SUMMARY: RUNNING TIME: 4:14 Min.
Returning ten years after scoring 1979’s Star Trek: The Motion Picture, composer-conductor Jerry Goldsmith would provide the same services for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. This 1989 instrumental is a contemplative theme, as Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner), Spock (Leonard Nimoy), Dr. Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley), and Spock’s half-brother, Sybok (Laurence Luckinbill) visit an isolated desert world to meet an unknown entity claiming to be ‘God.’ In 1996, Erich Kunzel & the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra included a cover of “A Busy Man” for the Symphonic Star Trek instrumental album.
REVIEW:
Emanating a mostly subdued sense of curiosity, this low-key track might be hard to place, even by those who have seen Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. There isn’t anything too exciting or even compelling about “A Busy Man,” in spite of Jerry Goldsmith’s classy work. Still, this Lawrence of Arabia-like track may still prove appealing to instrumental enthusiasts, as Erich Kunzel & The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra execute a perfect replica of Goldsmith’s theme.
BRIAN’S ODD MOON RATING: 6½ Stars
