Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek
IV: The Voyage Home is a 1986 American science fiction film directed by Leonard Nimoy and based on the television series.
It is the fourth feature installment in the" Star Trek" film series, and is a sequel to( 1984); it completes the story arc begun in( 1982) and continued in" The Search for Spock".
Intent on returning home to Earth to face trial for their actions in the previous film, the former crew of the USS" Enterprise" finds the planet in grave danger from an alien probe attempting to contact now- extinct humpback whales.
The crew travel to Earth's past to find whales who can answer the probe's call.
After directing" The Search for Spock", cast member Leonard Nimoy was asked to direct the next feature, and given greater freedom regarding the film's content.
Nimoy and producer Harve Bennett conceived a story with an environmental message and no clear- cut villain.
Dissatisfied with the first screenplay produced by Steve Meerson and Peter Krikes, Paramount hired" The Wrath of Khan" writer and director Nicholas Meyer.
Meyer and Bennett divided the story between them and wrote different parts of the script, requiring approval from Nimoy, lead actor William Shatner, and Paramount.
Principal photography commenced on February 24, 1986.
Unlike previous" Star Trek" films," The Voyage Home" was shot extensively on location; many real settings and buildings were used as stand- ins for scenes set around and in the city of San Francisco.
Special effects firm Industrial Light& Magic assisted in post-production and the film's special effects.
Few of the humpback whales in the film were real: ILM devised full- size animatronics and small motorized models to stand in for the real creatures.
The film was dedicated to the crew of the Space Shuttle" Challenger", which broke up 73 seconds after takeoff on the morning of January 28, 1986.
" The Voyage Home" was released on November 26, 1986 in North America by Paramount Pictures, and became the top- grossing film at the weekend box office.
The film's humor and unconventional story were well- received by critics, fans of the series, and the general audience.
It was financially successful, earning$ 133 million worldwide, and earned several awards and four Oscar nominations for its cinematography and audio.
Alexander Courage
Alexander Mair" Sandy" Courage Jr.( December 10, 1919
May 15, 2008) was an American orchestrator, arranger, and composer of music, primarily for television and film.
He is best known as the composer of the theme music for the original" Star Trek" series.
James Horner
James Roy Horner (August 14, 1953 – June 22, 2015) was an American composer, conductor and orchestrator of film scores, writing over 100.
He was known for the integration of choral and electronic elements, and for his frequent use of motifs associated with Celtic music.
Horner's first major score was in 1979 for "The Lady in Red", but he did not establish himself as an eminent film composer until his work on the 1982 film .
His for James Cameron's "Titanic" is the best-selling orchestral film soundtrack of all time.
He also wrote the score for the second highest-grossing film of all time, Cameron's "Avatar".
Horner collaborated on multiple projects with directors including Don Bluth, James Cameron, Joe Johnston, Walter Hill and Ron Howard; producers including George Lucas, David Kirschner, Jon Landau, Brian Grazer and Steven Spielberg; and songwriters including Will Jennings, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil.
He won two Academy Awards, six Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, three Satellite Awards, and three Saturn Awards, and was nominated for three BAFTA Awards.
Horner, who was an avid pilot, died at the age of 61 in a single-fatality crash while flying his Short Tucano turboprop aircraft.
David Alan Mack
David Alan Mack is a writer best known for his freelance" Star Trek" novels.
Mack also has had a" Star Trek" script produced, and worked on a" Star Trek" comic book.
Doug Jung
Doug Jung is an American screenwriter and film producer.
He is known for writing the screenplay for the 2016 film" Star Trek Beyond".
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Star Trek III:
The Search for Spock is a 1984 American science fiction film, written by Harve Bennett, directed by Leonard Nimoy, and based on the television series .
It is the third film in the "Star Trek" film series, and is the second part of a three-film story arc that begins with  (1982) and concludes with  (1986).
After the death of Spock (Nimoy), the crew of the USS "Enterprise" returns to Earth.
