by Ryan Keaveney

That sound you hear is not a blaster beam, but the collective nerd boner being sprung over Film Score Monthly’s expanded release of James Horner’s Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. The score is what many believe to be the composer’s career highpoint (those would be the people who love to stick it to him, considering at the time he was still a young lad from England Southern California.)

The new release adds an additional 30 minutes of material not heard on the GNP/Crescendo CD, and has been completely remastered from well-preserved three-track stereo mixes.

Main Title* 3:06
Surprise on Ceti Alpha V 0:45
Khan’s Pets 4:19
The Eels of Ceti Alpha V/Kirk in Space Shuttle* 3:53
Enterprise Clears Moorings 3:33
Chekov Lies* 0:40
Spock 1:12
Kirk Takes Command*/He Tasks Me 2:07
Genesis Project (Composed and Performed by Craig Huxley) 3:16
Surprise Attack 5:07
Kirk’s Explosive Reply 4:01
Inside Regula I 1:35
Brainwashed 1:24
Captain Terrell’s Death 1:58
Buried Alive 0:57
The Genesis Cave 1:09
Battle in the Mutara Nebula 8:07
Enterprise Attacks Reliant 1:29
Genesis Countdown 6:34
Spock (Dies)* 1:53
Amazing Grace 1:26
Epilogue*/End Title* 8:41

Total Time: 67:52

Bonus Track
Epilogue (original version)*/End Title* 7:29

Total Disc Time: 75:28

*Contains “Theme From Star Trek (TV Series)” by Alexander Courage

Available at Screen Archives.