All 9 Star Trek TV show theme songs ranked from worst to best

2. Star Trek: The Next Generation

Strap in and let your ears take you on a ride with the Star Trek: The Next Generation theme song. It says it in the show’s title, but this really was the Star Trek show for a whole new generation, carrying on its predecessor’s legacy and introducing the franchise to a new legion of supporters. To help with that, it needed the right theme.

It’s the one intro song I heard over and over as a child, and one that my own children have heard in their young years as well. Jerry Goldsmith, the mastermind behind the tune, totally knocked it out of the park when he composed this iconic tune for Star Trek: The Motion Picture. But it was such a good intro that it found its forever home with the TV crew of TNG.

Every time those notes hit, it’s like a high-five to adventure and thumb wrestling with the unknown. It’s not just a bunch of snazzy sounds – it’s like the Starship Enterprise of tunes, boldly taking your imagination where it’s never gone before. While for some that aren’t as into Star Trek, it’s may be the silver medalist of space anthems, but for the vast majority of Trekkies, it’s pure gold.