I find the Intro from Discovery sad but it really goes to the heart. Voyager always was my favourite intro but now the Discovery intro is a bit before Voyager.
What would any smart, responsible captain do? Picard tried to run from Scimitar, even though he had 1701E, Kirk ran from 3 D7s. Archer ran, Janeway ran, Sisko ran. They all ran to fight another day. One notable exception was Captain Rachael Garrett. No one would have blamed her for running from 3 warbirds with 1701C, but she prevented an awful war that SF would have lost. # Real guts, she may have seen the big picture sooner than the excellent episode showed
@@berlinontwowheelsberlinauf1958 Thank you! I feel like everyone always forgets this. TNG, woefully, is the only show without its own original overture. Forgetting TMP is a sad thing to do
@@campbelldowler1396Forgetting ST1 is necessary to appreciate everything else Star Trek. The raging debate in Trekworld is whether ST1 is shittier than ST5. We would all prefer that neither film had been made, but we're stuck with them.
A solid present day Trek perspective has been a constant life-long learning and living guidance tool for me; and as the song from 'Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer' says so beautifully like 'Star Trek', "There's always tomorrow."
0:00 Star Trek: Original 1964 0:56 Star Trek 1966 1:45 Star Trek: The Animated Series 1973 2:45 Star Trek: The Next Generation 1987 4:27 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 1993 6:15 Star Trek: Voyager 1995 8:00 Star Trek: Enterprise 2001 9:20 Star Trek: Discovery 2017 10:50 Star Trek: Short Treks 2018 11:07 Star Trek: Picard 2020 12:45 Star Trek: Lower Decks 2020 13:54 Star Trek: Prodigy 2021
Tracklist: TOS 1st Pilot - 0:00 TOS Seasons 1 & 2 - 0:55 TAS - 1:44 TNG Season 1 - 2:44 DS9 Season 1 - 4:24 VOY Season 1 - 6:15 ENT Season 1 - 8:00 DSC Season 1 - 9:19 Short Treks - 10:50 Picard - 11:06 LD - 12:45 Prodigy - 13:54
That moment where the Cerritos sees a battle between the Borg and the Romulans and just nopes out is one of the most communicative moments in an opening I've ever seen. It really sets the expectations
I think Lower Decks is a great intro, it shows the tone of the show while ripping off the usual "seeing the ship looking all heroic" and turning it on it's head
Voyager is still my number 1 intro, but Prodigy is really, really good. Its what the Discovery intro should've been; all the characters are highlighted in abstract ways, but the focus is still firmly on space.
Part of me is still hoping for a new Discovery intro starting with season 4, but it's highly unlikely. They could do something like DS9 did, keep the overall gist, but make it have more oomph.
With Picard s3 and SNW s2 it seems like they're starting to get the hang of things properly now. It always takes a new star trek series a season or two to truly find its footing.
@Tony-dc8dt Tbh I think it did in a way. S1 and 2 were very muddled and didn't really have a clear sense of their direction, but s3 onwards has been a lot better with that. There are still glaring issues but overall I think it's been mostly worth it. The show could've been a WHOLE lot worse.
Even with all its flaws, enterprise will forever be my favorite. Begins far in the past and ends far in the future telling us that we still have along road ahead to utopia. Also love the history of the name of Enterprise.
Right?!! I mean it's composed by Michael giancana who did the three new Star Trek movies so it sounds reminiscent of his orchestrations but it is kick ass and uplifting. Well done Paramount!
I love how DS9 is the only theme that is musically “rooted” in place by just a steady chord under a lone trumpet. So very fitting for a space station, and really the most unique Trek theme in my opinion (I don’t count Enterprise, that’s a pop ballad).
Anyone else notice that the titles for DS9 didn't show that runabout entering the wormhole at the end? This is how it appeared in Emissary: Part 1, because no one (in story) knew about the wormhole until Part 2.
Yeah, it looks like they picked the openings for the pilots or premieres in every case. We're seeing the TNG opening they used for seasons 1 and 2, for example. Likewise the DISCO opening changed a bunch of times, as did Lower Decks for S2. I'm good with that. I remember they added a bunch of stuff (extra ships, little musical flourishes) to the DS9 intro in later seasons, which I didn't like. I much preferred the plain, minimalist intro
@@ndemers definitely agree on that. The original DS9 opening music was grand and majestic, and the solo brass instrument gave it a real sense of being out on the frontier of the known world. The jazzed up version from later seasons, while still grand, didn't have quite the same gravitas in my opinion.
Damn the 1987 TNG intro looks so good. Just can't beat practical effects especially back then. CGI is amazing and definitely has its use and place in movies but can't yet replace practical. Combining the two is the best IMO. I think it's because practical forces the artists and director to stay rooted in reality and be conservative with how flashy things get whereas with pure CGI you can get a little... ahead of yourself. You REALLY see this in the Discovery and Picard intros. Also thanks for making this compilation, really nostalgic and really cool to see the evolution of Star Trek over the decades.
The later introductions have their heads up each other's backsides. While I can see that the Fringe team had some influence over Star Trek Discovery, the rest set the world of the microscope, biology, and flowers into space, or are reliant on speed, whereas the old introductions were about the ship against a backdrop of points of light (SPACE!), or even with the most out-there one, Enterprise, using actual footage of space travel. Can't say I minded the Lower Decks introduction, though. That was amusing.
