Buckingham Palace Guard's hat tip to Star Trek!
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- čas přidán 18. 03. 2010
- I was in London at a conference and the day after I went sightseeing. I of course watched the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace.
I couldn't believe what I heard when they started playing... :D
Do you recognize the series whose themes they're playing? It's four of them!
I did and this was quite possibly one of the best parts of my visit to London!
Sorry for the bad quality that's all my cheap photo camera is capable of. - Zábava
As Spock would say "Fascinating!"
While the Queen's away....
In order: Star Trek the Original Series, Deep Space Nine, Generations, Voyager, Next Generation, and an ending flourish back to the Original
Hearing these themes live like this must have been amazing... the band played well...just not sure how the hell anyone could just talk through this whole thing though.
They're playing an arrangement titled "Star Trek Through The Years"; arranged by John Moss.
Thanks for beeing awesome, Buckingham Palace Guard! Whoever chose this approach should be awarded or something..
It's not just that they're playing Star Trek themes. It's that they're playing them beautifully, especially the first one.
Brilliant arrangement of the themes.. Thanks for sharing!
No doubt in honor of Patrick Stewart becoming an Officer of the British Empire.
You mean Sir Patrick Stewart??
2010 would’ve been him being knighted. The OBE came in 2001.
This is epicness!! May the Queen live long and prosper! ^^
That was great, hearing the Band of the Coldstreams perform the theme from Original Star Trek, Next Generation/The Motion Picture, Deep Space Nine, Voyager and even Generations! Makes me want to book a flight to London!
Gotta love the Band of the Coldstream Guards.
There's five, actually: TOS, DS9, Generations, Voyager and TMP/TNG.
Mad amount of awesomeness!!
In order of TV series they're playing the themes of 0:37: TOS, 1:19:DS9, 3:07: Voyager, and finally 3:47: TNG.
To boldly go where no Guards band has gone before.......
This is actually quite a good arrangement, particularly given the limitations of a military band.
This is EXCEPTIONAL!! Thank you for posting this!
Breathtaking. They played beautifully. Thanks for sharing
Fantastic! I got married to one of those pieces, so it was VERY familiar!
HELL YEAH STAR TREK!!
Beam them up, Scotty! This is so cool!
Very touching........Trek is back!
I'm just now seeing this in 2013? I must turn in my Trekkie Card.
our best buds, I love England !!!!!
Instant favorite! What a great job done by the Buckingham Palace Guards! I don't use twitter much, but this is worthy of its own tweet.
Oh man, this TOTALLY makes my day. Pure awesomeness!
That was awesome! Thanks for uploading the Buckingham Palace tribute to the CBS-owned 'Star Trek' franchise on your visit from Germany to the United Kingdom. Live long and prosper! Lebhaftlange und erweitern sich! Greetings from the United States of America!
Believe it or not but i get the Shivers from that, i mean that Positively. This guys are GREAT ;o)
That´s the most amazing thing i saw this week!
Love to hear the theme of the movie "Generations" in the middle. Clap Clap Clap!
Nice medley! Considering the best source for science fiction shows in America is BBC America, I'm not surprised! Just wanted Red Dwarf and Dr Who themes as well! What fun!
I love Star Trek....in all forms.
Liked the first theme, the second theme started correctly but then it started to sound nothing like the theme. It's funny some of the songs they play, would love to go down there and listen sometime. Thanks for uploading the vid.
I'm glad to see the quality on the video was pretty good. I hate it when people turn their cameras around to get themselves in the shot, or when they're talking over the performance. There are so many bad videos of the Guards' performances. So thank you for a good job.
Actually, I think you'll find that the themes go as follows (with timings a bit loose):
0:00-1:10 Star Trek: The Original Series Theme
1:19-1:45 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 9 Theme
1:45-2:34 Star Trek Generations Overture
3:07-3:40 Star Trek Voyager Theme
3:47-4:30 Star Trek The Next Generation Theme
4:30-end Star Trek TOS reprise
Absolutely brilliant! :)
me too! How did we miss this?
