Audio commentary

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Audio commentaries are separate audio tracks on DVDs from the regular soundtrack. Often a director, writer, or actor will discuss details about the production, story, and so forth on a commentary. A single DVD can hold several commentaries (as many audio tracks as space allows), and they can be generally selected from a menu off of the main menu of the DVD. Often the discussion by the participants will be on top of the dialog and regular soundtrack, both of which have their volumes lowered for better comprehension of the commentary dialog.

Almost all of the Star Trek movies have audio commentaries in addition to their text commentaries, and several episodes from Star Trek: Enterprise feature them.

[edit] Commentaries available

[edit] Movies

• Star Trek: The Motion Picture

- Director Robert Wise, special effects supervisors Douglas Trumbull and John Dykstra, composer Jerry Goldsmith and actor Stephen Collins

- In 2007 StarTrek.com released an additional audio commentary for this release of the movie, featuring the FX team responsible for the new effects; David C. Fein, Michael Matessino and Daren R. Dochterman. This additional commentary can be downloaded.

• Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan

- Director Nicholas Meyer

• Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

- Director Leonard Nimoy, writer-producer Harve Bennett, director of photography Charles Correll, and actress Robin Curtis

• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

- Director and actor Leonard Nimoy and actor William Shatner

• Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

- Director and actor William Shatner and his daughter, Liz Shatner

• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

- Director Nicholas Meyer and screenwriter Denny Martin Flinn

• Star Trek Generations

- Writers Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga

• Star Trek: First Contact

- Director and actor Jonathan Frakes

- Writers Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga

• Star Trek Nemesis

- Director Stuart Baird

- Producer Rick Berman

[edit] Episodes

• The Original Series

• "The Enemy Within"

- Enterprise writers/producers Garfield and Judith Reeves-Stevens

• "The Trouble with Tribbles" (on the TOS Season 2 Blu-ray release)

- Writer David Gerrold

• The Animated Series

• "More Tribbles, More Troubles" (found on the Star Trek: The Animated Series DVD, and the TOS Season 2 Blu-ray release)

- Writer David Gerrold

• "Bem" (found on the Star Trek: The Animated Series DVD)

- Writer David Gerrold

• "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth" (found on the Star Trek: The Animated Series DVD)

- Writer David Wise

• The Next Generation

• "Parallels" (found on the Alternate Realities Fan Collective)

- Producer/Writer Brannon Braga

• "Yesterday's Enterprise" (found on the Alternate Realities Fan Collective)

- Director David Carson

• Deep Space 9

• "Crossover" (found on the Alternate Realities Fan Collective)

- Director David Livingston

• Enterprise

• "Broken Bow" (found on the Enterprise Season 1 DVD and the Klingon Fan Collective)

- Creators, executive producers, and writers Brannon Braga and Rick Berman

• "Dead Stop" (found on the Enterprise Season 2 DVD)

- Writers Mike Sussman and Phyllis Strong

• "Judgment" (available as a StarTrek.com podcast)

- Writer David A. Goodman and StarTrek.com editorial director Tim Gaskill

• "Regeneration" (found on the Enterprise Season 2 DVD and the Borg Fan Collective)

- Writers Mike Sussman and Phyllis Strong

• "Twilight" (found on the Alternate Realities Fan Collective)

- Writer Mike Sussman and StarTrek.com editorial director Tim Gaskill

Also available as a StarTrek.com podcast.

• "North Star" (found on the Enterprise Season 3 DVD)

- Assistant director Mike DeMeritt

- A second commentary with writer David A. Goodman and StarTrek.com editorial director Tim Gaskill is available as a StarTrek.com podcast

• "Similitude" (found on the Enterprise Season 3 DVD)

- Writer and executive producer Manny Coto

• "In a Mirror, Darkly" (found on the Enterprise Season 4 DVD)

- Writer Mike Sussman and StarTrek.com editorial director Tim Gaskill.

Also available as a StarTrek.com podcast

• "In a Mirror, Darkly, Part II" (found on the Enterprise Season 4 DVD)

- Writer Mike Sussman and StarTrek.com editorial director Tim Gaskil

An extended version of this commentary is also available as a StarTrek.com podcast

• "Terra Prime" (found on the Enterprise Season 4 DVD)

- Writers Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens with StarTrek.com editorial director Tim Gaskill

Also available as a StarTrek.com podcast