When James T. Kirk (William Shatner) learns that Spock's spirit, or katra, is held in the mind of Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy (DeForest Kelley), Kirk and company steal the "Enterprise" to return Spock's body to his homeworld.
The crew must also contend with hostile Klingons led by Kruge (Christopher Lloyd) who are bent on stealing the secrets of a powerful terraforming device.
Paramount Pictures commissioned the film after the positive critical and commercial reaction to "The Wrath of Khan".
Nimoy directed the film, becoming the first "Star Trek" cast member to do so.
Producer Harve Bennett wrote the script starting from the end and working back, and intended the destruction of the "Enterprise" to be a shocking development.
Bennett and Nimoy collaborated with effects house Industrial Light & Magic to develop storyboards and new ship designs; ILM also handled the film's many special effects sequences.
Aside from a single day of location shooting, all of the film's scenes were shot on Paramount and ILM soundstages.
Composer James Horner returned to expand his themes from the previous film.
"The Search for Spock" opened on June 1, 1984.
In its first week of release, the film grossed over $16 million from almost 2,000 theaters across North America.
It went on to gross $76 million at the domestic box office, with a total of $87 million worldwide.
Critical reaction to "The Search for Spock" was positive, but notably less so than the previous film.
Reviewers generally praised the cast and characters, while criticism tended to focus on the plot; the special effects were conflictingly received.
Roger Ebert called the film a compromise between the tones of the first and second "Star Trek" films.
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The Search for Spock" has since been released on multiple home video formats, including VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray high definition discs.
Dennis McCarthy (composer)
Dennis McCarthy( born July 3, 1945) is an American composer of television and film scores.
Highly prolific, his soundtrack credits include several entries in the" Star Trek" franchise, including underscores for,,, and the 1994 feature film" Star Trek Generations".
His other television credits include" DynastyVMacGyverSliders Dawson's Creek," and" Project Greenlight."
He also produced the album" Ol' Yellow Eyes Is Back" by fellow" Star Trek" alumnus Brent Spiner, and composed music for stage productions.
McCarthy has won 18 ASCAP awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards, one for his theme on and the other for background score on a" Star Trek TNG" episode, in addition to nine Emmy nominations for his various" Star Trek"- related work.
He also shares one Emmy for his music direction for the 63rd Academy Awards.
Rick Berman
Richard Keith Berman( born December 25, 1945) is an American television producer.
He is best known for his work as the executive producer of several of the" Star Trek" television series:,, and, as well as several of the" Star Trek" films, and for ultimately succeeding Gene Roddenberry as head of the" Star Trek" franchise until the cancellation of" Star Trek: Enterprise" in 2005.
Denise Okuda
Denise Lynn Okuda is a computer, scenic and video supervisor, and a writer known for her work on several" Star Trek" film and television productions, as well as other science fiction television.
She also co-authored the" Star Trek Encyclopedia" and the" Star Trek Chronology".
In a 2016 interview with" Geek Speak Magazine", Okuda explained her connection to" Star TrekI loved the original series as a child.
I had friends who were connected with the show, but I never had a chance to work on it until Herman Zimmerman asked me to work on" Star Trek VI" as a production assistant.
From there, he invited me to be a graphic artist on" Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Okuda currently serves as a consultant to CBS on the project to upgrade to high definition.
She previously served as a producer for visual effects for CBS Paramount's remastered version of the original Star Trek series.
Okuda's credits also include,,, and four" Star Trek" movies.
Working with her husband, Michael, Denise wrote trivia text commentaries for the ten" Star Trek" Special Edition DVD movies, as well as special text commentaries for the" Star Trek" Fan Collection sets.
Her other production credits include the pilot episode of" Threshold" and the TV series version of" The Flash".
Okuda was a cataloguer for the auction of" Star Trek" memorabilia by Christie's auction house in 2006.
She was interviewed on her work for the project in the History Channel documentary.
Walter Ulfig
Walter Ulfig was a German composer of film scores.

Question: What is the date of death of the composer of film Star Trek Iii: The Search For Spock?
Answer: June 22, 2015