Klingon Theme | Star Trek | Jerry Goldsmith 

The introduction to the Motion Picture cemented the standard sound of the Klingons for decades to come, and I would not have it any other way.

My dog was listening to this with me. He is now a targ.

A warrior’s video… *Sips prune juice*

"There was a time, when I was a young man, the mere mention of the Klingon Empire made worlds tremble." - Kor, dahar master

Klingons: Today is a good day to die! Romulans: Today is a good day for somebody else to die!

The Klingon Empire will remember what has happened here today. You have played some of the most seminal music in movie and television history! And this, we do not forgive... or forget!

You bring great honor to your channel.

When they played the theme in Picard 3 after Worf went to work, everybody jumped up and cheered screaming Worf!

"Glory to you, and your House"

"I expected more from you than an idoll threat, Picard" - Tomolak "Then you shall have it......Mr. Worf." - Picard "Aye sir." - Worf *Klingon Birds of Prey decloaking*

Christopher Loyd was one of my favorite Klingons.

Kahless said"great men don,t seek power,they have power thrust upon them".

The image of Klingon Orchestra playing this fills me with honor for those that have entered Stoval Kor.

The perfect theme for the Klingons, they are my favorite alien species in Star Trek.

This Klingon theme song and the opening Conan the Barbarian song will forever live in my childhood memory for the impact that they had on me as a boy watching these films in the theatre. : )

This is my workout music

"Gunner: Target engine only -- Understood?" "Understood, clearly, sir."

*I raise my goblet of prune juice to you sir*

For a smaller ship, I always liked the Bird of Prey. It's a reliable scout in a fleet of larger ships, able to recon in force.

Man, I dropped my cloak and ready for battle! Today is a good day to catch a cold

5:20. Might not have been the best film, but I always love that moment when Spock at the guns of the Bird of Prey takes out "God."

I remember hearing this for the first time in the theater watching STTMP and then seeing the updated Klingons

I love how they resurrected this theme as Worf's theme in the TNG movies and really cemented it as the sound of the Klingon.

3:33 Who knew that a dying chicken could be an musical instrument?

To anyone who has seen ST: Picard S3- Worf's entrance to the series and his introduction to Raffi rank up there on the top 5 Worf Moments

Today MIGHT be a good day to die, BUT IT IS A BETTER DAY TO TASTE VICTORY! Q'APLA!!

The KLINGON fleet turned the tide of the Battle and allowed the Federation to retake Deep Space 9. A very brave Warrior race. Long live the KLINGON Empire. 😊😊

I remember i started TNG as a Kid and loved Klingons. When I finally saw this movie with my uncle I rooted for them against V'gina

Great music for a Warrior Culture and People.

"Good tea. Nice house."

The opening scenes of the great reunion in 1979, "STAR TREK, The Movie" ! Attack on "VEGER" I began my Star Trek experience in 1966 with its first episodes. I was a "Trekkie" from then on. Watched them over and over again in reruns. I was one of the first in line when the great reunion of 1979 was released. Wept with the audience when Spock died; laughed and cried again when he returned on the Genesis planet; was glad when "George & Gracie" got picked up and dropped off in the San Francisco Bay. I wasn't too sure about "The Next Generation ", but after the first few episodes, I was a "Trekkie" in earnest..again. All the great films that followed have kept me young at heart and eager as a kid waiting for the next treat. Now, as the last of "Picard III" has ended, I'm very sad....that it is indeed, the end of "TNG". Thanks to Gene Roddenberry's vision, the "Trek" has been one of my life's greatest joys. And many thanks to all the writers, producers, directors and most of all, to Sir Patrick Stewart, Johnathan Frakes, LeVar Burton(Kunta Kinte), and the rest of the great cast for bringing life to his vision. I'm just PO'd that I won't be around to see mankind fulfill that dreamed of "WARP SPEED", not to mention, "THE FEDERATION OF PLANETS" ...... GOD SPEED EVERYONE. .

It’s amazing how this one song so perfectly defined the Klingons for half a century. Goldsmith completely nailed it his first try.

What I've always liked about this particular leitmotif for the Klingons is that it's a study in contrasts, much like Klingons and their culture. It's both extremely serious-sounding and suspensful, what you'd expect from Klingons, but at the same time, it has a slight playful undertone, which I find almost amusing. Klingons might have a reputation for being all about honour and being fairly self-serious, but in almost all of the stories we've seen them in throughout Trek, they also have more of a "rascal" side to them. I find that fitting. :-) The unusual instrumentation (I suppose those are some wooden sticks and maybe some handheld metal percussions working in unison ?) also adds to the track having a "touch of the alien". Though there's an orchestral basis you'd expect from a dramatic theme composed on Earth, the odd use of percussions gives it a surprisingly otherworldly feel.

This still gives me goose bumps.

I've always preferred this Klingon theme to all the others. Though Mark Lenard as a Klingon was a reach. Him on the bridge of a space going warship, and him getting blasted again is definitely a Trek thing. The thing about Star Trek that never changes is the humanity of the aliens. Almost every alien they've shown has human historical analogues.

Songs will be sung of this day...if someone ever comes up with lyrics to go with the music.

Best music theme ever

Great theme. Thank you Jerry Goldsmith.

The most honorable fights are those you cannot win but fight anyway. Klingon proverb.

This Honorable theme was also in The Next Generation episode "Heart Of Glory"

Riker: Well, is this it, my friend? Worf: It truely is a day to die...with honor!

Glory to You! And to Your Honored House! Qapla !

I bet Worf listens to this before bedtime every night!

