are selling for $200 USD each, with a discounted option for a plus-one to join you.

There are still three days left to donate to the Indiegogo fundraiser for To The Journey — Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager, and if you still want to get your hands on a Captain Janeway mug replica, exclusive T-shirt, tickets to a premiere event or more, you’ve got through March 31.

Polar Lights Reveals New 1:1000-Scale USS VOYAGER Model Kit, Plus: 1:1000-Scale USS EXCELSIOR Returns

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Polar Lights Reveals New 1:1000-Scale USS VOYAGER Model Kit, Plus: 1:1000-Scale USS EXCELSIOR Returns

Hobbyists have had a lot of time at home this past year to work on all their crafty Star Trek projects, and now the fine folks at Polar Lights are ready to add some Delta Quadrant flair into the mix!

Announced late last year, the new 1:1000-scale Intrepid-class USS Voyager is on the way from the long-running model company, with two versions of the famously long-traveled starship to chose from as builders set their course for home.

While this isn’t the first Voyager model released for hobby builders — Revell released a larger 1:670-scale version in Europe a few years back (available here for those interested) — this is the first “official” US release at this scale.

A prototype of Polar Lights’ 1:1000-scale USS VOYAGER model (via The Trek Collective).

Measuring in at about 13.5 inches when the snap-together kit is complete, the company is offering both an opaque version of the Voyager kit, along with a clear plastic edition which can be paired with internal lighting (not included) and then painted for additional realism.

Each version of the ship model also includes the Intrepid-class’s claw-footed landing gear (for an optional display variant), as well as clear nacelle parts, a clear deflector dish, and clear larger windows (such as the mess hall, etc.) — and movable warp nacelles, to reflect the variable-geometry engines seen in the series.

As with Polar Lights’ other kits, the models will also include all the necessary hull graphics and registry markings in the kits for those final touches.

Box cover artwork for the opaque edition.
Box cover artwork for the clear-molded edition.

Each of the 1:1000-scale USS Voyager models are set to retail around $44.99 and are up for preorder now at various hobby-shop retailers ahead of its May 2021 release; if you’re shopping online you can order through the CultTVMan store (opaque version here and the clear version here).

In addition to the new Voyager model, the Round2 team (via the AMT brand) is also reviving their 1:1000-scale USS Excelsior model from several years ago, with a reissue of Captain Sulu’s starship — just in time for the 30th anniversary of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

Included in this 18-inch model are decals to set the ship as either the Star Trek III-era or Star Trek VI-era registry (NX-2000 or NCC-2000), along with a domed display base and detailed sections of the ship like the under-slung cargo bay.

The Excelsior reissue is due out mid-year and can also be preordered from the CultTVMan shop for $35.99.

Round2 promises that they have “lots of other cool Star Trek stuff” on the way for 2021, so we’ll keep our eye out for more announcements as the year moves forward.

What do you think about these model kits — will you take on the challenge of building your own Voyager or Excelsior? Let us know in the comments below!

Bring Home Jerry Goldsmith’s Complete STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE Score in New Printed Collection

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Bring Home Jerry Goldsmith’s Complete STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE Score in New Printed Collection

There’s a new release sure to perk up the ears of any musically-inclined Star Trek fan, celebrating the legendary soundtrack of the first franchise film: the complete printed score to Jerry Goldsmith’s Star Trek: The Motion Picture music!
 
Announced this week by Omni Music Publication, a massive 473-page publication collects every single measure of Goldsmith’s Motion Picture score, from the opening overture through the film’s closing credits — even musical moments written but never recorded for the movie — the first time any such printed work has been released for a Star Trek production.
 

Here it is, one of the holy grails of film music: the complete score to Jerry Goldsmith’s classic “Star Trek: The Motion Picture.” Every note of every cue is included. Every cue Goldsmith wrote is here, whether it was used or not, whether it was recorded or not.

 

This is one release you won’t want to miss. No other score in Goldsmith’s oeuvre comes close, It represents his modernism and romanticism side by side. This classic score has it all: adventure romance, and otherworldly suspense.

 

This is how you score the start of a franchise!

 

Musicians alike will delight in the endless textural invention, for Goldsmith had an unerring command of orchestration; every one of the 473 pages of orchestration reveal a mind that was able to create engaging music that perfectly suits the film.

Omni has also released three preview pages for the orchestral score, from the opening “Love Theme” overture, the “V’Ger Flyover” midpoint of the film, and the closing “End Credits” music, with individual musical direction for dozens of different instruments.

If you’re looking to score a copy of this, um, score, you can head over to Omni Music Publishing’s site now where the massive release is available now for $85.00.


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Merch Madness: New STAR TREK Releases Include More Funko POP! Figures, Pizza Cutters, and More

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Merch Madness: New STAR TREK Releases Include More Funko POP! Figures, Pizza Cutters, and More

We’re back from our spring hiatus with a bevy of new Star Trek merchandise announcements and reveals from the last two weeks, just in time for those new stimulus checks to motivate your spending!

First up is a trailer for the forthcoming first-season Blu-ray release of Star Trek: Lower Decks, which we first covered back on March 2; the footage here previews some of the behind-the-scenes interviews and special features included in the 2-disc set.