I was born in 1966 and have been a Star Trek fan my whole life. It was great to watch all of the intros back to back. My favorite musical theme is Picard (season 1). I love how Jeff Russo used the piccolo flute to represent Jean-Luc's Ressikan flute at the start of the theme and then brings in that gorgeous cello. It is a beautiful piece of music. Thanks for putting this together!
Oh also wanted to give some love to an opening few people seem to like, mainly because it was so different. IMO Enterprise lyrics and visuals captures the themes of inspiration and hope for the future while celebrating the achievements of the past and present. I also like Archer's theme but IMO Faith of the Heart captures what Star Trek is all about.
Does anyone else have the same reaction as me when the first warp nacelles pop out of Cochrane's rocket? It never fails to bring a tear to my eye. Am I alone at first warp emotion?
My favorite is Voyager (at 6:14) and this is the first time in 20 years that I watch and hear its introduction sequence and it’s created a wave of nostalgia and positive feelings associated with Star Trek
Not at all, I am a Star Wars first and foremost, but I grew up watching every single Star Trek series and all the theme tunes make me cry. They are some of the very best musical scores and are timeless ❤
Deep Space Nine and Voyager themes sounded so triumphant and heroic, could have been movie themes, like they're too good for TV. TNG's still my favorite though if only because it's the most nostalgic for me.
I wonder did Gene R ever guessed how huge his idea would be? I mean the foundation of Star Trek is that instead of fighting, we people start using our brains to explore the things around us and not to hurt each other!
Star Trek: Picard's theme used to be my favorite, but now it's the theme from Star Trek: Prodigy. Prodigy's opening animation and theme music stirred my soul the first time I experienced it. Beautiful!
Agreed. Opening credits are done with style and pays tribute to the original Star Trek. If you look closely, most of the images of people in the title opening are of the crew including Janeway. There's the right way, the wrong way and the Janeway! Voyager was hit and miss for me but Kate Mulgrew really made the character Janeway stand out. So far, I've watched the first 2 episodes and will say that although this show is aimed at "kids", I rather enjoyed it. Seems to capture the spirit that Gene Rodenberry was trying to illustrate. Now Discovery, don't get me started! : )
@@carter98nc Yes! My favorite was seeing Roq amongst the "rocks." I too have a soft spot for Voyager. It had quite a few ridiculous aspects, but the actors really sold it, especially Kate Mulgrew. I'm glad she's back in Prodigy.
TNG hooked me when I watched with my dad at age 5 in 1988 So nothing beats that for me but all these themes are good and give me nostalgia . not a cartoon guy though but still good.
Love seeing all the comments about loving so many of them. The Prodigy & Lower Decks one are such a fun addition to the older ones. SO GREAT. Thank you for compiling this!
I was a child of the 80s and 90s, so my Star Trek was TNG. I knew TOS from reruns and TAS from Nickelodeon. Watched DS9 and VOY, but stopped watching TV in 99, so knew nothing about ENT and forward until recently. The Prodigy theme is simply amazing, such an incredible build-up.
@@JayEeyOh, I'm working on it. I've been binge watching ST for a while now. Went through TOS, TAS, ENT, TNG, the first 10 episodes of PRO, and am now working on DS9
Nicely done. These intros all appear to be from the very first episode while the intros are usually modified a bit after the series gets rolling. Ex., you don’t see the Worm Hole in this DS9 opener. In Voyager, Chakotay and Torres are identified only by their names, without a rank. Doing so right away would give away the premise of the series.
I am really conflicted between TNG and Enterprise as my favorite series. TNG basically is Star Trek, there is no star trekkier star trek out there in my eyes. But I also really like the true sense of exploration aa less technical advanced enterprise gave us. A series where not every problem could be solved with some "revised techionbeam shield polarity trough the polentronic array or other techno babble. As for intro, TNG can't be beaten. I just really like how each intro is such a clear representation of it's time xD
Cool, thanks for that. Gave me chills from 1 jr after I was born ('87) and after that. The music immediately clicked and brought me back in the days ♡ Really cool to see the changes over the years!
I never gave it too much thought before now. But looking at the original opening credits, I see that the fast passes by the starship "Enterprise" is done from a down at the bow perspective. It may have been just the limits of special effects back then, but I wonder why the ship couldn't fly straight.
from the newer trek series, i definitely prefer the intros to Lower Decks and Prodigy because we actually get to see the damn ship flying through space XD call me old fashioned but to me, Star Trek intro means "Space Ships flying through space" and we don't really get that with Discovery and Picard. hell, we barely got it for Enterprise safe for the very end...
I love the lounge quality of the early ones😊 Also, does anyone else think there's a correlation between TNG and renaissance festivals? I was only a kid then, but seems to have been a major activity of the 90s. And TNG with all the pan flutes and Shakespeare (I know, only loosely related, buuuut....)
Lower Decks is my absolute favorite. Sometimes you can do wild stuff with animation, which works really well for the Star Trek universe, where, technically, anything goes in space! Love the theme too, and how imperfect the ship is 😆
Thank you for doing this. It is great watching these back to back as they all have different memories. TOS - This was my childhood. I was 12 when TOS first aired and I rushed home to see it every Thursday. TAS - I have just faint memories. TNG - Like many fans this holds a special place as the return of Trek and so many of us still think TNG had the best crew DSN - Great opening images and great music. Love watching that comet. Also, on any given day, my favourite series too. Likely my favourite title sequence. VOY - Very good and for me a little more special as my daughter would play it on the piano. The images were impressive too. ENT - I don't think I every hated the song but I came to like it. I also think the historical image progression was one of the best relating to the theme of a series. DIS - I thought was a weak theme with weak imagery. The imagery feels less about promoting the environment of the series but about promoting the fact we're making a TV show. PIC - I like the music but not the imagery plus hard to separate the theme from what I thought was a lackluster series. This is NOT my Jean-Luc Picard. LWD - Although my, depending on the day, second favourite series, the opening and the music is just average. It's funny like the series but the end scene with the ship's name and warping away places it seriously in the ST universe and timeline. PRO - Great music and initially great imagery. Glad they took the time on this when this could easily have been a more throw-away theme and opening.
