Star Trek: The Next Generation theme

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The "Star Trek: The Next Generation" theme is an iconic orchestral piece, originally composed by Jerry Goldsmith and widely recognized as the stirring main title music for the Star Trek: The Next Generation television series.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf instrumental piece
orchestral composition
television theme music
alsoKnownAs Star Trek: The Motion Picture theme (TV arrangement) NERFINISHED
TNG main title theme NERFINISHED
appearsInOpeningSequence Star Trek: The Next Generation opening credits NERFINISHED
arrangedFor television opening credits
associatedWith Starfleet NERFINISHED
exploration of space
associatedWithCharacter Jean-Luc Picard NERFINISHED
associatedWithGenre science fiction television
associatedWithSetting USS Enterprise-D NERFINISHED
basedOn Star Trek: The Motion Picture theme NERFINISHED
composer Jerry Goldsmith NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalImpact iconic Star Trek franchise music
widely recognized science fiction TV theme
firstAppearance Star Trek: The Next Generation season 1 NERFINISHED
firstBroadcastYear 1987
genre film score
orchestral music
hasFandomReception highly popular among Star Trek fans
hasInstrumentation brass section
full orchestra
percussion
strings
woodwinds
hasKeyElement heroic fanfare motif
lyrical secondary theme
includedIn Star Trek: The Next Generation soundtrack NERFINISHED
language instrumental (no lyrics)
mood heroic
majestic
optimistic
notableFor brass fanfare
sweeping orchestral melody
partOf Star Trek: The Next Generation NERFINISHED
partOfFranchise Star Trek NERFINISHED
publisher Paramount Pictures music publishing NERFINISHED
reusedFrom Star Trek: The Motion Picture main theme NERFINISHED
rightsHolder Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED
style late-20th-century film music
tempo moderately fast
usedAs main title theme
usedFor title sequence narration underscore
usedIn Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV series) NERFINISHED
usedInMedium soundtrack albums
television

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Star Trek: Nemesis (2002 film score) featuresTheme Star Trek: The Next Generation theme