Editing Star Trek Generations (section)

===Music===
{{Main|Star Trek Generations (soundtrack)}}
[[Dennis McCarthy (composer)|Dennis McCarthy]], the principal composer for ''The Next Generation'', was given the task of writing ''Generations''{{'}} score. McCarthy became the first ''Star Trek'' composer to work on both television and film projects.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Greene |first1=Jamie |title=Longtime Star Trek composer Dennis McCarthy on his scores for DS9 and Generations |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/longtime-star-trek-composer-dennis-mccarthy-on-his-scores-for-ds9-and-generations |website=[[SyFy]] |access-date=November 18, 2020 |language=en |date=May 24, 2018 |archive-date=December 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201154630/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/longtime-star-trek-composer-dennis-mccarthy-on-his-scores-for-ds9-and-generations |url-status=live }}</ref> Critic Jeff Bond wrote that while McCarthy's score was "tasked with straddling the styles of both series", it offered the opportunity for the composer to produce stronger dramatic writing. The film's opening music is a choral piece that plays while a floating champagne bottle tumbles through space. For the action scenes with the ''Enterprise''-B, McCarthy used low brass chords. Kirk was given a brass motif accented by snare drums (a sound not used on ''The Next Generation''), while the scene ends with dissonant notes as Scott and Chekov discover Kirk has been blown into space.<ref name="bond-1999">{{cite book |author=Bond, Jeff |year=1999 |title=The Music of Star Trek |publisher=Lone Eagle Publishing Company |isbn=1580650120}}</ref>{{rp|152}}

McCarthy expanded his brassy style for the film's action sequences, such as the battle over Veridian III and the crash-landing of the ''Enterprise''-D. For Picard's trip to the Nexus, more choral music and synthesizers accompany Picard's discovery of his family. A broad fanfare—the film's only distinct theme—first plays when Picard and Kirk meet. This theme blends McCarthy's theme for Picard from ''The Next Generation''{{'s}} first season, notes from the theme for ''Deep Space Nine'', and [[Alexander Courage]]'s [[Theme from Star Trek|''Star Trek'' theme]]. For the final battle of Kirk and Picard against Soran, McCarthy used staccato music to accentuate the fistfight. For Kirk's death, McCarthy mated lyrical strings with another statement of the Courage theme, while a shot of Picard standing over Kirk's grave is scored with more pomp. The Courage theme plays again at the film's close.<ref name="bond-1999"/>{{rp|152–53}}

The original soundtrack was released in 1994 on cassette tape and CD.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/star-trek-generations-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-mw0000610497/releases|title=Star Trek: Generations [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] – Dennis McCarthy &#124; Releases &#124; AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com|access-date=August 29, 2021|archive-date=August 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829105629/https://www.allmusic.com/album/star-trek-generations-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-mw0000610497/releases|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2013, [[GNP Crescendo Records]] rereleased the soundtrack as a two-disc, expanded collector's edition including previously unheard tracks.<ref name="GNP Generations">{{cite web|url=http://store.gnpcrescendo.com/new/product_info.php?products_id=228&osCsid=2d68487d12453bdfe6ba473b0a408d31|title=Star Trek: Generations Expanded Collector's Edition|work=[[GNP Crescendo Records]]|access-date=August 21, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421003055/http://store.gnpcrescendo.com/new/product_info.php?products_id=228&osCsid=5f81852f42478d1eb317e4f29033c799|archive-date=April 21, 2015}}</ref>