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Music From Star Trek Trailers

8 March, 2009

Current Affairs

Maybe you’ve seen the latest Star Trek trailer. If you haven’t, you’ve missed one of the best trailers in a long time. I saw it several times and it gives me goosebumps every time I see it.

I blame the goosebumps on the music used in the latest trailer. After seeing the Star Trek Movie trailer a couple of times, I had to find out where the music was from.

So I did a little research and stumbled upon TheTrailerMusicMan on YouTube. I wrote to him and within a short time, he told me the music written by Two Steps From Hell and was called Freedom Fighters.

So far so good. I’ve done some more research and it turns out that one of the composers behind Two Steps From Hell, Thomas J. Bergersen started a blog a few days ago. He wrote this the other day:

There has been a lot of interest in the Freedom Fighters music in the new Star Trek trailer (thanks!) so here’s some more information for you. The executives at Paramount studios ultimately had the final say in what music was used for the trailer. They ended up liking the music so much they wanted exclusive rights to use it (to avoid us from licensing it to other advertisement campaigns). This does however not mean that the music cannot be published on CD, and we’ll likely include the modified version on one of our future public releases.

Make sure you catch the trailer at your local theatre, as the surround sound mixing is EPIC!

Best,

Thomas J. Bergersen

So unfortunately the music from the third Star Trek trailer isn’t available yet.

If you are into music from trailers and what I would call “epic music”, you should definitely check out Two Steps From Hell.

They also wrote the music behind the second Star Trek trailer. That track is called “Down with Enterprise”.

Their albums will become available on iTunes.

Now if you are really really interested in their music you can find their music on YouTube and on their Facebook fan page. A simple Google search will also give you a lot of hits. There are a lot of forums discussing the latest Star Trek trailer and the music in them.

(and just a small hint: If you really want to download “Freedom Fighters”, it’s out there…)

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  • Daibh

    MP3 version available at:

    Sorry I don’t link to torrents.
  • Melvin Stephens

    Thomas J. Bergersen … Unfortunately, I cannot contact you. Read your post here yesterday after seeing trailer and began my search for information. You saved me a lot of time. People have responded to trailer like crazy. I am a soundtrack lover and people at FilmScore Monthly have been discussing music for the new Trek film.

    What I am going to do is take (copy) your post here and let soundtrack collectors read it. They to have been searching for information about this music. Once again, thanks ever so much.

  • Mario

    BRAVISSIMO!!!!! I've been going crazy for months trying to find out who performed the music was that was playing in the background of the that trailer. I just figured it was the same composer who writes for LOST since it's a JJ Abrams flick. How cool that the musical group is appropiately named “Two Steps from Hell”?? Thanks for the post. I am currently listening to “Freedom Fighters” on a constant loop and have the sudden urge to fight Klingons.

  • http://www.365hangers.com Nestor

    Hey,
    Has anyone heard that the new stargate is suppose to be a mix between startrek and stargate. Check it out http://www.koldkast.tv/video/2384

  • irariklis

    I was so impressed with the new star trek film, and the music was very compelling. Thanks for filling us in who performed the music.

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    hi,

    the music of star trek was really great! and the movie was beautiful too. So expect that this film will be one of the best movies of the year.

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    The executives at Paramount studios ultimately had the final say in what music was used for the trailer. They ended up liking the music so much they wanted exclusive rights to use it (to avoid us from licensing it to other advertisement campaigns).

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    If I was looking for a good OST, I'll probably won't turn into sci-fi flick. Guess I'll have a peek of it.