
Now that you mention it, I do hear the TOS TV theme in there a bit early on. Convenient that I watched "Space Seed" on Youtube just yesterday, cause otherwise I'm not sure I'd know what I was supposed to listen for (I got in with the '09 movie). It even sounds a bit like the movie themes for a Star Wars/Trek later on. It actually reminds me most of the opening to Super Smash Bros. Melee though, or at least that's the visual I get once it goes from the Super Metroid theme to the bulk of the song.
It's not a bad thing for a song, it's a good song, it's just hard to get over the cognitive dissonance I experience when I try to match it to the overall feel of Metroid games.