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A Note from the Composer
When I first screened the opening episode of ENTERPRISE, what struck me was the sense of adventure that it had, a sort of "the right stuff" attitude toward space exploration as well as a sense of awe and wonder as the crew of the NX-01 Enterprise begin their first journey to the stars on a desperate mission to save a Klingon warrior and return him to his home-world, while at the same time becoming involved in a "temporal cold war" that could affect the entire future history of mankind.
The first idea I came up with was the very Americana-flavored theme for our Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula), that is heard throughout the score, as well as a sinister percussive motif for the villains of peace, the Suliban. I composed about 55 minutes of original score for the episode, as well as several pieces of "source music" for an alien planet our heroes visit.
the first day of recording was a joy. We had pretty much the same orchestra that I've been using since 1987 for Star Trek and the players gave it their all. By the end of the day we had recorded the music for the first half of the show and went home very happy.
The next morning I was awakened by a good friend who called me up and told me to turn on the TV; it was September 11th, 2001 and the attacks on the World Trade Center were underway. I watched in horror as the first tower fell and my heart filled with sorrow.
The recording session that day was set to start at 10:00 a.m. I was asked if I wanted to postpone it until a later date, but the musicians and myself felt we needed to move ahead despite the tragic events that were still unfolding. It was without question the hardest recording session of my entire career, but the musicians turned in magnificent performances despite the tragedy we had just witnessed.
I wish to dedicate this album to those who we lost on 9/11/01 and to those men and women who rose to the challenge and showed us that the human spirt will prevail no matter what.
Sincerely, Dennis McCarthy
[The following are screen shots of some of the CD-ROM content also included on the Broken Bow soundtrack].
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Opening screen
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Main menu
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Music video
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Captain Archer profile
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