No CG. Vintage model visual effects only.
This is a rebuild of the intro theme conducted by Alexander Courage, using primarily vintage 1960s audio. Major parts from Fred Steiner have been used.
No solo recording of the original soprano singer Loulie Jean Norman was found, and I did not want to do an AI isolation of her singing, so the vocalist Elin Carlson who did the 2006 40th anniversary re-record sessions has been used here. The very beginning chimes include the 2006 re-recording conducted by Greg Smith, along with Fred Steiner.
Visual source:
4K from WNMHGB broadcast - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qSFJtw8TkQ (699 views, as of the time of this upload)
Primary Audio Sources:
- Center Channel: Outtake 3 ('ST6 MT' Main Theme, Track 73, "Various Artists - Theme Music Outtakes- Main Title (electric violin version; arr. , cond. Courage)" Soundtrack Collection, Season 1, Disc 5)
- Left Channel: Outtake 2 (Track 73, " ") ...edited to match Outtake 3
- Right Channel: Outtake 5 (Track 73, " ") ...edited to match Outtake 3
- Ending Brass: Fred Steiner, 'Charlie X' Main Title (Track 1, Soundtrack Collection, Season 1, Disc 3) ...Center Channel blended in, with Outtake 3 faded out
William Shatner Voiceover Source:
- From Ralph Miller, via the Paramount archives, 1966 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_025XDnYgw (1,981 views)
Soprano Elin Carlson:
- The Black & White Sessions: Elin Carlson Interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG7QjNNF1GQ&t=6m36s (763 views)
- Elin Carlson living room iPhone recording - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWMAU7X9pxM (23,431 views) ...only very lightly added in a L/R split, but heavily edited for synchronization.
A solo soprano version of this 2025 remaster video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGDVC5dQyYg
Intro Audio:
- Center Channel: Fred Steiner, 'City on the Edge of Forever' Main Title (Track 1, Soundtrack Collection, Season 1, Disc 5)
- L&R Channels: Fred Steiner, 'Charlie X' Main Title (Track 1, Soundtrack Collection, Season 1, Disc 3)...edited with 0.05s increased stereo split
- First Chimes: 2006 re-record, conducted by Greg Smith - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU3IG3_2lfs&t=16s ...edited to Center Channel (flanked by Fred Steiner 'Charlie X' on L&R, 38,822 views)
Ship Flyby:
- Stereo Master: Sound Effects, Volume 1 of 4, Doug Grindstaff, Track 72 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebBS0ugMK0k&t=52m37s ...heavily edited with stereo split widened by 0.16s, and then to have the swoosh start mostly from the center channel.
There is one aspect of this edit that deviates from the philosophical approach used in the original versions. Here the electric violin has been combined with the soprano part. I am not aware of that ever having been done in any of the original recordings, let alone original broadcasts.
For anyone who prefers the intro with No Soprano, the 2025 stereo remaster of that has been posted here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne2_kA-YjZU
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