Images from the first three generations of Star Trek. This melody is from one of my favourite episodes from Next Generation: "The Inner Light". I also loved the later episode "Lessons" which featured this tune in another rather moving context - Captain Picard on his Ressikan flute and Commander Nella Daren on roll-up piano.

It was later orchestrated for the 30th anniversary of Star Trek, and that is the work featured here. As an aside, I'm reminded of a similar melody: "The Skye Boat Song", better-known as "Over the sea to Skye" (old Scottish song).

In some of the Enterprise images I was influenced by Stanley Kubrick's balletic spacecraft sequences in his film "2001". I was stunned by what he did in the late 1960's in terms of imagery, and I remain so today, notwithstanding advances in technology.

I hope you enjoy, and please forgive my partial treatment of the Star Trek characters - just my take in the context of this music.

Update: courtesy of informed comments here, the composer of this piece is Jay Chattaway.

This recording is available in the US here:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000001P20/...

and in the UK here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Best-Star...