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Originally Posted by L-Rouge

I would like to add more Trek. The entire sequence of the "Mutara Nebula" is some of James Horner's finest.

that scene also has non generic sound effect for thunder, I would compare it to a musical cymbal swipe "swiissshhh"

hooked me as a kid into the realms of beautiful ship and sound design.

Star Trek II Wrath of Khan - Mutara Nebula Battle - YouTube

click to 2m30s for the lightning and sound

click to 3m36s for my favourite 10 seconds of music. as the Enterprise swings around to track behind the Reliant.

it is the use of an instrument called a "Blaster Beam" that Jerry Goldsmith uses so successfully as well.
I still love this now.

It's a great score. Although the whole score is excellent from when Khan rolls up its exceptional right through until the end. What really gutted me was when Horner reused so much of it for Aliens a few years later. That was the start of a downhill spiral for him where he reused a lot of his work. It seems from the early to mid 80's he started taking parts of his previous scores and either re-using them wholesale or adapting them into "new" pieces. Such a shame as when he came up with something original it was often extremely good!