Todd VaziriMar 21

The James Bond Theme was written in 1962 by Monty Norman

The Mission: Impossible Theme was written in 1966 by Lalo Schifrin

The Star Trek Theme was written in 1966 by Alexander Courage

wild that six decades later these themes are still strong in popular culture

Show threadJohn SchragMar 21
@tvaziri Gene Roddenberry wrote hysterically bad lyrics for the Star Trek theme, unbeknownst to Courage, and submitted them as part of the registration of the music, thereby stealing half the royalties.
Show threadAlister Bulman
@jvschrag @tvaziri which is apparently why TAS didn't use the original theme
Mar 21 at 4:36pmWeb