The Enterprise lighting up and leaving space dock in Wrath of Khan is one of the finest scenes in cinema history.
I will die on that nebula
@drell they're very different scores. Personally I couldn't imagine either film without each of them. I think they're perfect matches.
That's another flaw of the Wrath director's cut. There are sections where the score dips out in the extended nebula sequences, and suddenly you realise just how MUCH the score drives the action there, not the effects.
@garius Don’t get me wrong, the Horner scores are very good. I just really love the Goldsmith score from the first one for all of its late 70s weirdness and maritime grandeur.
And I know I’m in the vast minority, but The Motion Picture is my favorite of the films.