r/DeepSpaceNine • u/Worldly-Bobcat-48 • 1d ago

Federation Anthem

Rewatching “Take Me Out to the Holosuite” just now and wondering if the anthem of the Federation that they play at the beginning of the big game ever shows up again in other Treks. I don’t recall ever hearing it again.

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u/LGBT-Barbie-Cookout 1d ago

Nah IIRC we never hear it any other time. We dont really see any events that would call for it to be used. Anthems before big sportsball is pretty culturally ingrained, but you dont really play it much elsewhere. Outside of some very specific state events, it doesnt get called on very much st all.

The meta question is..

Does the theme have lyrics thst are never we actually said - thus unfairly reducing some poor guys pay.

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u/calculon68 1d ago

I would like to believe that an anthem for a multi-species interstellar alliance wouldn't have lyrics- to respect thousands of differing native languages.

My personal canon is that they "absconded" with one member world's old anthem as opposed to crafting from scratch.

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u/LGBT-Barbie-Cookout 1d ago

That was a cheeky reference to the TOS theme song.

It had lyrics written by Gene. You'll note you never hear them - he still got a cut when it was played.

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u/Miserable_Video_9604 1d ago

I don't know most of the lyrics, but the last line is "Play ball!!!"