Trek 2: Giacchino On The Music & Hear 22 Minutes From Score

Composer Michael Giacchino appeared on a recent episode of Movies on the Radio via WQXR to talk about his score to J.J. Abrams’ sequel "Star Trek Into Darkness" The program includes 22 minutes of the score.

Since the film soundtrack release has been pushed back 2 weeks from May 14th to May 28th--I appreciated the chance to listen to full cues.

During the chat Giacchino talked about the development of the Trek 2 score. It's a very entertaining chat....Based on what was presented--I think Giacchino ups the ante here and improves upon  his work heard in "Star Trek" '09



You can see Giacchino at work on the score here. A track listing can be found  here.

In the new film the Enterprise crew will face off with Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch's baddie "John Harrison" who might just be a version of Khan Noonien Singh in the film. Or is it perhaps Gary Mitchell instead? Someone else. All involved are still saying Harrison is the name of Cumby's character. I say hogwash--If that's the truth why the secrecy?...And why tell us early on that the big bad was someone we know from Trek lore? Here's my theory...

Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin John Cho and Bruce Greenwood have all returned to the Final Frontier in their respective roles as Kirk Spock Uhura Dr. McCoy Scotty Chekov Sulu and Admiral Pike.

The Supporting Cast Includes Alice Eve as Carol Marcus. Nazneen Contractor who will play the wife of Noel Clarke’s family man character And former "Robocop" star Peter Weller playing Admirial Marcus, actor/stuntman Joseph Gatt. Original "A Nightmare on Elm Street" star Heather Langenkamp has a small part in the film as well.

Leonard Nimoy's return as Spock Prime following his larger cameo from "Star Trek" '09 had been walked back yet not fully denied...Klingons will be making an appearance in the Star Trek sequel as will their home world. The adversaries were left on the cutting room of the last pic.

Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof wrote the script for director Abrams.

The sequel will be produced by Abrams, Kurtzman, Orci, Lindelof, Bryan Burk, and David Ellison.

The film will be released May 16th, 2013 in 3D and IMAX in the US. It's overseas roll-out has begun.