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Old 12-05-2021, 06:31 AM   #675
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Originally Posted by timun View Post
Ron Jones was the composer in question, and he was still around until near the end of season 4; his last work on the show was the score for season 4 episode 21, "The Drumhead".

But yeah, after that he was effectively replaced by Jay Chattaway, and he and Dennis McCarthy's scores in seasons 5-7 were almost universally bland and boring ("The Inner Light" being a pretty big exception). It continued through pretty much all of DS9 and Voyager too; a shame, because otherwise Star Trek was well known for the work of its composers.
The music from TOS was practically a character in the show. I still break out the Ponn Far fight music if there is a disagreement between myself and a friend if it doesn't look like anything will be resolved without ritual combat.
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