Back in 1994 when I had the opportunity to visit the Changing of the Guard the band played the Ghostbusters Theme
wow even the Generations theme!
what Roseburg93 said. put Star Trek in your tags....that will get this more views.
this is AWESOME!! have favorited it and gonna share on twitter.
Mindblowing!
Thanks for sharing!
queenie must be a fan!
Fantastic!
Simply Magic,terrific
fantastic!
Thats just so friging awesome!
The Palace Guard was forced to play for a Saudi ruler known for ignoring human rights. The song they played was Darth Vader's Imperial Death March. The ruler loved it.
The only part I didn't like was the chuckleheads giggling in the background.
They need to play the Psycho theme.
ok you guys are awesome.
No doubt the guards have their weapons set to stun!
I think the best Star Trek soundtracks are:
- original theme by Alexander Courage
- James Horner's theme for ST-2 and ST-3
- Jerry Goldsmith's theme for ST-1 ST-5 and The Next Generation
goosebumps
Maybe this is just some extraordinary coincidence... the British Army came up with Star Trek like marching song!
thank you
Your photo camera did quite well, the audio quality pierces the enjoyment threshold.
Royal humor :D
AWESOME!!
GREAT!!!!
Fucking great. XD Awesome! :-O
And - i really think, at least the sound quality isn't that bad. I don't really care about the picture quality, as there is not much changing so not much who really have to see. Most important is the sound quality which is good enaugh.
@aeckvon The theme music to Next Gen is a rework of the theme from 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture'.
I think the theme song from Star Trek Generations is in there somewhere also
That's hilarious!
If we make peaceful relations with an alien civilisation, is Patrick Stewart gonna be our ambassador while wearing his TNG costume?
@sswarowsky really everyone should know that
the whole thing was made in one piece and over the years they took different parts of it for the opening music for the different shows
live long and prosper :)
awesome! I wonder if they've ever played Journey.
wow they sound great tho ;)
bout fucking time :D
@TheWMDhacker Nope, it's the Generations theme. I know Archer's Theme by heart, and that's not it. They do sound similar, though.
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@willtoulan Haha, thanks very much :D
To late that idea was out about 30 years ago an audience with Billy Connelly
@aeckvon
Actually you've forgotten to mention the Star Trek: Generations theme between the DS9 and Voyager theme
@borg2424 I'd be tempted to go with the sound being slightly out of sync. You'd truly be amazed at some of the tunes they play. Everything from Star Trek to Kashmir to Austin Powers! Not forgetting, of course, the time honoured military music you would expect to hear. ;-)
England FTW!
TOS, NG, DS9, V, any others?
@sswarowsky As a Trek fan I would be laughing as well ....
I love being English
What other American series themes would be played in England other than that of the most popular series of all time>
@cteran70 she already has
For non-trekkers, themes in order of appearance
Star Trek The Original Series
Star Trek Deep Space 9
Star Trek Voyager
Star Trek The Next Generation
what the hell are you talking? The Enterprise theme was the best of all
Where the hell was First Contact?
The Queen is a trekkie? XD
I think you need to get Star Trek into your tags or title. Then this could get millions of hits. Seriously.
someone gag the hyena
I've always regarded the Brits as dry and stiff upper lipped. This changed my opinion.
Good stuff! Live long and prosper!
First Contact was a movie, not a series.
You laugh like Beavis and Butthead
Star date .....
Etc Etc
I'm VERY glad they left out the Enterprize them because that was AWFUL.
Except for the disrespectful talking while the music was playing I gave this a thumbs up. Next time not off the chatter and show some respect for your country.
+John Lane What? I've never heard that it's disrespectful to talk. It's not like quite talking is going to drown out the band.
Howie Lane Show some gratitude mate. They recorded this and put it up for you to watch, and all you do is come here and give them a telling off. In MY eyes YOU’RE the one being disrespectful.
this is so nerdy
Whoever is filming stop talking
I am not sure I'm buying this. Sounds like a hoax as the conductor seems to be off on a lot of notes, unless the sound itself is off. I also noticed "skips" in the video and the music did not miss a beat. Hmmmmmmm?
@World0fWhorecraft Take your own advice dude...Trekkies get laid far more regularly than trolls do! :)
sure if your into low budget cinema.