Me too. Hard to pick my absolute favorite, but definitely my top 3 are TNG, Voyager and Enterprise. Those are the only themes I never skip when watching an episode.
My title sequence rankings. 1.Enterprise 2.The animated series 3.The original series 4.Lower Decks 5.Voyager 6.The Next Generation 7.Prodigy 8.Deep Space Nine 9.Strange New Worlds(I know it’s not on here but I had to include it) 10.Discovery 11.Short Treks 12.Picard
Well...the intro itself was really great with showing the beginnings of travel and exploration and the previous Enterprises, but the song for Enterprise (2001) didn't fit at all. Even to have a pop song. And even more so the redone version of its final season 4. Sorry, but no
@@Kaniber007 i love the first enterprise theme. It's inspiring, it's homely, it fits the tone of the show perfectly and the "humble beginnings" that it represents as a series. It's honestly beautiful and I maintain that the only reason people don't like it is because of the genre. Enterprise is a different kind of star trek, and it deserves a different kind of intro.
Great job. I really liked this. Next time, please use the second intros from DS9 and ST Enterprise. Different keys. Also, please include the french horn infused closing theme from ENT. Thanks 🖖
You really should have included the second TNG intro design at the very least, and the regular DS9 intro instead of the Emissary one (the updated intro of the later seasons would have been nice too). Using the openings from the first episode of each show doesn't always represent that show's typical title sequence.
ST:DS9 is and has always been my favorite. There's a bit of that Aaron Copland feel to it, especially the way it begins--a solo trumpet, with full brass and percussion sweeping in as the camera does the same. It's a "Fanfare for the Common Spaceman," and is majestic to me in a way the others fall short--although ST:TNG comes close. As for ST: Enterprise, FEH. The last thing I want from a Trek main title is a folk song. Yuck.
DS9 is not bad. But Enterprise was just as entertaining especially season 2 and season 3. As far as folks song, I didn't know Rod Stewart was "folk music."
TNG is the one that sticks with me the most, thanks to my aunt and my dad watching it a ton when I was growing up. Was not a fan then, but am much more a fan now!
I have a lot of respect for the Enterprise theme song. It was brave. People hate on it for being a departure from what is "expected". But things get stale if you just repeat the same old patterns. They didn't accidentally make a song. It was a deliberate choice to do something different from the usual theme tunes, with valid reasons behind that choice. Is it my favourite of all the themes? Nope. But it's not my least favourite either. It really suited that specific show. And for me, that's WAY more important than fitting pre-conceived notions of "Star Trek" in general.
Honestly, while I love ST, STG, DS9 and VOY themes (and the movie themes) I can't say I like any of them post then at all... except one. I thought I'd never find another Trek I'd love, and yet here comes Prodigy. Finally, a show that feels like the real thing. Amazing - and the amazing title credits are just the cherry on top.
Excellent compilation, thanks for posting. Just one small nit, you should have tried to show the original The Cage intro which had pretty shakey and disjointed visual effects of the Enterprise fly bys. It would have emphasized the fact it was made way way back in 1964!!!!
I love DS9 & Voyager the best out of the original series as they were the most entertaining out of em all. (And yes ive seen every Star Trek moives & Series and many of the spin offs.)
Also because of a comment below, I realized there was a change in the title sequence for Lower Decks and went and checked and the Borg attack scene changes between season one and two and changes again for season three. I had not noticed that previously.
Hmm. Never known 'Short Treks'. The intro for Lower Decks is hilarious. Appears I've given the animated shows a wide berth. Whatever criticism of the show out there, Voyager will always be my favourite theme. Thumbs up for this compilation.
I noticed in the credits for each show, with only one exception, all of them were "based on 'Star Trek' created by Gene Roddenberry." The exception was "Star Trek: Picard" which was "based on 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' created by Gene Roddenberry"
It was a direct lift from the main title for ST:TMP, but at a faster tempo and without a full orchestra treatment. th-cam.com/video/7AiSbxZYViE/w-d-xo.html
Also, now that I've listened to the whole thing (link above) there's echoes of the "Picard" theme in the quieter middle section, which makes poetic sense.
TNG will always be the flagship Star Trek show. - TOS was the predecessor - DS9 was the successor - VOY was the the remake (with a spin) - ENT was just a holodeck program taking place on TNG - STD was a failed attempt to be as different as possible to TNG - PIC was an extension of TNG - LD was a cartoon version of TNG
Does anyone here remember an online fanfic called Star Trek: Renaissance? The "hero ship" was a Phoenix Class, Enterprise-G and it looked an awful lot like the Protostar in ST: Prodigy. Especially when the ship is transformed for quantum slipstream. Edit: I had to look it up again, apparently got the letter wrong, it's not Ent-F, it's Ent-G. Whoops.
Now you gotta add Strange New Worlds. Best them since Voyager. I noticed you didn't include second TNG or DS9 openings or the special "In A Mirror, Darkly" version of the Enterprise opening
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Even though the show itself was hit or miss, Voyager still has the best intro imo. That incredible theme and really iconic and beautiful imagery.
