Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (Expanded) [Soundtrack]

The same guys who brought you the complete Star Trek II - The Wrath Of Khan, went ahead and created this.

The first CD is the complete score in film order, remastered from Dan Wallin's original 24-track masters by Michael Matessino, and the sound quality is stunning.

Then the second CD includes, remastered from the same sources, a reconstruction of the original LP arrangement, with several cues notably different from the score itself.

On top of this, we have a beautifully detailed 20 page booklet, containing extensive notes about both the film and score, as well as cue-by-cue breakdowns of both CDs.

If you have the rare, now overpriced, and long out-of-pring GNP Crescendo release, it is now obsolete.

VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED !!!!

I remember buying the vinyle album back in 1984, and it remains one of my all-time favorite score albums. I was too excited to hear they finally made the expanded version of the soundtrack to probably my favorite Star Trek movie!!

James Horner returned to compose this score, after scoring The Wrath Of Khan, and wrote some of the most beautiful music in a Star Trek movie. Using old themes from TWOK and the Star Trek fanfare, he added more to Spock's already haunting and beautiful theme, and added his theme for the Klingons, and made the most emotional and beautiful music of all the films.

For this release, they released a 2-disc set. The second CD features the original release of nine tracks, including a disco-like interpretation of the main theme. The first disc contains all the music as heard in the film! Of particular interest is four tracks that were featured in the original release (Prolouge and Main Title, Klingons, Steeling The Enterprise, Returning To...Read more

And then to imagine that the director of Star Trek III originally wanted his friend Leonard Rosenman to write the music for that movie! Well, he got his chance later, but I for one am happy James Horner was again hired to create some new music magic for Star Trek. About the music for Star Trek III: The Search for Spock James Horner can be quoted as saying: "It's just a much more interesting score and, for me, a much more beautiful and emotional score than Star Trek II." Although Mr. Horner may be right about beauty and emotion, I find it hard to believe that this music is more interesting. But now that a full extended version of the soundtrack for Star Trek III: The Search for Spock has arrived, we are better able to judge if Mr. Horner is right, but we should certainly take this music at it's own merits. Technically speaking, this remastered expanded edition is a gem on all accounts. The sound picture truly opens up and blossoms, all the beautiful instrumental color and detail...Read more