McCarthy first became involved in composing music for '' Star Trek '' with the first episode of '' Star Trek : The Next Generation '' , " Encounter At Farpoint " . He went on to work on several more '' Star Trek '' series , along with the film '' Star Trek Generations '' . He won an Emmy Award for his composition of the theme tune for '' Star Trek : Deep Space Nine '' . He recorded the score for the pilot episode , " Broken Bow " , with an orchestra on September 10 and 11 , 2001 . Despite an offer to postpone the recording on the second day because of the September 11 attacks , they decided to continue recording the music . McCarthy described this as " the hardest recording session of my entire career "
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
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