...And she looks SO GOOD with a bow wave in the edges of a stellar cloud...
It's such a sad theme and really captures their loneliness and longing to get home. While still being majestic and proud. It's beautiful.
I think voyager deep space nine and next generation was a pelter of intros
I find the Intro from Discovery sad but it really goes to the heart. Voyager always was my favourite intro but now the Discovery intro is a bit before Voyager.
I agree with you
I love how the Cerritos just does a "NOPE, I'M OUTTA HERE!" when the Romulans are fighting the Borg
The smartest decision, really.
I love the star trek discovery soundtrack 😍
What would any smart, responsible captain do? Picard tried to run from Scimitar, even though he had 1701E, Kirk ran from 3 D7s. Archer ran, Janeway ran, Sisko ran. They all ran to fight another day. One notable exception was Captain Rachael Garrett. No one would have blamed her for running from 3 warbirds with 1701C, but she prevented an awful war that SF would have lost. # Real guts, she may have seen the big picture sooner than the excellent episode showed
They've punch up the into a bit for season 3 and threw in a crystalline entity for good measure.
@@Nintendon85 I still remember seeing a comment on another video years ago that called the Cerritos cowards for abandoning their allies. 😂
TNG gets me every time. The majesty of it gives me the feels.
The soundtrack was first used in the original movie from 1979
@@berlinontwowheelsberlinauf1958 Thank you! I feel like everyone always forgets this. TNG, woefully, is the only show without its own original overture. Forgetting TMP is a sad thing to do
@@campbelldowler1396 Dennis McCarthy wrote a theme for TNG, but it was replaced by the TMP theme: th-cam.com/video/jzpeulsbv8o/w-d-xo.html
@@campbelldowler1396Forgetting ST1 is necessary to appreciate everything else Star Trek. The raging debate in Trekworld is whether ST1 is shittier than ST5. We would all prefer that neither film had been made, but we're stuck with them.
Goosebumps
55 years of music for a better tomorrow.
It's been a long road, getting from there to here.
It's been a long time, but our time is finally here!
It used to be for a better tomorrow. Now it’s just vulgar, pessimistic shlock for morons.
Shame the better is still in tomorrow.
And space, is still the final frontier
Enterprise has the most cringe intro
As I close in turning 65 this year, it sure feels good 👍 that we're STILL trekkin' after all these years.
Still Trekkin'....Since 1966
That is cool, Trekin'!
I hear ya. I'm turning 62 soon; saw TOS in its first run with my older brothers.
Live long and prosper.
A solid present day Trek perspective has been a constant life-long learning and living guidance tool for me; and as the song from 'Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer' says so beautifully like 'Star Trek', "There's always tomorrow."
DS9 always tugs my heart strings...
DS9 and Enterprise were the first Star Trek shows I heavily invested myself in
DS9, Voyager, TNG❤
DS9 intro theme is just so majestic. That and Enterprise were my favorite Star Trek shows.
The two best
0:00 Star Trek: Original 1964
0:56 Star Trek 1966
1:45 Star Trek: The Animated Series 1973
2:45 Star Trek: The Next Generation 1987
4:27 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 1993
6:15 Star Trek: Voyager 1995
8:00 Star Trek: Enterprise 2001
9:20 Star Trek: Discovery 2017
10:50 Star Trek: Short Treks 2018
11:07 Star Trek: Picard 2020
12:45 Star Trek: Lower Decks 2020
13:54 Star Trek: Prodigy 2021
Can the channel owner pin this comment or at least the time stamps? For the benefit of other viewers?
Tracklist:
TOS 1st Pilot - 0:00
TOS Seasons 1 & 2 - 0:55
TAS - 1:44
TNG Season 1 - 2:44
DS9 Season 1 - 4:24
VOY Season 1 - 6:15
ENT Season 1 - 8:00
DSC Season 1 - 9:19
Short Treks - 10:50
Picard - 11:06
LD - 12:45
Prodigy - 13:54
DS9 is emissary only - no wormhole.
Sad they didn’t use the S4 DS9 opening
@@shadowsonicsilver6 Visually: yes. Acustically: no. I always preferred the serene first tune.
and strange new worlds is missing
@@FlankerB3 Strange New Worlds started after this video was made.
That moment where the Cerritos sees a battle between the Borg and the Romulans and just nopes out is one of the most communicative moments in an opening I've ever seen. It really sets the expectations
The battle grows every season! Have you seen the season 4 intro?
@@jabs02360 yeah, I have.
I think Lower Decks is a great intro, it shows the tone of the show while ripping off the usual "seeing the ship looking all heroic" and turning it on it's head
@Terra Prime Just a few? What are you, Janeway?
@Gul Madred hence turning it on its head
@Gul Madred po⁰⁰]]]]
Ripping off? It's about the ships and crew of Starfleet.
"Ripping off"? You make it sound like they're stealing it.
Voyager is still my number 1 intro, but Prodigy is really, really good. Its what the Discovery intro should've been; all the characters are highlighted in abstract ways, but the focus is still firmly on space.
Part of me is still hoping for a new Discovery intro starting with season 4, but it's highly unlikely. They could do something like DS9 did, keep the overall gist, but make it have more oomph.
The FULL Prodigy theme is here: th-cam.com/video/LMPZup-5E6w/w-d-xo.html
I LOVE IT!
@@mitchellkennedy7733 holy shit, how is it even better? Now i wish they added that solo trumpet part in the animated opening.
@@REDDAWNproject They probably had to keep it short, but I love the full theme, I think it builds up beautifully.
