Star Trek Fandom and Music

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The music from Star Trek, specifically the original series, has become iconic and has inspired much fannish activity.

Filk and Original Music by Fans

from Friends & Strangers, Near & Far (1980)

flyer for The Complete Trekfilker

• The Ballad of Star Trek (1974)
• The Colors of Love, words and music by April Valentine, Beverly Volker and Kathy Burns (1977)
• Where No Man (1987)
• Banned from Argo, the famous filk by Leslie Fish
• Nirvana (1980)
• Star Trek Comedy: The Unofficial Album (1986)
• The Temple of Trek Revival Hymnal (1986)
• Spock Rock: The Lost Episodes Of Star Schlep (1991)

Canon Original Music

cover of The Star Trek Songbook (1971), artist is George Barr

from The Star Trek Songbook (1971)

• The Star Trek Songbook (1971-76)
• The Sounds of Star Trek, a fan created zine of "all the music from the original Star Trek series, transcribed by hand by Jean Peacock and Chuck Graham from over seventy-nine hours of original soundtracks." (1976)
• for MUCH drama about Gene Roddenberry, profits, and sneaking around, see The Theme from Star Trek

Bands and Musical Groups

• Star Trek music by Grace Lee Whitney (In the mid-to-late 1970's, Whitney recorded a number of songs based on Star Trek (TOS) and Star Trek: The Motion Picture.)
• Omicron Ceti III (filk group)
• Federation Earth Band

Vids

• List of Star Trek Early Songvids
• Category:Star Trek Vids

Star Trek at Con Discos

Star Trek-themed bands were present at some cons, usually as the Saturday night entertainment. Sometimes these shows included Star Trek light shows.

flyer for a 45rpm stereo record called Vulcanization and the Star Trek Theme, recorded by The Federation Earth Band (1976)

from the program book for Schuster Star Trek Conventions/1977 Philadelphia Schuster Star Trek Convention

Join us for a night filled with Out-of-this-World Entertainment... the kind you would find at the Cabarets of Rigel II where performers from all parts of the Galaxy gather to entertain visiting Space Travelers... Exotic Green Dancing Girls from the Orion Colonies... the Galactic Sounds of "Orpheus," a fantasy and rock extravaganza, direct from a 10-week tour on Argelius II... and from Planet Earth direct from their smash engagement at the Starfleet Academy Officers Club, the "Mummers Star Trekacular," featuring the "Greater Overbrook String Band"... Welcome to Cabaret Night on Rigel II.

• The Federation Earth Band

Fan Vid Discos

• KiScon in 2019

Musical Skits at Cons

Not all con skits were musicals, nor had a musical element, but below are some examples of ones that did:

• "Stour Trek: A Musical in Search of a Key" by Paula Smith, performed at SeKWesterCon (1977)
• "The Planet Spock" which was a satirical musical spoof of "Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan", performed at Space Trek #2 (1983)
• Dancing Penises (set to music, performed originally at one of the IDICons by Kandy Fong and her friends: PJ, Carol D., and Donna. It was repeated at the last IDICon in 1986 and then recreated/remixed at The K/S Press room party at Shore Leave 1997)
• My Fair Starship (1989) (Some of the performers were Mercedes Lackey (as "Ulura"), Elisabeth Waters, Grace Lee Whitney, Michael Scott, John Byrd, Chris Hart, Thomas Grillo, Aubrey Stephens, John Bell, and Dale Jewell, performed at Springfest '89)
• Revolution 9 from Outer Space by Paula Smith (one of many musical plays performed at Zebracon. It was based on the K/S mirror universe novel Revolution by Madelien Lee.) (1997)
• Timmy or "Star Trek: The Rock Opera" (1988)

Fannish Engagement with Canon Music

An event at Star Trek America in 1979: "An added surprise to the guest speeches was a dance done by Angelique Pettyjohn as Shana, to the ever-popular strains of the Star Trek theme."

On his show (unknown date), Lawrence Welk called STAR TREK "one of the most popular shows of the 60s" as he introduced a Bobby Burgess-Cissy King dance number to the rock version of Star Trek's theme song. The set resembled a lunar landscape with a starry backdrop.

"Uhura's Hum" from T-Negative, transcribed by Steve VanderArk

• The Theme from Star Trek (1975) ("Yes! Our familiar theme song was recorded by a new group called WARP 9 on an electronic music synthesizer! As Mr. Spock would say, "Fascinating!" Get your copy today and warp-out to a strange new sound! The flip-side is featured by an original synthesizer composition called "Para-Song I!")
• The Theme from Star Trek (Star Trek: TOS official theme song) (1977)
• Starfleet and Crystal Crackin' (1977 or 1978) ("Trek into Space with "Starfleet," a remarkable new recording by Johnny Nova and the Starfleet. Your dilithium crystals will start to vibrate when you hear the reverse side, "Crystal Crackin'." On Stereo 45 r.p.m.")
• Arcturus (1981) ("The record's side A (3.44 minutes) consisted of the "hard rock" single called "Video Games" by R. Rizzi. Side B (2.47 minutes) was by Jerry Goldsmith and was the "Theme From Star Trek: Motion Picture.")

Fanworks Portraying Characters and Musical Instruments

Fiction

• Revolution (Star Trek: The Original Series zine)

Fanart

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  from Nexus #6, artist is Barbara P. Gordon

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  art from Delta Triad #3, artist is Mel Shreve (1976)

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  art from T-Negative #8, "The Guitar Lesson", artist is Clarica Scott (1970)

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  art from Warped Space #21, Gordon Carleton: "No Doctor -- I do not play by ear. I use my hands."

Some fanart based on the cover art for albums by Simon & Garfunkel.

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  art by Lisa Hamner, the inspiration is the album Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel, from the Spock/McCoy zine Spiced Peaches #19 (2009)

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  sample art from Spiced Peaches #19, "Bookends" -- Ellen Smock (2009)

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  art by Ellen Smock, riffs on Sounds of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel, from the Spock/McCoy zine Spiced Peaches #19 (2009)