Kirk scraps with an old Starfleet rival, McCoy picks up a couple of chorus girls, and Spock turns on the sass, in “Shore Leave,” a lighthearted episode from the first season of “Star Trek.”
The music is by Academy Award-nominated, Emmy Award-winning composer Gerald Fried. Fried will be our special guest this Sunday evening.
For tonight, forget your troubles on a planet where every desire is made reality. Of course, I’m stuck on Earth, so I’ll have to do the show anyway. Sound off in the comments section, during Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner, as we live-stream on Facebook, this Friday evening at 7:00 EST.
I am very excited to announce that composer Gerald Fried will be our guest this weekend on Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner.
Fried began his career as an oboist with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Later, he followed his childhood friend, Stanley Kubrick, to Hollywood, where he composed scores for films like “The Killing” and “Paths of Glory.” He also worked extensively in television, writing music for “Riverboat,” “Shotgun Slade,” “Gilligan’s Island,” “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,” and “Mission: Impossible.” His music for the documentary “Birds Do It, Bees Do It” earned him an Academy Award nomination in 1975. He was recognized with an Emmy for his work on the landmark miniseries “Roots” in 1977.
Fried will join us on Sunday night to talk about his illustrious and prolific career. First, to whet the appetite for what’s bound to be a memorable conversation, Roy and I will chat about some of the music he composed for “Star Trek,” the original series, including that for “Shore Leave.” That’s the episode set on a planet where fantasies become reality, and Captain Kirk winds up grappling with his old nemesis Finnegan (resulting in a predictably tattered shirt). Our palavering preamble will take place on Friday.
And I can’t imagine we’ll get through the weekend without some discussion of the immortal fight music from “Amok Time,” in which a crazed Spock engages Kirk in a “kun-ut kal-if-fee” battle to the death.
Gerald Fried will set us free! Join us for Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner – Fried’s “Star Trek” on Friday, and a conversation with the composer on Sunday – livestreamed on Facebook, both days, at 7:00 pm EST.
The running time of “Superman: The Movie” (1978): 143 minutes.
The running time of last night’s show: 140 minutes.
That should tell you all you need to know.
All the same, at the end of 2 hours and 20 minutes, I assure you, we still held plenty in reserve.
As further proof of our moderation, we’ll give everyone a break on Sunday – because, frankly, we could all use a holiday – but we’ll be back on Friday to offer the usual mix of fun facts, outrageous opinions, and doddering misinformation about another sci-fi classic, TBA.
Then on Sunday, January 10, our special guest will be COMPOSER GERALD FRIED.
See you then – unless Superman turns back time – when we live-stream on Facebook, next Friday (1/8) and Sunday (1/10) at 7 PM EST.