I really like Prodigy.
Regardless of whether I enjoy the new era of Star Treks or not... the title sequences of each and every single Trek series are amazing!
With Picard s3 and SNW s2 it seems like they're starting to get the hang of things properly now. It always takes a new star trek series a season or two to truly find its footing.
@Tony-dc8dt Tbh I think it did in a way. S1 and 2 were very muddled and didn't really have a clear sense of their direction, but s3 onwards has been a lot better with that. There are still glaring issues but overall I think it's been mostly worth it. The show could've been a WHOLE lot worse.
@Tony-dc8dt well fuck me for wanting to just enjoy things instead of mindlessly haring on them for no reason ig
Lower Decks and Strange New Worlds have my favorite Trek theme songs.
Even with all its flaws, enterprise will forever be my favorite. Begins far in the past and ends far in the future telling us that we still have along road ahead to utopia. Also love the history of the name of Enterprise.
Man that Prodigy intro just kicks all kinds of ass! Welcome to the family!!!!
The FULL Prodigy theme is here: th-cam.com/video/LMPZup-5E6w/w-d-xo.html
I LOVE IT!
Right?!! I mean it's composed by Michael giancana who did the three new Star Trek movies so it sounds reminiscent of his orchestrations but it is kick ass and uplifting. Well done Paramount!
The Star Trek Prodigy theme partly reminds me of the theme used on Green Lantern:First Flight animated movie in a way.
@@darryllharden9141 I KNEW I knew it from somewhere!
I like how it looks like they are flying around planets but it is really the main characters.
I love all Star Trek themes.
Even “Faith of the Heart”?
Especially “Faith of the Heart”.
I love how DS9 is the only theme that is musically “rooted” in place by just a steady chord under a lone trumpet. So very fitting for a space station, and really the most unique Trek theme in my opinion (I don’t count Enterprise, that’s a pop ballad).
All of them holds a speacial place in my mind, no matter if it's being awesome (any of the shows) or not so good...it is still Star Trek in the end.
Voyager is fantastic, the op sounds so nice
You gotta admire a nice sounding op.
Anyone else notice that the titles for DS9 didn't show that runabout entering the wormhole at the end? This is how it appeared in Emissary: Part 1, because no one (in story) knew about the wormhole until Part 2.
Yeah, it looks like they picked the openings for the pilots or premieres in every case. We're seeing the TNG opening they used for seasons 1 and 2, for example. Likewise the DISCO opening changed a bunch of times, as did Lower Decks for S2.
I'm good with that. I remember they added a bunch of stuff (extra ships, little musical flourishes) to the DS9 intro in later seasons, which I didn't like. I much preferred the plain, minimalist intro
@@ndemers definitely agree on that. The original DS9 opening music was grand and majestic, and the solo brass instrument gave it a real sense of being out on the frontier of the known world. The jazzed up version from later seasons, while still grand, didn't have quite the same gravitas in my opinion.
@@ndemers Me, too. Adding those martial drums kind of took away from the majesty of the melody.
It’s from the season 1 pilot intro I believe
@@ndemers discovery is definitely from season one since they’re giving Jason Isaacs his credits and we know Lorca was in the entire first season
One of the things I love about Picard's intro, is its ability to combine all of the elements of every show that came before's melody into one theme.
Damn the 1987 TNG intro looks so good. Just can't beat practical effects especially back then. CGI is amazing and definitely has its use and place in movies but can't yet replace practical. Combining the two is the best IMO. I think it's because practical forces the artists and director to stay rooted in reality and be conservative with how flashy things get whereas with pure CGI you can get a little... ahead of yourself. You REALLY see this in the Discovery and Picard intros.
Also thanks for making this compilation, really nostalgic and really cool to see the evolution of Star Trek over the decades.
The later introductions have their heads up each other's backsides. While I can see that the Fringe team had some influence over Star Trek Discovery, the rest set the world of the microscope, biology, and flowers into space, or are reliant on speed, whereas the old introductions were about the ship against a backdrop of points of light (SPACE!), or even with the most out-there one, Enterprise, using actual footage of space travel. Can't say I minded the Lower Decks introduction, though. That was amusing.
I was born in 1966 and have been a Star Trek fan my whole life. It was great to watch all of the intros back to back. My favorite musical theme is Picard (season 1). I love how Jeff Russo used the piccolo flute to represent Jean-Luc's Ressikan flute at the start of the theme and then brings in that gorgeous cello. It is a beautiful piece of music. Thanks for putting this together!
Love that Next Gen theme to this day. However, as the years have gone by... DS9 and Voyager have both found a place in my heart also.
Oh also wanted to give some love to an opening few people seem to like, mainly because it was so different. IMO Enterprise lyrics and visuals captures the themes of inspiration and hope for the future while celebrating the achievements of the past and present. I also like Archer's theme but IMO Faith of the Heart captures what Star Trek is all about.
It got a lot of hate at the time but looking back at it here, it's not so bad. it's certainly better than some of the godawful stuff that came later.
@@ivaneames4354 I hated it much like everyone else did too at the time when the show originally aired but it definitely grew on me after awhile.
I think they could have done so without the lyrics, but that didn't necessarily take away from the theme either so it's not like it was bad.
@@alucard624 I think it was always fitting for the first Enterprise / Star Trek show
Does anyone else have the same reaction as me when the first warp nacelles pop out of Cochrane's rocket? It never fails to bring a tear to my eye. Am I alone at first warp emotion?
