It's Goldsmith's most traditional [and therefore atypical] score, full of leitmotifs and the kinds of things you expect from A John Williams or an Erich Korngold score. There are some Goldsmith touches, like the use of the Blaster Beam, but it's one of his most lyrical scores. It's a score you...
One point worth mentioning: while the budget was $15 million as stated in the article, it didn't "spiral out of control" to the tune of $44 million. That number actually includes all the development costs from attempting earlier theatrical films with writers as varied as Ray Bradbury, Ted...
I'm gonna disagree with you on this for one particular section: the scenes of Spock on Vulcan. There is no good reason for the skies to be as dark as they were in the theatrical cut espcecially when Spock is HOLDING UP HIS DAMN HAND to shield himself from the sun. I'll agree that some of the...