Star Trek Picard's Season 3 Showrunner Changed Show's Look and Noise to Be More Like The Next Generation

The very first two seasons of Star Trek: Picard are streaming now on Paramount+, as are all seven seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Star Trek: Picard Season 3 will premiere on February 16th on Paramount+.

That's why Mat alas replaced Jeff Russo, a pillar of the modern-day Star Trek franchise, with Stephen Barton as the season's composer. Mat alas feels Barton is much better fit for reviving the noises of Star Trek's past.

Star Trek: Picard Season 3 will include some old-school touches that Star Trek: The Next Generation fans will value. With Star Trek: Picard's final season bringing back the Next Generation team for one last objective (or maybe not), showrunner Terry Mat alas wanted to bring some aesthetic touches to the season that would make it feel more like a direct extension of The Next Generation than Picard's previous seasons did. If we were going to say this is the last Star Trek: The Next Generation movie, or 10 of the last Star Trek: The Next Generation films-- since all the episodes are very various-- then it needed to sound like that, too, Mat alas says. Mat alas formerly teased that Star Trek: Picard's last season will feel more cinematic, like a lost Star Trek: The Next Generation film (or 10 movies, going by the episode count).

Star Trek: Picard Season 3 will feature some old-school touches that Star Trek: The Next Generation fans will appreciate. With Star Trek: Picard's last season bringing back the Next Generation crew for one last objective (or maybe not), showrunner Terry Mat alas desired to bring some aesthetic touches to the season that would make it feel more like a direct continuation of The Next Generation than Picard's previous seasons did.

If we were going to say this is the last Star Trek: The Next Generation movie, or 10 of the last Star Trek: The Next Generation motion pictures-- because all the episodes are really different-- then it needed to seem like that, too, Mat alas says. Which required Stephen Barton. Then, later in the season, the score gets so enormous as the story grows that we needed to bring in some aid from Frederik Riemann, who's a brilliant composer also. I grew up with legends [like] Jerry Goldsmith and James Corner. Not to point out Dennis McCarthy and Cliff Edelman. All those Trek authors have nods.

Mat alas formerly teased that Star Trek: Picard's last season will feel more cinematic, like a lost Star Trek: The Next Generation movie (or 10 films, going by the episode count). If there wasn't going to be a last Star Trek: The Next Generation motion picture then this 10-episode series would serve that and feel like that.