My favorite is Voyager (at 6:14) and this is the first time in 20 years that I watch and hear its introduction sequence and it’s created a wave of nostalgia and positive feelings associated with Star Trek
I totally agree best comment by far I was in middle school when voyager came out that intro definitely takes me back.
Next Gen. intro goes hard 💯
Seriously personal admission: I get a little tear in my eye when I hear the Picard theme, very odd emotional response to a theme song..
Not at all, I am a Star Wars first and foremost, but I grew up watching every single Star Trek series and all the theme tunes make me cry. They are some of the very best musical scores and are timeless ❤
Deep Space Nine and Voyager themes sounded so triumphant and heroic, could have been movie themes, like they're too good for TV. TNG's still my favorite though if only because it's the most nostalgic for me.
Honestly, “To Boldly Go…” is a requirement for me
The one at 5:30 sounds like the NBC Olympics theme
I have never skipped the intro of Prodigy!
I wonder did Gene R ever guessed how huge his idea would be? I mean the foundation of Star Trek is that instead of fighting, we people start using our brains to explore the things around us and not to hurt each other!
Star Trek: Picard's theme used to be my favorite, but now it's the theme from Star Trek: Prodigy. Prodigy's opening animation and theme music stirred my soul the first time I experienced it. Beautiful!
Agreed. Opening credits are done with style and pays tribute to the original Star Trek. If you look closely, most of the images of people in the title opening are of the crew including Janeway. There's the right way, the wrong way and the Janeway! Voyager was hit and miss for me but Kate Mulgrew really made the character Janeway stand out. So far, I've watched the first 2 episodes and will say that although this show is aimed at "kids", I rather enjoyed it. Seems to capture the spirit that Gene Rodenberry was trying to illustrate. Now Discovery, don't get me started! : )
@@carter98nc Yes! My favorite was seeing Roq amongst the "rocks." I too have a soft spot for Voyager. It had quite a few ridiculous aspects, but the actors really sold it, especially Kate Mulgrew. I'm glad she's back in Prodigy.
It’s like Prodigy wants you to feel hopeful for the future
The FULL Prodigy theme is here: th-cam.com/video/LMPZup-5E6w/w-d-xo.html
I LOVE IT!
TNG hooked me when I watched with my dad at age 5 in 1988 So nothing beats that for me but all these themes are good and give me nostalgia . not a cartoon guy though but still good.
Love seeing all the comments about loving so many of them. The Prodigy & Lower Decks one are such a fun addition to the older ones. SO GREAT. Thank you for compiling this!
The FULL Prodigy theme is here: th-cam.com/video/LMPZup-5E6w/w-d-xo.html
I LOVE IT!
多分、人口的にはオリジナル作品より、以降の続編シリーズを視聴している世代が多数派なのだろうが、自分のスタートレックは、やはりカーク、スポック、マッコイ(ボーンズ)、ヒカル、ウフーラ、チェコフ、スコットらの宇宙大作戦だな。
I was a child of the 80s and 90s, so my Star Trek was TNG. I knew TOS from reruns and TAS from Nickelodeon. Watched DS9 and VOY, but stopped watching TV in 99, so knew nothing about ENT and forward until recently. The Prodigy theme is simply amazing, such an incredible build-up.
I envy you. You have so much Trek to catch up on! ENT was panned at the time but it’s better years later and when you can binge watch.
@@JayEeyOh, I'm working on it. I've been binge watching ST for a while now. Went through TOS, TAS, ENT, TNG, the first 10 episodes of PRO, and am now working on DS9
I am a big TNG/DS9 fan, but damn if the Voyager theme doesn't hit all the right notes of adventure and exploration
還有保持冷靜、人性、「關關難過關關過」堅持回家的路
Prodigy is the most epic Trek theme I've ever heard.
Well I don't know if I'd consider it epic, but the theme was written by Michael Giacchino who did the new Star Trek movies.
The FULL Prodigy theme is here: th-cam.com/video/LMPZup-5E6w/w-d-xo.html
I LOVE IT!
What a shitty zoomer take. Generic orchestra with generic CG for a generic globalist/diversity show. Star Trek is dead and has been since the 1990s.
I love all the intros; The Prodigy intro is my personal favorite. Looking forward to The Strange New Worlds intro.
The FULL Prodigy theme is here: th-cam.com/video/LMPZup-5E6w/w-d-xo.html
I LOVE IT!
@@mitchellkennedy7733 Shut up, Shilly McShillington.
I've just watched the SNW intro for the first time and it really was something else. I loved it.
@@Vespasian91 Me too.😊☺️
It's already out duder
The Cerritos has the greatest "FUCK THAT!" reaction in Star Trek history.
Nicely done. These intros all appear to be from the very first episode while the intros are usually modified a bit after the series gets rolling. Ex., you don’t see the Worm Hole in this DS9 opener. In Voyager, Chakotay and Torres are identified only by their names, without a rank. Doing so right away would give away the premise of the series.
Star Trek will forever capture our imagination of exploration in the universe and beyond😊.
I am really conflicted between TNG and Enterprise as my favorite series. TNG basically is Star Trek, there is no star trekkier star trek out there in my eyes. But I also really like the true sense of exploration aa less technical advanced enterprise gave us. A series where not every problem could be solved with some "revised techionbeam shield polarity trough the polentronic array or other techno babble.
As for intro, TNG can't be beaten. I just really like how each intro is such a clear representation of it's time xD
My vote is for Enterprise. That crew was more "real" and down to earth. I also love both themes.
