why does SF use the songs he does for intros

[aceina]

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[J!!]

presumably he chose Roxette for voyager because Voltaire would've been too obvious


youtu.be/2IWi2LperuQ

[aceina]

and the rest?

like why 99 red balloons for TNG

[Admiral X]

Probably because it embodies the time the show took place in.

I think the one he uses for the ENT episode guide is the only one he's actually mentioned in one of them, which is that it was inspired by a scene in which Archer leaps into screen by jumping down a staircase in much the same way the old Superman series had the actor playing the character leap into a scene to make it look like he'd been flying and was landing. And if you've seen the music video for the song, it's about a lonely, crazy old man who played a similar type of superhero in the same time frame, which fits in well with Chuck's idea of Archer as a crazy homeless person that calls himself "Duchess."

[ORCACommander]

mystic's dream is fairly obvious with all the prophet plots of deepspace nine. by and large though i think he uses the official openingws or a remix of them

[aceina]

mystic's dream is fairly obvious with all the prophet plots of deepspace nine. by and large though i think he uses the official openingws or a remix of them

99 red balloons has nothing to do with TNG

[Dînadan]

The TOS one is resumably because it's being 'sung' by Shatner (hence why he uses that version rather than the original Beatles version). Don't know if the song was chosen first or the opening montage was compiled first, but parts of it also fit what's on screen (e.g. iirc "...and you're gone" accompanied the Enterprise flying off, "...Lucy in the sky with diamonds" accompanies a clip of Kirk floating in space in an environmental suit), so Chuck may choose songs that either match what he's compiled to make the montage or which have lyrics/rhythms that he can match to clips to create the montage.

Non-Trek reviews generally use the themes of the shows they're from I believe (off the top of my head the only notable example of this not being the case is the early Doctor Who reviews which used "Doctor, Doctor", and it's pretty obvious why that was used; no idea why it was dropped from later DW reviews unless Chuck's decided to have a uniform rule for non-Trek reviews).

[Dînadan]

mystic's dream is fairly obvious with all the prophet plots of deepspace nine. by and large though i think he uses the official openingws or a remix of them

99 red balloons has nothing to do with TNG

Fairly sure he was talking about the non-Trek reviews

[MadAmosMalone]

What about Firefly?

[SlackerinDeNile]

I think he used the Enya sounding Karl Jenkins song for Farscape because it sounds similar to the theme music and some of the other music that was in the show, plus it helps emphasise the more epic and memorable moments of the show. I believe Mystic's dream was used for the DS9 vids for similar reasons.

As for Firefly? I'm guessing it's to do with the lyrics of that particular song, although some Firefly vids he did have extremely choppy opening audio for some reason.

I think he originally used the Doctor, Doctor tune for Doctor Who because it's hilarious, he dropped it later presumably because it sounded too silly and may have annoyed some viewers.

TNG's and the original Trek's themes were likely picked because they embody the time and mindsets the shows were written under