Glory to you...and your channel. Qua'plA!

Sweet mix. Hits all the classic Klingon points. Good job!

The Piorun has earned it's place in STO'VO'KOR!

Jerry Goldsmith's original theme for the Klingons in ST:TMP remains the best version of that theme to date. I didn't care for the variants in Trek V or First Contact.

today is a good day to youtube!

As soon as I heard the Mandalorian theme, I went in my head "hey isn't that very similar to Start Trek TMP intro scene with the 3 K'Tingas closing in on V'Gers cloud?" Yes, I still think it is very similar, even if maybe not a direct rip-off.

*"I can see my house from here"* Klingons, Star Trek Enterprise

🖖😎👍Very cool and very nicely well done in every way shape and form provided on this this format on the Klingon battle themes of the Startrek Movie's and various TV shows indeed Sir.!,👌.

"Prepare for Ramming Seed!"

“You do remember how to fire phasers?”

Darth Plagueis 3.62K subscribers Klingon Commander Worf: "REPORT!!!" Conn Officer Wyatt: "Main power is off-line. We've lost shields and our weapons have gone." Klingon Commander Worf: [growls in frustration while beating a control console] "Perhaps today is a good day to die! PREPARE FOR RAMMING SPEED!!!" Conn Officer Wyatt: "Sir, there's another starship coming in. ...It's the Enterprise!"

This music speaks to the fire in my blood! MELO'DA! MELO'DA MELOOOOO'da!

Such an awesome scene and music. You see the three ships try a feeble attack on the cloud and the massive ship under it and all three are swatted away like flies and vaporized in the blink of an eye. The best part of the movie.

Used for decades in various other movies and episodes, but I can still play out the images and the sounds from "The Motion Picture", inserting that wicked V'ger guitar riff when needed :D

Beautiful Negh’var! Glory to you and your house!

Loved the variation when Worf attacked the borg cube(Perhaps today is a good day to die!!!)

Q'pla!! Klingons never take prisoners!!

The looks on their faces when they encounter the V'Ger cloud.

Glory to you and your House

I am waiting for the lyrics to this song, which describe The Great Tribble Hunt.

Klingons brings me such joy, by Kahless! Q’apla!

One of the best Star Trek themes of all time.

Darth Plagueis 620 subscribers Awesome. I really really really like the background picture featuring all of my favorite Klingon Warship designs... especially the one very massive Klingon Negh'Var class Dreadnought, three Klingon Vor'Cha class Attack Cruisers, and around FIVE B'Rel class (possible K'Vort class) Klingon Bird's of Prey.

Gotta wonder if Star Fleet Battles got the idea for Enveloping Plasma Torpedoes from this scene.

Thanks to STAR TREK FIRST CONTACT, I now think of this as Worf's personal theme.

When those horns hit your brain just knows... : Klingons are coming.

KLINGON CAPTAIN: Tactical. Visual. Tactical. Stand by on torpedoes. Ready... Fire! Evasive!

At 7:26 i still Remember this Piccard: Mr Worf Worf: aye sir Epic Music Play Worf: Klingons warship Arm and Ready

I love both this theme and James Horner's Kilingon theme in the search for spock.

Always liked this. Has kind of a "Shogun" thing to it.

*"PREPARE FOR RAMMING SPEED!"*

GLORY TO YOU AND YOUR CHANNEL!

the klingons - future members of the federation, according to daniels (star trek: enterprise). this statement was one of the most memorable moments in that series!!

Revenge is dish best served cold!

Thee Klingon music!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Star Trek Armada Baby!

Classic Klingon theme. But also the lets see what happens when we fire torpedoes at V’ger theme. We made it angry! Evasive!

Just love it 👍

Love that music! One very minor critique though; no D7 Battle Cruiser pictured? That was the most majestic Klingon ship ever!

Good theme. Nice video.

When you march into your boss's office and ask.. i mean DEMAND a pay raise!

Glory to you and your channel!! Qua'plah!!

Hearing this makes me wonder whatever happened to Maltz. John Laroquett played him at end of III. But was never mentioned at beginning of IV when they went and got the whales. Oh well. Now where is my prune juice!! KHAPLAH!!!!!

It would have been a glorious day had the Klingon Empire met the now-human Vger. The empire would have sung songs about their new ally. True warriors in the same cause. That actually would’ve been the best end to Picard S3: Vger returns like Trelaina/Teresa from Yamato to take the borg back

I still think that V'Ger sting (using what I assume is an electric guitar) is genius. I didn't think the Klingons were on screen for this much time.

Kablaa Jahh wee,Bongwyjayy!!

Now I can't decide whether to have blood wine or prune juice. 🤔😉

blood wine now

[Darok hands Martok a bottle of bloodwine] General Martok : [surprised] "On the bridge?" Darok : "If they succeed, you can drink to their courage. And if they fail, you can still drink to their courage."

Me after watching TOS: bah, they are just stupid soldiers Me after watching The search for Spock: They are Beasts Me after watching The Next Generation: They are Great, Honorable Warriors. Kappla!!

“Tough little ship!” _”’Little’!?_ PetaQ, go ask Deanna which of us is ‘little’!”

Nice!! I wish you had included the two from insurrection though. Good flow!

Bah'wi! Mat'Ha!!

Glory to you... And your channel...

Another cracking compilation oh wise one!

Checkout the track 'Without Help' from the Star Trek V soundtrack the Klingon theme is given a big boost. Sounds amazing.

First thought: "Reminds me of the Total Recall theme! Who made this?" /looks up the author Second thought: "OMG They were composed by the same person!"