1996 film score by Jerry Goldsmith
The music to the 1996 science fiction film Star Trek: First Contact is composed by Jerry Goldsmith, in his third Star Trek film after The Motion Picture (1979) and The Final Frontier (1989). The film, directed by Jonathan Frakes, is based on the television series The Next Generation and the eighth Star Trek film overall. Goldsmith composed and recorded most of the cues in a short span of time with assistance from his son Joel Goldsmith, who in-turn had written few cues and additional music based on his father's motifs. The score was released by GNP Crescendo Records on December 2, 1996.