I don't know about "of all time", but the first one that comes to my mind is Star Trek: Enterprise.
The other Star Trek shows had rousing orchestral themes, most of which were excellent (TNG, DS9, VOY), and even when it was bad (TOS) it was still thematic.
ST:ENT's theme is some cheesy soft rock ballad, with this Bon-Jovi-esque dude crooning sappy lyrics over lazy guitar chords. It's pretty bad even for that genre, and it's certainly does not fit the Star Trek theme.
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I see gripes about Star Trek: Enterprise's theme song on an almost daily basis on Star Trek groups. I never understood why it gets all the hate. Sure, it's different, but I actually enjoy it.
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Originally posted by RogueJSK: I don't know about "of all time", but the first one that comes to my mind is Star Trek: Enterprise.
The other Star Trek shows had rousing orchestral themes, most of which were excellent (TNG, DS9, VOY), and even when it was bad (TOS) it was still thematic.
ST:ENT's theme is some cheesy soft rock ballad, with this Bon-Jovi-esque dude crooning sappy lyrics over lazy guitar chords. It's pretty bad even for that genre, and it's certainly does not fit the Star Trek theme.
Agree 100%. That theme was socks on a rooster. When I watched the series on Amazon streaming I was thankful they had the skip intro feature to get past it. It was so annoying I had the A/V system mute on just in case until the episode started. I read that the showrunner defended the theme for years but finally had to admit it kept the show from being more popular than it was.
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