Star Trek: Discovery opening title sequences

The opening title sequences for were produced by the design studio Prologue, and featured technical wire-frame outlines of tools like phasers, communicators and the , morphing into symbols representing life, belief, and exploration. Picturemill redesigned the titles for the third and fouth seasons based on those from the first two seasons.
The Prologue team that produced the original sequence included creative directors Ana Criado Zahonero and Kyle Cooper, designers Ana Criado Zahonero and Fernando Domínguez Cózar, animation and art direction by Francisco Sánchez de Cañete and Nader Husseini, editor Rachel Fowler, and writer Kurt Mattila. 
The score by Jeff Russo, featuring a sixty-piece orchestra, opens and closes with nods to the original score by Alexander Courage. 
== Season 1 ==
For DIS Season 1, imagery included -style phaser and communicator, a hand performing the Vulcan salute, and two near-touching hands in Starfleet environmental suits, referencing The Creation of Adam by Michaelangelo.
The rippled sand formation Discovery flies over is taken from actual imagery of the on Mars. 
File:Dilithium and nacelle DIS S1 opening titles.jpg|Discovery nacelle comes into view through a field of (green) dilithium
File:Discovery shuttlebay DIS opening titles.jpg|Aft view of Discovery forms from technical wireframe
File:Discovery main bridge DIS opening titles.jpg|Main Bridge comes into view
File:Discovery three quarter DIS opening titles.jpg|Discovery three quarter view
== Season 2 ==
The DIS Season 2 opening was released on , two days before the second season premier . The new sequence featured several changes including the addition of the command chair, the Red Angel out of focus, the IDIC, Section 31 badge, and a transporter room ("invented by Emory Erickson.") 
The Red Angel figure is replaced by a clearer Red Angel suit in the opening of , following Saru's observations in .
File:Command chair, DIS opening title.jpg|The Enterprise command chair
File:Red angel blurry, DIS opening title.jpg|The mysterious Red Angel figure (out of focus)
File:Starfleet badges 2257, DIS opening title.jpg|Starfleet badges (used aboard the Enterprise) morph into badges used aboard Discovery, on a transporter
File:Red angel suit, DIS opening title.jpg|The Red Angel suit ("Light and Shadows" onward)
== Season 3 ==
StarTrek.com released the DIS Season 3 opening title sequence on , the day before the release of the season premier . 
New featured graphics included Booker's ship, the 32nd century Starfleet phaser, and the sequence featuring Starfleet badges over a transporter was changed to feature generic 2250s badges morphing into 32nd century-style badges. The sequence ends depicting entry into a wormhole, referencing the crew's time travel to the future as the premise for the season.
File:Dilithium and nacelle DIS S3 opening titles.jpg|Discovery nacelle comes into view through a field of (red) dilithium
File:Type 2 phaser, 32nd century, DIS opening title.jpg|A 2250s-style phaser morphs into a 32nd century phaser
File:Booker's ship, DIS opening title.jpg|Booker's ship comes together
The opening titles were vertically mirrored and color-inverted for , an episode that began and was primarily set in the mirror universe.
File:Discovery three quarter (mirror), DIS opening titles.jpg|Discovery three-quarter view, inverted
File:Discovery over planet (mirror), DIS opening titles.jpg|Discovery over a planet, inverted
File:Starfleet badges 3189 (mirror), DIS opening titles.jpg|32nd century tricom badges, inverted
File:Wormhole (mirror), DIS opening titles.jpg|The space-time wormhole, inverted
== Season 4 ==
As had been done with prior seasons, the DIS Season 4 opening title sequence included several new and revised visuals alongside some that had carried over from prior seasons. All visuals of Discovery now reflect its refit design with disconnected warp nacelles. 
== External link ==
* interview
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