A fun piece of trivia: the theme music to "Star Trek: The Next Generation" is actually a wholly unoriginal piece of music. It is a combination of the opening strains of the original "Star Trek" theme song composed by Alexander Courage, and the main theme for "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" composed by Jerry Goldsmith. The "Next Generation" theme merely re-orchestrated the "Tos" and "Tmp" scores a little bit. This wasn't always the plan, however. Dennis McCarthy, frequent composer for "Next Generation" (he worked on 88 episodes), wrote an alternate theme that was replaced at the last minute.
McCarthy also composed the score for "Encounter at Farpoint," the show's pilot episode. McCarthy's sound would come to define "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and dictate how other composers would move forward with the Paramount orchestra. Every Trekkie likely has, in their very DNA, the tense moment of suspense music that McCarthy so...
McCarthy also composed the score for "Encounter at Farpoint," the show's pilot episode. McCarthy's sound would come to define "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and dictate how other composers would move forward with the Paramount orchestra. Every Trekkie likely has, in their very DNA, the tense moment of suspense music that McCarthy so...
- 9/10/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Rebecca Clough Jan 13, 2017
Samuel L Jackson, Colin Farrell, Kirk Douglas, Denzel Washington and more, as we explore underrated political thrillers...
Ask someone for their favourite political thrillers and you’re likely to get a list of Oscar-winning classics, from JFK to The Day Of The Jackal, Blow Out to Argo. But what about those electrifying tales that have slipped under the radar, been largely forgotten or just didn’t get the love they deserved? Here are 25 political thrillers which are underappreciated but brilliant.
See related Star Wars: Episode IX lands Jurassic World director 25. The Amateur (1981)
Generally, the first hostage to get shot in a heist movie is considered insignificant; luckily this time the young woman killed by terrorists has a devoted boyfriend who vows to avenge her death. Charles Heller (John Savage) already works for the CIA, so he’s able to use secret information to blackmail his bosses into...
Samuel L Jackson, Colin Farrell, Kirk Douglas, Denzel Washington and more, as we explore underrated political thrillers...
Ask someone for their favourite political thrillers and you’re likely to get a list of Oscar-winning classics, from JFK to The Day Of The Jackal, Blow Out to Argo. But what about those electrifying tales that have slipped under the radar, been largely forgotten or just didn’t get the love they deserved? Here are 25 political thrillers which are underappreciated but brilliant.
See related Star Wars: Episode IX lands Jurassic World director 25. The Amateur (1981)
Generally, the first hostage to get shot in a heist movie is considered insignificant; luckily this time the young woman killed by terrorists has a devoted boyfriend who vows to avenge her death. Charles Heller (John Savage) already works for the CIA, so he’s able to use secret information to blackmail his bosses into...
- 12/22/2016
- Den of Geek
German director Dennis Gansel (The Wave) is in talks to direct Mechanic 2, the sequel to the 2011 action thriller starring Jason Statham. One of the country's hottest directors, Gansel has made a name for himself with slick mainstream genre films, including Nazi drama Before the Fall (2004), best-seller adaptation The Wave (2008) and, most recently, terrorist thriller The Fourth State (2012). He is probably best know for The Wave, an adaptation of the teen novel by Ron Jones, which grossed more than $20 million in Germany alone. Gansel has been courted by U.S. producers in the past,
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- 2/6/2014
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
German director Dennis Gansel
German director Dennis Gansel’s oeuvre probably doesn’t ring a bell with U.S. film audiences, though his 2004 Nazi boxing film, “Before the Fall,” got a brief release stateside. With the U.S. release of two of his German-language films, “The Wave” and “We Are the Night,” hopefully Gansel will soon pop up on American cinephile radars.
Distributed by IFC Films, both political drama “The Wave” and vampire flick “We Are the Night” can be...
German director Dennis Gansel’s oeuvre probably doesn’t ring a bell with U.S. film audiences, though his 2004 Nazi boxing film, “Before the Fall,” got a brief release stateside. With the U.S. release of two of his German-language films, “The Wave” and “We Are the Night,” hopefully Gansel will soon pop up on American cinephile radars.
Distributed by IFC Films, both political drama “The Wave” and vampire flick “We Are the Night” can be...
- 6/8/2011
- by Garin Pirnia
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
On behalf of IFC Films, we are happy to announce the upcoming release of two films from acclaimed German director Dennis Gansel: We Are The Night, a sexy and suspenseful thriller about a young woman initiated into a trio of beautiful female vampires, and The Wave, a story of a high school experiment in fascism gone badly wrong.
Both films are making their way to U.S. audiences following commercially successful runs in Europe and will have nationwide VOD releases and a limited theatrical run.
Jonathan Sehring, President of IFC Entertainment said, “We are thrilled to be introducing Dennis Gansel to U.S. audiences with the release of these two exciting films. Gansel is a smart and entertaining filmmaker with the rare ability to blend big themes, realistic young characters and strong filmmaking techniques into very commercial movies. With vampires at the forefront of popular culture, We Are The...
Both films are making their way to U.S. audiences following commercially successful runs in Europe and will have nationwide VOD releases and a limited theatrical run.
Jonathan Sehring, President of IFC Entertainment said, “We are thrilled to be introducing Dennis Gansel to U.S. audiences with the release of these two exciting films. Gansel is a smart and entertaining filmmaker with the rare ability to blend big themes, realistic young characters and strong filmmaking techniques into very commercial movies. With vampires at the forefront of popular culture, We Are The...
- 5/13/2011
- by Melissa Howland
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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