What is this piece of music, from Star Trek: First Contact?

[The_Bith_Shuffle]

In Star Trek: First Contact, Picard is sitting in his ready room listening to a piece of music when Riker walks in and asks “Bizet?” Picard says “Berlioz”. Which Berlioz piece was he listening to?

[mhendo]

According to the movie’s IMDB trivia page:

The opera that Picard is listening to is Berlioz’ “Les Troyens”. The song is “Hylas’ Song” from the beginning of Act V. Hylas is a homesick young sailor being rocked to sleep by the sea as he dreams of the homeland he will never see again.

I can’t vouch for the accuracy of the information, but it gives you a place to start.

[Colibri]

Since this is about music in a movie, it’s better suited for CS than GQ.

Colibri
General Questions Moderator

[The_Bith_Shuffle]

@Colibri

Since this is about music in a movie, it’s better suited for CS than GQ.

Colibri
General Questions Moderator

Are questions about objective facts about the arts meant for Cafe Society? I thought that GQ was always the right place for questions with straightforwardly true answers, even if they were about the arts or games.

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@The_Bith_Shuffle

I thought that GQ was always the right place for questions with straightforwardly true answers,

Yes…

@The_Bith_Shuffle

even if they were about the arts or games.

…unless they’re about arts or games.

[FordTaurusSHO94]

I think First Contact has one of the best Star Trek soundtracks.

[Pushkin]

@mhendo

According to the movie’s IMDB trivia page:I can’t vouch for the accuracy of the information, but it gives you a place to start.

I can’t vouch for the soundtrack pages either, but I assume they’re taken from the credits at the end of the film itself.

And once again I give myself a :smack: for keeping my Trek movie DVDs in my parents’ house and not being able to check on the spot.