Summary
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Celia Rose Gooding looks back on howStar Trek’s first-ever musical started off as a"joke"that brought the cast closer together. Directed by Dermot Downs and written by Kathryn Lyn and Bill Wolkoff,Strange New Worlds’musical episode, “Subspace Rhapsody”, was a smash with critics and audiences.“Subspace Rhapsody’s” soundtrack of songs written and composed by Tom Polce and Kay Hanley from Letters to Cleo even topped the Apple streaming music charts.
The Wrap’s How I Did Itinterviewed Kay Hanley, Tom Polce, and Celia Rose Gooding about howStar Trek: Strange New Worlds’musical episode came to be. Gooding admitted she was nervous when she realized theStar Trekmusical would be a real thing, and she discussed howthe experience of singing together created a"pretty unbreakable bond"within the cast.Read her quotes below:
When I first heard about the musical episode, it started off as a joke. I thought it would be cool in theory – we have a lot of musical people, myself and Chrissy (Christina Chong) who plays La’an… Then, when I found out it was going to be an actual thing, it wasn’t just a joke anymore, I got really nervous.
I feel like there’s something intimate and special about singing in harmony with someone else. It just creates a bond that is pretty unbreakable. So the fact we got this moment together as a cast/family, we’re bonded in a way that I don’t know if many other Trek families are, truthfully.
The cast, songwriters, and executive producers ofStar Trek: Strange New Worlds’musical recently gathered for anFYC event in Los Angelesfor a Q&A and singalong screening of “Subspace Rhapsody”. See photos below:
Star Trek Strange New Worlds Musical Episode Ending Explained
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' musical episode ended with a rousing grand finale where song was both the problem and the solution to save the galaxy.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Cast Will Keep Singing Together
Some of the actors have collaborated on a new song
Boldly singing together inStar Trek: Strange New Worlds' musical episode turned out not to be a one-time thing for Christina Chong, Celia Rose Gooding, Melisaa Navia, and Jess Bush. TheStar Trekquartet collaborated on a new songtogether called “Space Girlz”, which is waiting to be released.Chong, Bush, Navia, and Gooding worked with award-winning producer Jim Anderson in Toronto to produce the new trackwhile they were filmingStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3.
Christina Chong released “Twin Flames”, an EP of original songs, in 2023.
There is even talk about bringingStar Trek: Strange New Worlds' musical to Broadway, although that may just be a fanciful dream at this point. Then again, so was the very concept of aStar Trekmusical to begin with, and that became not just a reality, but a hit.Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' cast definitely has musical talent they want to continue pursuing. It remains to be seen ifStar Trek: Strange New Worlds' musical will ever have an encore, but there are always possibilities.
