Star Trek: Enterprise

Theme song

The series' theme song, a pop song written by Diane Warren and sung by Russell Watson, was a marked contrast to the sweeping instrumental themes used in all other Star Trek series.

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Diane Warren - Russell Watson

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It was also the first such theme not to have been composed specially for Star Trek, having previously appeared (performed by Rod Stewart) in the film Patch Adams (1998).

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Rod Stewart - Patch Adams - 1998

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Like other aspects of the series, the theme song polarized Trekkies, with many loving the song and many considering it inappropriate for a Star Trek series.

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A new, more upbeat arrangement of the theme song was introduced with the third season, but this had no impact on the controversy, except to elicit criticism from some who liked the original one.

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The song was known by several titles but most commonly "Faith of the Heart" (the title from Patch Adams).

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However, the official soundtrack CD for Enterprise, as well as all releases of the song by Watson, give it the new title of "Where My Heart Will Take Me."

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Only the first verse is heard in the opening credits; a longer recording by Watson exists and was released on the soundtrack CD.

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Throughout the show's run, there was extensive internet speculation as to whether the theme song and opening credits would be changed.

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This speculation was fueled in October 2004 when the official website startrek.com posted an opening credits sequence in which Scott Bakula recites a modified version of the famous "Space, the final frontier..." speech (with the phrase "where no human has gone before" in place of "where no man" or "where no one"), accompanied by "Archer's Theme", the instrumental used as the closing credits music for the series.

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Although there was some internet-based speculation that this was going to replace the original credits, no such decision was made.

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Around this same time an alternate version of the opening credits using music from ' and carrying a "Paramount Television Operations" notation, made the rounds on file sharing networks; this too was never adopted and there are doubts that this version was a genuine Paramount creation.

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The two-part episode "In a Mirror, Darkly", which takes place within the Mirror Universe, featured a unique opening credits sequence and music intended to capitalize on the alternate universe setting.

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In a Mirror, Darkly - Mirror Universe

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Four different end credits versions were created during the show's run, although these were not seen in the original UPN broadcasts. The premiere episode, "Broken Bow" ended with a instrumental version of "Where My Heart Will Take Me" heard on this occasion only. Beginning with the second episode, "Fight or Flight", and continuing for the rest of the show's run, an instrumental piece entitled "Archer's Theme" was heard. The arrangement of "Archer's Theme" as heard in "Fight or Flight" differed from that used in the rest of the series. The two-parter, "In a Mirror, Darkly", reprised that episode's unique opening credits music.

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On August 2, 2005, a recording of "Where My Heart Will Take Me" was played for the crew of the space shuttle Discovery as their morning wake-up call during the "Return to Flight" mission STS-114. The song was chosen as a special dedication from Deputy Shuttle Program Manager Wayne Hale.http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=17586

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August 2 - 2005 - Discovery - STS-114

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