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...and probably won't be noticed by most listeners. You might have to really have all the original tracks memorized for 25 years to spot them!
You do know you're talking about score geeks as well as Trekkies. Of course the tracks were memorized for the last 25 years. 
I spotted the changes right off.
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(Perhaps collections with some of the scores from the two-parters, particularly since a few of those have been reedited as "features" for blu-ray.)
Just to clarify, those were only done as standalone releases to coincide with the theatrical event presentations. The individual episode parts still exist in their proper places within the Blu-Ray season sets. 
I'm up for any and all Star Trek music releases.
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...and probably won't be noticed by most listeners. You might have to really have all the original tracks memorized for 25 years to spot them!
You do know you're talking about score geeks as well as Trekkies. Of course the tracks were memorized for the last 25 years.
I spotted the changes right off.
Scott, are you able to list the changes at all? Are there many? No offense intended to Ford and the other producers of this, and the sound is absolutely stellar over the previous version, but I'm not ever a fan of re-recording parts of something. Just not my thing is all. I think taking all the original elements, remastering them, fixing edit issues, is great, but I'm not a fan of adding synth lines, etc. That said, I AM a fan of this CD! Go figure.
In any case, I'd love to at least do an A/B listen if you've taken the time, Scott, to enumerate the changes.
Congrats to Neil Norman, Mark Banning, Ford, Jeff Bond, et al.
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Nothing was rerecorded; as Ford said, Dennis went in and manipulated some synth elements and I think this is really more adjusting the mix and smoothing things out editorially than anything else. To compare this in any way with a "rerecording" is really extremely misleading--this is the original performance and recording. Irrespective of what how anyone feels about the process, it would simply be far too expensive to hire musicians to rerecord music for this kind of album release.
Aaaah, okay, so I did misunderstand. I think Ford made reference to "adding" so I assumed that meant redoing synth lines, etc. Glad to know the elements were all still there - again, just my own choice. A fine, fine re-release, no question. Leads one to pretty much never need to listen to the original release again, though at the time I was just elated it got released in the first place. Ah, the old blister pack releases with artwork stuck at the top and jewel case with CD at the bottom. I remember seeing that in a local record store and not believing my eyes. Thanks, Jeff!
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It sounds very different, as others here have noted, from the original release from GNP.
But personally, I'm really enjoying it.
It sounds to me that some synth lines were redone, there's a square-wave type synth sound on the original release, playing the Courage fanfare for a moment, but it sounds more like synth trumpets on this new release.
Personally, I'm sticking to the new one for listening, and really like what was done.
Arsenal of Freedom is interesting to hear, especially when one action cue is pretty much a repeat of some action material from Farpoint.
Thanks to all involved with this one.
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I've been ripping my collection to iTunes and cannot get this CD to rip at all. The computer can play the tracks, but won't save them. It keeps saying it "can't start the job". Since it's never been mentioned I doubt anyone else had this happen, but am I really alone in this?
I suspect it has too do more then your computer then anything else.
Perhaps it's time to update ITUNES, It ripped into my computer just fine.
Ford A. Thaxton
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