Editing Star Trek: First Contact (section)

===Music===
{{Main|Star Trek: First Contact (soundtrack)}}
[[Jerry Goldsmith]] scored ''First Contact'', his third ''Star Trek'' feature. He wrote a sweeping main title which begins with [[Alexander Courage]]'s [[Theme from Star Trek|''Star Trek'' fanfare]].<ref name="Norman-1996">{{cite AV media notes |title=Star Trek: First Contact Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |others=[[Jerry Goldsmith]] |year=1996 |chapter=Liner notes |first=Neil |last=Norman |type=CD booklet |publisher=GNP Crescendo}}</ref> Instead of composing a menacing theme to underscore the Borg, Goldsmith wrote a pastoral theme linked to humanity's hopeful first contact. The theme uses a four-note motif used in Goldsmith's ''Star Trek V: The Final Frontier'' score, which is used in ''First Contact'' as a friendship theme and general thematic link.{{sfn|Bond|1999|pp=155–156}} A menacing march with touches of synthesizers was used to represent the Borg. In addition to composing new music, Goldsmith used music from his previous ''Star Trek'' scores, including his theme from ''The Motion Picture''.<ref name="Norman-1996"/> The Klingon theme from the same film is used to represent Worf.<ref name="larson"/>

Because of delays with Paramount's ''[[The Ghost and the Darkness]]'', the already-short four-week production schedule was cut to just three weeks. While Berman was concerned about the move,{{sfn|Bond|1999|p=158}} Goldsmith hired his son, [[Joel Goldsmith|Joel]], to assist.{{sfn|Bond|1999|p=155}} The young composer provided additional music for the film, writing three cues based on his father's motifs<ref name="larson">{{cite magazine|author=Larson, Randall D.|title=Star Trek: First Contact|magazine=Soundtrack!: the Collector's Quarterly|date=March 16, 1997|page=30}}</ref> and a total of 22&nbsp;minutes of music.<ref name="Norman-1996"/> Joel used variations of his father's Borg music and the Klingon theme as Worf fights hand-to-hand.{{sfn|Bond|1999|p=156}} When the Borg invade sickbay and the medical hologram distracts them, Joel wrote what critic Jeff Bond termed "almost Coplandesque" material of tuning strings and clarinet, but the cue was unused. While Joel composed many of the film's action cues, his father contributed to the spacewalk and ''Phoenix'' flight sequences. During the fight on the deflector dish, Goldsmith used low-register electronics punctuated by stabs of violent, dissonant strings.{{sfn|Bond|1999|p=156}}

In a break with ''Star Trek'' film tradition, the soundtrack incorporated two licensed songs: [[Roy Orbison]]'s "[[Dick Penner#Ooby Dooby|Ooby Dooby]]" and [[Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf]]'s "[[Magic Carpet Ride (Steppenwolf song)|Magic Carpet Ride]]". [[GNP Crescendo Records|GNP Crescendo]] president Neil Norman explained that the decision to include the tracks was controversial, but said that "Frakes did the most amazing job of integrating those songs into the story that we had to use them".<ref name="Sprague-1996">{{cite magazine |last=Sprague |first = David |date=December 14, 1996 |title=The Reel Thing: Soundtrack and Film Score News |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |issn=0006-2510 |page=58}}</ref>

GNP released the ''First Contact'' soundtrack on December 2, 1996.<ref name="Sprague-1996"/> The album contained 51&nbsp;minutes of music, with 35&nbsp;minutes of Jerry Goldsmith's score, 10&nbsp;minutes of additional music by Joel Goldsmith, "Ooby Dooby" and "Magic Carpet Ride". The compact disc shipped with [[CD-ROM]] features only accessible if played on a personal computer,<ref name="Herries-1997">{{cite magazine |last=Herries |first=Iain |date=March–April 1997 |title=Score: The Latest in Soundtrack CD Releases |url=https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/backissues/viewissue.cfm?issueID=11 |format=PDF |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225143213if_/https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/backissues/viewissue.cfm?issueID=11 |archive-date=December 25, 2019 |magazine=[[Film Score Monthly]] |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=34–36 |issn=1077-4289}}</ref> including interviews with Berman, Frakes, and Goldsmith.<ref name="Sprague-1996"/>

On April 2, 2012, GNP Crescendo Records announced a limited-edition collector's CD featuring the complete score by Jerry Goldsmith (with additional music by Joel Goldsmith), newly remastered by recording engineer Bruce Botnick, with an accompanying 16-page booklet including informative notes by Jeff Bond and John Takis. The expanded album [GNPD 8079] runs 79 minutes and includes three tracks of alternates.<ref>[[Jerry Goldsmith]] (1996). [http://store.gnpcrescendo.com/new/product_info.php?products_id=227&osCsid=2d68487d12453bdfe6ba473b0a408d31 "Star Trek: First Contact Limited Edition Complete Motion Picture Score"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007083939/http://store.gnpcrescendo.com/new/product_info.php?products_id=227&osCsid=9593662e260fae9930ead6b4c16cc928 |date=October 7, 2013 }} [[GNP Crescendo Records]]. Retrieved August 21, 2013</ref>