Star Trek: Nemesis SACD Special Edition

Goldsmith: Star Trek Nemesis - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Jerry Goldsmith, Hollywood Studio Symphony 

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid DSD

Varèse Sarabande 302 066 430 2

This is an older SACD release but it is so unique I though I should do a short write up rather than a formal review.  I have owned this since it was released in 2002 and it is an excellent sounding DSD recorded SACD of great Star Trek music.

From the liner notes:

"The Star Trek film franchise has produced two soundtrack recordings that carry a very special historical significance. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) was Jerry Goldsmith's first score in the Star Trek series and was the very first digital recording of a motion picture music score. Twenty-three years later, at Paramount Pictures Music Scoring Stage M in August and September of 2002, Star Trek Nemesis—the tenth in the series and Jerry Goldsmith's fifth—became the first motion picture music score to be recorded directly to DSD (Direct Stream Digital) and subsequently released on SACD Hybrid 5.1 / Stereo and PCM. The mixes on this recording are live, with no remixes and only editing done between takes to perfect the performance.

DSD recording technology captures the live performance with a greater depth, frequency response and dynamic range than has ever before been possible. Jerry Goldsmith's score for Star Trek Nemesis, with its striking mix of electronics and an extraordinary dynamic 96-piece orchestra, offered the ideal opportunity to marry great music with this new technology. This disc preserves a unique and historic event and represents a dramatic evolution in recorded sound." — Bruce Botnick

One of my favorite SACDs and still in-print but for how much longer?  Varèse Sarabande released three SACDs in 2002 and nothing since then, so my feeling is once supplies run out this will go out of print.  If you are interested I would get this one as soon as possible as I think the price will go through the roof when it is out of print.