Every Star Trek Opening Titles Ranked Worst To Best
Which intro to Star Trek leaves you cold and which leaves you hungry for more?
If there is one double-edged sword of the streaming era, it's the ability to skip the intros on our favourite shows. When most of the Star Trek series were airing, one had to sit tight while the credits rolled, checking to see if there were any new names in the list. Spoiler, there usually weren't.
However, that pushed the creators to work on introductions that were worth the investment, including beautiful visuals and stunning music where possible. Not every Star Trek show managed to pull it off, yet all of them have offered something truly unique to the franchise.
The currently airing Treks - Discovery, Picard and Lower Decks - could be forgiven for phoning it in, knowing that people would most likely skip this part of the episode anyway. However, thankfully none of them have opted to do this and there are another three very different, compelling, opening credits to enjoy for this list.
Beginning with the lowest-ranked introduction (which does tug at my heart, I won't lie) we have ranked each series based on music, visuals and length, beginning with the only choice for the bottom pick.
9. Enterprise
To be fair, it grows on you!
The introduction to Enterprise features many images of the achievements that mankind has made throughout time, leading up to the advancement into space travel and the launch of the Phoenix. The message behind the credits roll was to show exactly what we've done to get to where we are. It has indeed been a long road.
However, the decision to add vocals over the credits is what rockets this intro to the bottom of the list. It is so tonally different from what had come before, or what has come since, that it stands out in quite a negative way. There was an attempt as the show went into its third season to jazz it up a bit, though even that was bizarre as the show had entered its darkest period.
The fourth season two-parter In A Mirror, Darkly uses a different, Terran inspired opening sequence that is far superior to the standard vocal. Archer's Theme, composed by Dennis McCarthy to accompany the captain, had originally been slated as the overall theme, until Rick Berman and Brannon Braga decided to take this series in another direction. Unfortunately, that makes this sequence justifiably skippable.