17 - Battle In The Mutara Nebula - James Horner - Star Trek II The Wrath Of Khan Expanded

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[Diomedes]

"There she is! There she is! Not so wounded as we were let to believe. So much the better...."

Best. Villain. EVER.

[dlc]

As much as I like Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock and Smaug, Ricardo Montalban was, is and always shall be my Khan.

[slammy]

Still the greatest Star Trek film of them all.

[slammy]

One of the greatest soundtracks ever. Said Everyone.

[darrensmith]

Went to see this back in 1982 as a fresh faced 17 year old and i was blown away by it. Bought James Horner's wonderful score on LP soon after and 40 odd years later i still own it .
Thank you for sharing (:

[TCH]

Kirk: 'Khan, I'm LAUGHING at the superior intellect'
Khan: 'Full power!'
Joaquin: 'But sir..'
Khan: 'FULL POWER DAMN YOU!'

[jkvs]

If there ever was an EPIC theme of reversing the tide against an enemy who had your number and one that simultaneously galvanized your crew to want to put the threat down with extreme prejudice, this is absolutely it...

[KnowYoutheDukeofArgyll]

"They go in there, we'll lose them."

"Explain it to them!"

[ezio_auditore]

Happy 40th anniversary! June 4th 1982 exactly 40 years ago today!

[diekatze]

When Trek was whole . When you felt the characters and the music lifted your spirits. Rest well James ...

[polygonwrangler]

TWOK is the only movie I can play inside my head just by listening to the soundtrack. Sure there's other movies that have awesome themes that remind me of specific scenes. But I don't have to watch TWOK to see it; just the soundtrack is enough to start it rolling.

Thank you Mr. Horner.

[chrismayer]

"He tasks me...he tasks me, and I shall have him. I'll chase 'round the moons of Nebula, and 'round the Antares Maelstrom, and 'round Perdition's FLAMES before I give him Up! Prepare to alter course..."

[techstudio]

"This is Admiral Kirk " we tried it once your way Khan now you're game for a rematch!
Khan!
I'm laughing at the superior intellect 😂😂

[samtani]

Kirk and Khan never faced each other directly in this film. But Khan's hatred of Kirk is evident. it's really like Captain Ahab versus Moby Dick. Genial movie.

[willsco]

2:42 "THERE SHE IS, THERE SHE IS" - Kahn

[dlc]

"His pattern indicates two dimensional thinking." All the hint Kirk needed. Can anyone remember the 3-D chess game between Kir and Spock? And who won?

[thedungeondelver]

"'Sauce for the goose', Mister Savvik."
"Sir?"
"The odds will be even."

[msh]

This soundtrack is so good it would work perfectly as a backdrop to a confrontation of two sailing dreadnaughts on the high seas! Both complex and subtly simple at the same time.

[ryang]

This is probably the most random thing someone has praised this scene for, but I love it how - just this once in the Star Trek series - you actually get a glimpse of what going to "Battle Stations" looks like a warship. Hell, you even see crew walking around wearing PPE like rebreathers and carrying damage control equipment. "Red Alert" in every other entry into the franchise is, by comparison, a fairly low-key affair: the lighting changes and that's about it. On actual, real life warships, the command "Attention in the ship, attention in the ship. Man your battle stations." sets off a complex chain of events involving everyone on board. Hatches are sealed preemptively, off-duty crew muster at damage control stations, everyone is issued some form of PPE, weapon systems are brought into a "ready-to-fire" state, and more. It's something irl crews train for via periodic drills and rehearsed, again and again, until everything works like clockwork. The same things happen in this scene (including showing the torpedos being loaded for a change!) and the navy vet in me appreciates that attention to detail.

[christopherlang]

When I was a kid I was into the movies far more than the original series, and this was the one I watched most- wore out a few copies of VHS, but the first was recorded off the TV and had all the deleted scenes that identified the young ensign as Scotty's nephew, so once I got a proper movie release copy, I was pissed that it was different! But the music, like a lot of others commenting, I can play the movie out in my head over the soundtrack. This part was always my favorite, tension, subtlety, and explosions into those menacing triplet runs... even when I had no idea what any of that meant, this part of the score always boiled my blood, and it's boiling now. And now, 35 years into a music "career", I can listen to this and see how it has been a subtle influence on my writing over the years (though I doubt I could touch this level of brilliance). That's the magic of genius music, it sticks with you and influences you.