After seeing
Star Trek Into Darkness again, I had a hankering for some Peter Weller action. Luckily he guest starred as another war mongering villain in the
Star Trek universe on two 2005 episodes of
Enterprise. Over the years I've caught a few episodes of the original series, more than a few of
Next Generation, a couple
Voyager but not one of
Deep Space Nine or
Enterprise. Imagine my surprise when the theme song was a cover of Faith of the Heart by my favorite English crooner, Rod Stewart!
The credits list the song written by one Diane Warren who I found out is one of the world's foremost writer of songs having had her tunes belted out by the likes of Aerosmith, Stewart, Elton John, Barbara Streisand, Roy Orbison, N'Sync, Celine Dion and Canadian crooner Bryan Adams. Warren and Stewart's collaboration was produced for Robin Williams' 1998 "medical student uses humor on patients" effort
Patch Adams. Didn't that movie end in a really messed up way? Like his best friend or love interest got murdered messed up?
Three years later, Russell Watson would cover and rework Faith of the Heart, now dubbed Where My Heart Will Take Me for
Enterprise, making it the first vocal track used for a
Trek theme song. Apparently the ol'
Trek fanbase didn't love the song and petitioned for it's removal. Producers stood firm and kept the track for the shows four years. I can't say Watson's rendition beats the original because let's face it, who can really beat Rod the Mod, Rod the Bod when it comes to sweeping performances that get to you on multiple levels? Soothing, uplifting, nearly inspiring...what? I've got Tiger Blood bro, bring it!
Close your eyes and listen, tell me you don't have visions of clouds, sailing and winning:
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