Alexander Courage

...he said, the music "sounded like a soprano solo." Burlingame, author of "TV's Biggest Hits," said Roddenberry went further to annoy Mr. Courage by adding words to the instrumental theme. The lyrics begin: "Beyond the rim of the...

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...to half the royalties, Courage said. Among the many other projects Courage worked on was the 1987 TV special "Julie Andrews: The Sound of Christmas," for which he won an Emmy for musical direction. He and Lionel Newman shared Academy...

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...royalties. (Roddenberry wrote words for Courage's Star Trek theme song, not because he expected the lyrics to be sung on TV, but by claiming credit as the song's co-writer, Roddenberry received half of the royalties from the song.) The...

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...by Alexander Courage Did you know that the Star Trek theme music has lyrics? Neither did composer Alexander Courage when he signed a deal to write the music. The fine print gave the show's creator, Gene Roddenberry, the option to write...

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...royalties related to Star Trek. He alienated composer Alexander Courage by demanding fifty percent of the royalties which Courage received for the show's theme song whenever an episode of Star Trek was aired. Later, while cooperating with...

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...first season. So outraged by Roddenberry's tactic that Alexander Courage, the composer of the memorable theme, scored some first-season episodes of Star Trek and then refused to pen another note for the franchise. So even though the...

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