Cool, thanks for that. Gave me chills from 1 jr after I was born ('87) and after that. The music immediately clicked and brought me back in the days ♡
Really cool to see the changes over the years!
I never gave it too much thought before now. But looking at the original opening credits, I see that the fast passes by the starship "Enterprise" is done from a down at the bow perspective. It may have been just the limits of special effects back then, but I wonder why the ship couldn't fly straight.
How Lower Decks hasn't been made into a video yet baffles the mind. It's such an amazing adaption of the star trek universe.
from the newer trek series, i definitely prefer the intros to Lower Decks and Prodigy because we actually get to see the damn ship flying through space XD
call me old fashioned but to me, Star Trek intro means "Space Ships flying through space" and we don't really get that with Discovery and Picard. hell, we barely got it for Enterprise safe for the very end...
I love the lounge quality of the early ones😊 Also, does anyone else think there's a correlation between TNG and renaissance festivals? I was only a kid then, but seems to have been a major activity of the 90s. And TNG with all the pan flutes and Shakespeare (I know, only loosely related, buuuut....)
It's hard to put words to, but i definately can understand what you're saying
Lower Decks is my absolute favorite. Sometimes you can do wild stuff with animation, which works really well for the Star Trek universe, where, technically, anything goes in space! Love the theme too, and how imperfect the ship is 😆
Star Trek Picard is some of the most beautiful music ever written for television.
Yeah right
@@paradisebreeze1705 Thank you for agreeing!
Shut up Wesley
True! 會讓人起雞皮疙瘩
@@lydialo8512 我无法停止哼唱它！
Love see another video with all movie intro
This is outstanding. I'd love to see a re-cut adding in the Strange New Worlds opening titles
Thank you for doing this. It is great watching these back to back as they all have different memories.
TOS - This was my childhood. I was 12 when TOS first aired and I rushed home to see it every Thursday.
TAS - I have just faint memories.
TNG - Like many fans this holds a special place as the return of Trek and so many of us still think TNG had the best crew
DSN - Great opening images and great music. Love watching that comet. Also, on any given day, my favourite series too. Likely my favourite title sequence.
VOY - Very good and for me a little more special as my daughter would play it on the piano. The images were impressive too.
ENT - I don't think I every hated the song but I came to like it. I also think the historical image progression was one of the best relating to the theme of a series.
DIS - I thought was a weak theme with weak imagery. The imagery feels less about promoting the environment of the series but about promoting the fact we're making a TV show.
PIC - I like the music but not the imagery plus hard to separate the theme from what I thought was a lackluster series. This is NOT my Jean-Luc Picard.
LWD - Although my, depending on the day, second favourite series, the opening and the music is just average. It's funny like the series but the end scene with the ship's name and warping away places it seriously in the ST universe and timeline.
PRO - Great music and initially great imagery. Glad they took the time on this when this could easily have been a more throw-away theme and opening.
I think Enterprises intro is one of my favourites to be honest.
Me too. Hard to pick my absolute favorite, but definitely my top 3 are TNG, Voyager and Enterprise. Those are the only themes I never skip when watching an episode.
My title sequence rankings.
1.Enterprise
2.The animated series
3.The original series
4.Lower Decks
5.Voyager
6.The Next Generation
7.Prodigy
8.Deep Space Nine
9.Strange New Worlds(I know it’s not on here but I had to include it)
10.Discovery
11.Short Treks
12.Picard
I think ill go back and watch all of the old ones.
Thanks for including the Animated series. It introduced me to the world of Trek
I can't wait to see and hear the Strange New Worlds intro.
Looking forward to that my dude.
I saw a snippet of it and it is CRAZY. Someone was definitely on some sort of psychedelic.
It is epic
@@Vespasian91 That it is.
looked the intro of star trek the orville. its also good i think.
Man, we really have never had a bad Star Trek intro
Nope
Well...the intro itself was really great with showing the beginnings of travel and exploration and the previous Enterprises, but the song for Enterprise (2001) didn't fit at all. Even to have a pop song. And even more so the redone version of its final season 4. Sorry, but no
@@Kaniber007 Disliking it just for BEING a pop song is invalid to me.
@@Kaniber007 i love the first enterprise theme. It's inspiring, it's homely, it fits the tone of the show perfectly and the "humble beginnings" that it represents as a series. It's honestly beautiful and I maintain that the only reason people don't like it is because of the genre. Enterprise is a different kind of star trek, and it deserves a different kind of intro.
@@Kaniber007It would be so much better even if they used the end title theme.
ok.. im convinced.. im gonna watch Prodigy one.. that looks interesting story to follow..
You missed the intro for TOS Season 2 that extends the credits to include DeForrest Kelly as Dr. McCoy.
And TOS season 2 intro brought back the woman's voice singing along with the theme
Great job. I really liked this. Next time, please use the second intros from DS9 and ST Enterprise. Different keys.
Also, please include the french horn infused closing theme from ENT. Thanks 🖖
didn’t The Original Series theme and sequence change more than once?
You really should have included the second TNG intro design at the very least, and the regular DS9 intro instead of the Emissary one (the updated intro of the later seasons would have been nice too). Using the openings from the first episode of each show doesn't always represent that show's typical title sequence.
Deeep space 9 intro works so well
It shows you slowly nearing
Than fly bys, defiant and more
ST:DS9 is and has always been my favorite. There's a bit of that Aaron Copland feel to it, especially the way it begins--a solo trumpet, with full brass and percussion sweeping in as the camera does the same. It's a "Fanfare for the Common Spaceman," and is majestic to me in a way the others fall short--although ST:TNG comes close.
