Posted:
07:38:48 on September 05 2001
By: Steve Krutzler
Dept: General Star Trek
STAR TREK'S 35TH ANNIVERSARY MARKED WITH MP3 GIVEAWAY: 100 FREE, LEGAL
AND ORIGINAL STAR TREK MP3s
Redwood City, Calif. -- To honor the 35th anniversary of "Star Trek" on
Sept. 8, EMusic.com, the Web's exclusive downloadable distributor of
original music from all the Star Trek TV shows, is now offering visitors
up to 100 free, original Star Trek soundtrack tracks in the MP3 format.
"Star Trek" premiered on the NBC television network on Sept. 8, 1966.
EMusic has original music and sound effects from the '60s Star Trek TV
series, as well as "Next Generation," "Deep Space Nine" and "Voyager,"
plus original music from many of the blockbuster Star Trek movies.
Beginning today and through the months of September and October, EMusic
will be updating its massive Star Trek MP3 catalog each and every week
with new material. Up first is an MP3 interview with Nichelle Nichols,
"Lt. Uhura" from the original series. Nichols' original poem about Star
Trek creator Gene Rodenberry will be available for download on Sept. 19.
Later this month, users will be able to download interviews with Scott Bakula
(the new captain on the series "Star Trek: Enterprise," set to debut on
UPN Sept. 26), Tim Russ ("Star Trek: Voyager") and others from the Star
Trek universe, along with previously unavailable MP3 music from the Star
Trek movie series.
Composers in the EMusic Star Trek catalog include Oscar-winner Jerry
Goldsmith ("Star Trek: First Contact"), Alexander Courage ("Star Trek"),
Oscar-winner James Horner ("Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan") and many
others. Two of the MP3 releases - "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and "Star
Trek: Voyager" - won Emmy awards. The Star Trek soundtracks were
produced by Neil Norman, the man responsible for tracking down the
master tapes from the '60s show.
The music is offered in the crystal clear MP3 format. To EMusic.com, the
sometimes-controversial technology known as MP3 represents the "needs of
the many outweighing the needs of the few," as Spock might put it. MP3s
are unencrypted so they can be listened to on a PC, burned to CD-R for
playback on a home stereo or uploaded to a portable player. These are
not audio streams, but downloads that can be used again and again.
EMusic licenses its music from labels and compensates artists for every
track downloaded. In addition to the music, EMusic's September and
October "Sounds of Star Trek" celebration will feature streaming video,
behind-the-scenes photos from the making of the Star Trek soundtrack
albums and more. Users need only test drive the service to access up to
100 free Star Trek MP3s. The offer is only good once per user and is
only open to people who have not taken a test drive before.
When you check out your free Star Trek MP3s, you'll be helping to support TrekWeb!
To access the 100 free MP3s, visit this URL: http://www.emusic.com/promo/startrek/trekweb/index.html?fref=122813
