In between those two sections is the music for the two more recent 24th Century shows, "Deep Space Nine" and "Voyager." The suite from "Way of the Warrior" from "Deep Space Nine" is an important one to include because it marks the height of tensions and battle between the Federation and Klingons in the middle seasons that revived the show's respectability. McCarthy's exclamation of "Yo!" represents the pounding rhythmic music heard as the Klingons attack the station, and this is among the most memorable music from the series. Thrown in for a touch of flavor is actress Nana Visitor's own vocal performance of "Fever" from the episode "His Way." The suite from "Voyager" is the oddball on the album, offering one of the (if not the most) wacky scores for the series. In "Bride of Chaotica," an episode (of holodeck mishaps in a bad 30's sci-fi flick) recent to this album's release, "Voyager" veteran David Bell plays with the recording's mono-stereo mix to create a tinny, mono effect for the Captain Proton story while also blurring the music into bass-heavy stereo brass and strings as the scenes switch back and forth to the real world of Voyager. As a final twist of creativity, Bell hits the listener with one last "Flash Gordon"-style blast of chords in stereo as the producer credits appear at the end of the story, raising comical questions about whether this was really the end for the Chaotica storyline. Ultimately, this album has all the elements that should please fans of the franchise. With the release of a healthy portion of "All Good Things," all the absolutely necessary music from the "Original Series" and "Next Generation" shows has been put onto CD. Unfortunately, fans of the more recent "Star Trek" incarnations are well aware that McCarthy's (and others') techniques of underscoring action scenes and avoiding thematic or creative instrumental usage causes his scores to become somewhat anonymous. As such, fans have never been treated to the more ambitious music from "Deep Space Nine" episodes involving the Dominion war (and the show's finale), nor has the mass of superior non-McCarthy music from "Voyager" been released. A loud outcry from fans for the release of three of the Borg double-episodes, "Scorpion," "Dark Frontier," and "Unimatrix Zero," went unanswered by GNP, likely due to financial reasons. Unfortunately, that leaves some of "Star Trek"'s later and best episodic works still unreleased many years later.  ****   @Amazon.com: CD or Download