You can preorder Star Trek: Lower Decks – Season One on Blu-ray today, or preorder the special Blu-ray Steelbook edition if that’s your preference.

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Next is a closer look at the new non-fiction décor book we first covered in February, Star Trek: Designing the Final Frontier – How Midcentury Modernism Shaped Our View of the Future, which also had a new cover revealed this past week.

Written by Daniel Chavkin and Brian McGuire, the new coffee-table publication from Weldon Owen focuses on the design philosophy of the 1950s and 1960s inspired the look of the classic Star Trek series, from famous-designer set dressing to the prop design of the era.

Celebrate Star Trek: The Original Series and the show’s distinctive Mid-Century modern design that would change design– and television– forever.

Star Trek: The Original Series (1966-1969) was the first installment of one of the most successful and longest-running television franchises of all time. Today, “Trekkers” champion its writing, progressive social consciousness, and aesthetic. Designing the Final Frontier is a unique, expert look at the mid-century modern design that created and inspired that aesthetic.

From Eames chairs to amorphous sculptures, from bright colors to futuristic frames, Star Trek: TOS is bursting with mid-century modern furniture, art, and design elements—many of them bought directly from famous design showrooms.

Author and mid-century modern design expert Dan Chavkin has created an insider’s guide to the interior of original starship Enterprise and beyond, that is sure to attract Star Trek’s thriving global fan base.

The 160-page hardcover book Star Trek: Designing the Final Frontier is available to preorder today ahead of its August 3 debut.

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For those of you who dig the deep-dish life, Ukonic has introduced their next entry in the line of Star Trek pizza cutters — following the original Enterprise and the Enterprise-D — as the Crossfield-class USS Discovery becomes the latest starship to join the food fleet.

Perhaps the best fit yet for the rotating-saucer design, which easily mimics the in-universe spore drive saucer spin, the new 9-inch, stainless-steel Discovery pizza cutter is available now through Toynk for $34.99.

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Also coming from Ukonic (due out in May) are a series of multi-tool devices shaped like some famous shapes from the Star Trek universe.

Including bottle opener, cord cutter, ruler, wrench, and screwdriver functions, the 6-in-1 Klingon bat’leth, the 8-in-1 original Enterprise, and the 8-in-1 Enterprise-D multi-tools are up for preorder now at the Toynk store for $15.99 each.

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We brought you the first look at Mego’s Star Trek: Discovery-era Captain Pike action figure back in early February, and now both the good captain and Mego’s take on Season 2-era Commander Michael Burnham are both out in stores for those of you into the retro line of character dolls.

You can see more photos of each Discovery figure, along with a rundown of all the newest classic Star Trek characters to join the Mego lineup, over at The Trek Collective.

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If you’re really looking to blow out your budget on a mix of retro and futuristic tech, the folks over at CherryTree — the same company who released those Borg Cube custom PCs — now have rather curious item in their coming-soon section: a Star Trek: Picard Borg Cube record player!

Set to retail at $799 — so not exactly for the average collector — this record player is based upon the company’s Star Trek: Picard Borg Cube PC case, Audio-Technica AT-LP60X turntable with 2x125W Class-D amplifier, a Bluetooth vacuum tube preamplifier, and an internal PC with full-sized GPU — along with fiberoptic lights and RGB ‘forcefields’ in the case shell.

 

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If this is the kind of thing you’d like to put in your home entertainment system, keep an eye on CherryTree’s site for more details as they get closer to pre-order options.

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Finally, the gang at Funko is headed back once more to the classic Star Trek era for a new wave of their popular POP! vinyl figures this June, this time including the crew of the Mirror Universe and some famous Trek villains.

First up is the ISS Enterprise senior crew, the Terran Empire versions of Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Lt. Sulu, and Lt. Uhura (all available for preorder at Entertainment Earth)…

…followed by “Space Seed”-era Khan Singh (available at Entertainment Earth) and the green-skinned Gorn from “Arena,” the latter of which is going to be a Target exclusive when it’s released this July.

In addition, there’s an additional James T. Kirk POP! on the way, this time with the Enterprise captain sitting in his classic command chair (available at Entertainment Earth), as well as a Funko.com exclusive planned for the latter half of 2021: Spock with Isis the cat from “Assignment: Earth.”

Which of these new products will make your personal shopping list? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

WeeklyTrek Podcast #133 — STRANGE NEW WORLDS Cast Expansion

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WeeklyTrek Podcast #133 — STRANGE NEW WORLDS Cast Expansion

On this week’s episode of WeeklyTrek, brought to you in partnership between The Tricorder Transmissions Podcast Network and TrekCore, host Alex Perry is joined by Promenade Merchants Podcast co-host David Majors to discuss all the latest Star Trek news.

This week, Alex and his guest discuss the following stories from around the web:

In addition, stick around to listen to David’s wish for more Star Trek: Deep Space Nine content in the Kurtzman-era of Star Trek, and a listener submission about Star Trek drinkware!

WeeklyTrek is available to subscribe and download each week on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, YouTube, and Spotify — and we’ll be sharing the details of each new episode right here on TrekCore each week if you’re simply just looking to listen in from the web.

Do you have a wish or theory you’d like to share on the show? Tweet to Alex at @WeeklyTrek, or email us with your thoughts about wishes, theories, or anything else about the latest in Star Trek news!

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