“The Moon’s a Window to Heaven” is one of only a handful of original songs ever written for Star Trek, a series that typically sticks to orchestral scores and time-tested catalog music. The voice belongs to Machun, then-vocalist for the band Hiroshima, and the song is “The Moon’s a Window to Heaven,” arranged and performed by Hiroshima both here and in the full-band version that features at the end of the film’s original soundtrack album. And, finally, “What’s that song she’s singing?” “Is that her singing voice?” No, it isn’t, though she was promised it would be. “Is that really Nichelle Nichols dancing dressed in nothing but two decorative fans and convenient lighting?” Yes, it is. This scene tends to provoke a lot of questions from viewers. This diversion takes the form of Commander Uhura performing a live, nude cabaret act on a hilltop. Kirk and company need a way to divert a group of armed revolutionaries so that our heroes can steal their horses and ride into combat. During a mission to rescue a trio of diplomats from the zealot Sybok, Captain James T. There’s a bizarre moment midway through Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, the William Shatner-helmed feature film enjoyed as much ironically as sincerely by Trekkies since its release in 1989.
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