Description
| 1. | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Main Title | 1:55 |
| 2. | Wolf 359 | 4:51 |
| 3. | The Enterprise Departs / A New Home | 1:11 |
| 4. | Trashed and Thrashed | 1:59 |
| 5. | Bajor / Saying Goodbye | 1:44 |
| 6. | Cucumbers in Space | 1:44 |
| 7. | New Personality | 2:18 |
| 8. | Into the Wormhole | 3:41 |
| 9. | Time Stood Still | 4:13 |
| 10. | Seaching for Relatives | 1:13 |
| 11 | . Painful Memories | 4:21 |
| 12. | Passage Terminated | 3:43 |
| 13. | Back to the Saratoga / What Shields? | 2:00 |
| 14. | Reconciliation | 3:19 |
| 15. | The Sisko Kid | 4:41 |
| 16. | A New Beginning | 1:48 |
| 17. | Theme from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – Single Versio | 4:17 |
| 18. | Passage Terminated – Single Version | 3:33 |
Dennis McCarthy’s main title theme is a sweeping passage consisting of strings, trumpet and French horn which conveys a serene, majestic feel as the camera pans across the gigantic space station.
The action picks up as Starfleet is confronted by Locutus of Borg in a flashback of the battle at Wolf 359. A haunting choir is heard as Picard/Locutus delivers his ultimatum to the Federation forces to escort them to Earth or be destroyed. As the Borg completely devastates the forces of the Federation, Dennis unleashes a symphony of strings, percussion and brass to accompany the intergalactic Armageddon. Three years later, as Sisko and his son Jake approach Deep Space Nine, the music takes on a softer, “family” feel as they exit the holodeck of the ship that’s taking them to their new home.
There are beautiful melodic passages as science officer Jadzia Dax recalls the time she became host to a 300 year old symbiote, and when Sisko, having been abducted by the aliens in the wormhole, is forced to face the reality of his wife’s death while trying to make the aliens comprehend the nature of his linear existence. A beautiful solo piano motif is heard when Sisko talks to the aliens on an old Chicago Cubs baseball field. Dennis had one week to compose the theme for STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE and another two weeks to write the score for the pilot episode., “The Emissary.” His result is an energetic, but even-tempered score which mixes high-paced action with ethereal, mysterious movements which mostly underscore Sisko’s encounter with the aliens in the wormhole.
Dennis creates a rhythmic, electronic piece heard in the background of Quark’s bar, no doubt a favorite on the Ferengi Top 40. For the finale Dennis unleashes the symphonic equivalent of a volley of photon torpedoes for the climactic battle sequence during which the Cardassians, convinced that the Federation is to blame for the destruction of one of their warships, launches a brutal attack on Deep Space Nine. The pace tempers down, the rebuilds to a crescendo as Sisko emerges from the wormhole with the Cardassian ship in tow. As our heroes look to the future of Bajoran independence and their strategic position in the galaxy, the symphony swells to a powerful climax of strings and brass.
