Melodic Treks: A Star Trek Music Podcast

Melodic Treks: A Star Trek Music Podcast


Latest Episodes

105: It Was in Music That I Found the Answer
January 21, 2020

Music that Inspires David Mack to Write. I am joined by New York Times Best-Selling author David Mack to discuss the music that inspired Mack in writing certain elements of the Star Trek: Vanguard series of novels.

104: There is No Comparison
December 06, 2019

Star Trek: The Motion Picture's 40th Anniversary. Brandon-Shea Mutala is joined by Neil Shurley to discuss the score to the first Star Trek film. In addition to the main bookend hosts, we have 14 additional guests comment on the music and the film itself.

103: James Versus James
June 15, 2019

James Horner's score for Aliens. We are joined by Carl Wonders to discuss James Horner's Academy Award nominated score to the 1986 film Aliens. We talk about working with director James Cameron, self plagiarism, chopping up the score, and Die Hard.

102: Set Phasers to Fun!
May 12, 2019

Star Trek: Dark Remnant with Matthew Carl Earl. We are joined by Matthew Carl Earl, composer for Star Trek: Dark Remnant to discuss the new VR experience. We also discuss working in the video game world, Giacchino's inspiring music, the sound design, and

101: Jaunty and Postive
May 05, 2019

"Desert Crossing" With Jim Moorhouse. We are joined by Jim Moorhouse of the Trek Ranks podcast to discuss the score to the episode "Desert Crossing" from the first season of Enterprise. We talk about composer Velton Ray Bunch, how the music fits the epis

100: The Dark Time-Crystal
April 28, 2019

Five Favorites with C Bryan Jones. We are joined by the founder of the Trek FM network, Christopher Jones (for his first appearance on the show) to discuss his five favorite Star Trek score tracks in this special milestone episode. We also discuss Chris'

99: Isn't That What the Second Season of Discovery is Called?
April 04, 2019

Five Favorites with Zach Moore. We talk about Zach's five favorite tracks from the score to Star Trek III: The Search For Spock, composed by James Horner. We also discuss why this is his favorite Trek film, and, as always, we have a few tangents along the

98: Minimoog Voyager
March 17, 2019

Charles-Henri Avelange Interview. We interview composer Charles-Henri Avelange and discuss growing up in a castle, writing a score in five hours, composing theme songs, the status of film scoring, his passion project of creating the Star trek: Voyager the

97: Harlem Renaissance
March 03, 2019

The Musical Era of "Far Beyond the Stars." We are joined by Andy Farber to discuss the music of the early 1950's, which was the era of the acclaimed Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Far Beyond the Stars." We talk about different styles of music, artist

96: 100 Voices
December 22, 2018

When the Train Stops. We are joined by James Kerwin, Mike Avenaim, and Rekha Sharma to discuss the score to the short film When the Train Stops. They talk about the sarangi, what they feel this instrument represents, recording sessions, teachers and fathe