By
GustavoLeao /
10:29, 17 December 2012 /
Star Trek: Nemesis
Last week, while at the
Los Angeles junket preview of "Star Trek Into Darkness", Eric Eisenberg,
of Cinemablend, spoke to the film's composer, Michael Giacchino about
his approach to the new film's score.
While visiting his music studio, Giacchino said, "Music says what
words can't. So even though there's dialogue, even though
there's things that the characters are saying, it's about what do I need
to find that says what these guys aren't saying."
Giacchino continued, "Everything that J. J. (Abrams, director of
"Star Trek Into Darkness") wants you to feel and follow, I'm there to
kind of yank you through. And, yes, you can call that manipulation. It
is manipulation! Any film is manipulation, really. Anyone who says,
'You were manipulating me!', well, no shit! Of course we are
manipulating you, that's why you go to the movies - to be manipulated."
Giacchino spoke about incorporating the classic Alexander Courage,
Original Series theme into the film, saying, "For me, the one thing
I would love to incorporate some way, somehow, is the Alexander Courage
theme. To me, that IS Star Trek. How you use it is really up to the
story and you really have to think long and hard about how you do it
because if you do it in the wrong spot it feels wrong or feels cheesy.
And in the instance of the last movie, we tried it in the body of the
film, but it never really worked because, you know, the truth is that
it wasn't STAR TREK until they were at the end of the film s a crew
together on the bridge ... with this film I have no idea yet".
When asked how much of the "Star Trek Into Darkness" score he had
completed, Giacchino said, "Up to this point the only music I have
written is what you've seen in this (meaning the 9 minute IMAX preview),
so I don't know what I'm going to do yet because I haven't seen the
whole film yet. I don't know what the rest of the film needs or asks
for I have to wait until I see it."
The link to Eric Eisenberg's article at Cinemablend can be found
here.
Special Thanks to TrekWeb Reporter John Morton
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