The tensions between utopian dreams and dystopian anxieties permeate science fiction as a genre, and nowhere is this tension more evident than in Star Trek. This book breaks new ground by exploring music and sound within the Star Trek franchise across decades and media, offering the first sustained look at the role of music in shaping this influential series. The chapters in this edited collection consider how the aural, visual, and narrative components of Star Trek combine as it constructs and deconstructs the utopian and dystopian, shedding new light on the series' political, cultural, and aesthetic impact.

Considering how the music of Star Trek defines and interprets religion, ideology, artificial intelligence, and more, while also considering fan interactions with the show's audio, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of music, media studies, science fiction, and popular culture.

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Cover
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Contents
List of Examples
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Series Foreword
Preface: Jay Chattaway
1 Introduction: Hearing Utopia in Star Trek
2 Star Trek: The Original Series, Utopian/Dystopian Spaces, and Music
3 The Trouble with Trebles: Orchestration and False Utopias in Star Trek: The Original Series
4 Tracks for Trek: Music in Network Ads for Star Trek: The Original Series
5 From Spock with Love: Fan Audio, Participatory Media, and Circulating the Materials of Star Trek Fan Culture
6 Loving Lwaxana, Trek's Sonically Disruptive Diva
7 I, Musician: Humanity, Music, and Artificial Intelligence in the Star Trek Franchise
8 Not Logical, but Often True: The Evolving Role of Religion in Star Trek's Utopia
9 Sinatra in Space: Music for Hope and Loss Beyond the Final Frontier
10 Markers of Utopian Difference: Music in Deep Space Nine (1993–1999) and Voyager (1995–2001)
11 No, They're Not Gonna Change My Mind: Anti-Fandom and the Enterprise Title Cue
12 Navigating Contrasting Styles in the First Three Star Trek Film Scores
13 Songs of the Final Frontier: Listening to Whales in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
14 Days of Utopia Past: Nostalgia and the Star Trek (2009) Soundtrack
15 Epilogue: The Conflicted Utopias of Star Trek's Renaissance (2017–)
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