Lakeshore Records is set to release 
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 1—Original Series Soundtrack digitally today, January 16, with an original score by Emmy-winning and Grammy-nominated composer Jeff Russo (Fargo, Alien Earth). Russo, lauded for his original music for many of the Star Trek series, captures the youthful optimism of Starfleet Academy as well as the legacy of past generations in his vividly orchestrated score. In addition to the score, Rufus Wainwright performs two versions of the classic song “San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair).” The first two episodes are streaming now on Paramount+.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy introduces viewers to a young group of cadets who come together to pursue a common dream of hope and optimism. Under the watchful and demanding eyes of their instructors, they discover what it takes to become Starfleet officers as they navigate blossoming friendships, explosive rivalries, first loves and a new enemy that threatens both the Academy and the Federation itself.
Notes Russo: “This iteration of Trek gives us a look into what it means to become a Starfleet officer and what one goes through to get there, which offered me an unprecedented opportunity to score in a way that also looks at the narrative from a different perspective. A fresh feeling combined with a traditional approach. A feeling of trying to figure oneself out while experiencing all of the chaos of youth, which I could apply to music. Putting that feeling to themes and score was an incredible experience. ”
Buy/Stream the Album: https://orcd.co/starfleetacademy
Track List
- San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) (feat. Rufus Wainwright)
- Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Main Title
- Suite for Caleb and Tarima
- Star Trek: Starfleet Academy End Titles
- San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) [Alt Version] (feat. Rufus Wainwright)
- Ishaani
07.The Kid Is Trouble
- We Have a Deal
- Arrival at Academy
- No, Cadet Master
- Captain to the Bridge
- We Are Back
- Under Attack
- Tell Fear…You Refuse
- Medical Emergency
- So We Meet Again
- Welcome to the Academy
- Schooled by Reno
- Orientation
- Humpback Whales
- Goja V
- Old Friends
- New Strategy
- Darem’s Apology
- The Retaliation
- Chancellor’s Address
- Saying Goodbye
- They All Left
- Job of an Emissary
- A Song of Prophets
- Mystery of Fate
- Darem Unsealed
- A Meeting of Makers
- School’s Out
- In Perilous Flight
- Stranger in the Crowd
- Caleb Lashes Out
- On Impulse
- Find an Answer
- Always Been You
- Show Me
- Step into the Light
- Surrounded
- Homecoming
- To Know the Past
- With Steady Hands
ABOUT JEFF RUSSO
Jeff Russo is an Emmy Award-winning and Grammy-nominated composer, scoring varied and compelling music for film, television and video games.
Upcoming projects include Paramount+’s Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.; Apple TV+’s Cape Fear; and Amazon Prime’s Scarpetta.
Russo’s film credits include Olatunde Osunsanmi’s Star Trek: Section 31; Chiwetel Ejiofor’s Rob Peace, which premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival; Bartlett Sher’s Oslo, which he co-scored with Zoë Keating and for which he received an Emmy nomination; Paul Dektor’s American Dreamer, which premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival; Sabrina Doyle’s Lorelei, which premiered at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival; Noah Hawley’s Lucy in the Sky, which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival; Peter Berg’s action-thriller film, Mile 22; and Jon Avnet’s Three Christs, which premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.
His music can also be heard on shows such as FX’s Alien: Earth; and Fargo, for which Russo received an Emmy in 2017 and four additional nominations; Netflix’s limited series, Zero Day and Ripley; Peacock’s Mrs. Davis; HBO Max’s Love and Death; Amazon Prime’s The Consultant; Showtime Networks’ The Man Who Fell to Earth; CBS All Access’s Star Trek: Discovery, and Clarice; Paramount +’s Star Trek: Picard and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds; Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy; Cursed; and Altered Carbon; FX’s Legion and Snowfall; Starz’s Power Book II: Ghost, produced by Curtis Jackson “50 Cent”; Apple TV+’s For All Mankind; and more.
In addition to composing music for film and television, Russo is a founding member, lead guitarist and co-songwriter of two-time Grammy nominated, multi-platinum selling rock band,Tonic. Their debut album, Lemon Parade, posted three singles in the U.S. Mainstream rock charts’ Top 10 with “If You Could Only See” rocketing to number one. In 2003, the band received two Grammy nominations, one for “Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal” for “Take Me As I Am”, and one for “Best Rock Album.” Russo also received a BAFTA nomination for Best Music for Annapurna Interactive’s video game, What Remains of Edith Finch.
ABOUT LAKESHORE RECORDS:
Lakeshore Records is a GRAMMY-winning record label, and the soundtrack arm of the Cutting Edge Group. Lakeshore Records is the global independent leader in top line soundtrack album releases, including such popular, critically acclaimed and classic soundtracks as Bridgerton, Stranger Things, Wednesday, Fallout, John Wick, Whiplash, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Drive, Cyberpunk 2077 / Edgerunners, Star Trek: Picard, Bojack Horseman, The Walking Dead, Napoleon Dynamite, Red Dead Redemption 2, the Grammy-winning Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok, the Academy Award nominated Lady Bird and Academy Award winners Moonlight, Little Miss Sunshine, American Factory, If Beale Street Could Talk, The Hurt Locker and many, many more.
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