As for ST: Enterprise, FEH. The last thing I want from a Trek main title is a folk song. Yuck.
I love the DS9 introduction as well. The music really captures the isolation of the station and tells you it’s so very different from TNG.
DS9 is not bad. But Enterprise was just as entertaining especially season 2 and season 3. As far as folks song, I didn't know Rod Stewart was "folk music."
TNG is the one that sticks with me the most, thanks to my aunt and my dad watching it a ton when I was growing up. Was not a fan then, but am much more a fan now!
Classical composer and singer. Listen to the closing theme with beautiful french horns.
Prodigy's gives me chills when the ship transforms to go into warp.
As a life long Trekkie I gotta agree that Prodigy hit me in the feels! 🥺🖖🏽🥲
The FULL Prodigy theme is here: th-cam.com/video/LMPZup-5E6w/w-d-xo.html
I LOVE IT!
I have a lot of respect for the Enterprise theme song. It was brave. People hate on it for being a departure from what is "expected". But things get stale if you just repeat the same old patterns. They didn't accidentally make a song. It was a deliberate choice to do something different from the usual theme tunes, with valid reasons behind that choice. Is it my favourite of all the themes? Nope. But it's not my least favourite either. It really suited that specific show. And for me, that's WAY more important than fitting pre-conceived notions of "Star Trek" in general.
My favorites:
1. Voyager
2. DS9
2. TNG
3. Enterprise
Funny thing is TOS was the most realistic. No sound in space so no swooshing.
i think if gene Roddenberry was alive right now he be very pleased with all the star trek series that has been so far
Por favor en español gracias
Honestly, while I love ST, STG, DS9 and VOY themes (and the movie themes) I can't say I like any of them post then at all... except one. I thought I'd never find another Trek I'd love, and yet here comes Prodigy. Finally, a show that feels like the real thing. Amazing - and the amazing title credits are just the cherry on top.
Anyone else notice they Missed the 2nd variation of the DS9 and Enterprise Theme as well as the In A Mirror Darkly Theme
🖖😎👍Very totally wonderfully really cool and very truly fabulously Awesomely well done indeed!👌.
It's high time to add Strange New Worlds to this list since it has already had 2 seasons.
Excellent compilation, thanks for posting. Just one small nit, you should have tried to show the original The Cage intro which had pretty shakey and disjointed visual effects of the Enterprise fly bys. It would have emphasized the fact it was made way way back in 1964!!!!
Why is that even a nitpick??? Jesus
@@DS9Sisko Some people take things waaay too seriously.
I love DS9 & Voyager the best out of the original series as they were the most entertaining out of em all.
(And yes ive seen every Star Trek moives & Series and many of the spin offs.)
The original series or the next generation would have to be my favorite
Also because of a comment below, I realized there was a change in the title sequence for Lower Decks and went and checked and the Borg attack scene changes between season one and two and changes again for season three. I had not noticed that previously.
Next Wednesday Star Trek will be celebrating the 55th anniversary!!!!!
Yes!! Looking forward to the celebration!!!😊
They are all great series i love them all, the one i love the most is Voyager. thanks for uploading.
You missed the second openings of each show that had them, but in the case of Enterprise that just added what amounted to war drums.
The TOS theme just encapsulates what TOS really was, a show where you always knew that the heroes will win, a beautiful adventure.
Looking forward to an update with the strange new Worlds theme added
Thank you so much for the memories
Thank You for not adding junk just a straight run......
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Just loved it. I just wanted that the 1966 Star Trek opening to be the original version, i.e. non CGI improved. My favorite is 'Star Trek Voyager'.
Hmm. Never known 'Short Treks'. The intro for Lower Decks is hilarious. Appears I've given the animated shows a wide berth. Whatever criticism of the show out there, Voyager will always be my favourite theme.
Thumbs up for this compilation.
That Enterprise theme is just out of place. They should have used that show's ending theme as its opening / title theme.
I noticed in the credits for each show, with only one exception, all of them were "based on 'Star Trek' created by Gene Roddenberry." The exception was "Star Trek: Picard" which was "based on 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' created by Gene Roddenberry"
Very nice.
Really appreciate you using the original DS9 intro, not the stuff up one ;-)
The Next Generation has the best theme song.
I think its DS9 but I used to think that too
It was a direct lift from the main title for ST:TMP, but at a faster tempo and without a full orchestra treatment. th-cam.com/video/7AiSbxZYViE/w-d-xo.html
Also, now that I've listened to the whole thing (link above) there's echoes of the "Picard" theme in the quieter middle section, which makes poetic sense.
TNG will always be the flagship Star Trek show.
- TOS was the predecessor
- DS9 was the successor
- VOY was the the remake (with a spin)
- ENT was just a holodeck program taking place on TNG
- STD was a failed attempt to be as different as possible to TNG
- PIC was an extension of TNG
- LD was a cartoon version of TNG
Does anyone here remember an online fanfic called Star Trek: Renaissance? The "hero ship" was a Phoenix Class, Enterprise-G and it looked an awful lot like the Protostar in ST: Prodigy.
Especially when the ship is transformed for quantum slipstream.
Edit: I had to look it up again, apparently got the letter wrong, it's not Ent-F, it's Ent-G. Whoops.
Schade das der Käfig wahrscheinlich nur auf Tele5 ausgestrahlt wurde
Now you gotta add Strange New Worlds. Best them since Voyager.
I noticed you didn't include second TNG or DS9 openings or the special "In A Mirror, Darkly" version of the Enterprise opening