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I gotta say. Star Trek III. It has more of the lush emotion and drama. But it also has the nice action set pieces that really soar. A Horner masterpiece.
I love them both, but I play III more often.
-Rick O.
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A hard choice, as there are elements of both scores that I love, and elements that I tend to skip over in a listening - certainly II has an edge in that so much of III is built from those initial building-blocks (to say nothing of the identical end credit piece), but I've got to say that I listen to "Star Trek III" far more often, as well. Horner's music for the Katra sequence is perhaps my favorite of any pieces he wrote for the two movies (and yes, I know it owes a debt to "Brainstorm"). I'll sometimes gloss over the larger Klingon pieces when I listen, but since Spock's theme was my favorite of the themes Horner developed in "Khan," it's nice to hear it run through the wringer in number three - I find the "Mind Meld" music rather evocative, as well.
"Star Trek II" however, has "Khan's Pets," which is one of the most psychologically astute cues I think Horner ever wrote - just marvelous - and now I feel somewhat torn. Still though, I think I have to say that "The Search for Spock" is my preferred of the two scores.
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I gotta go for III. It's my favorite Trek film and the most emotionally powerful score of the two. Also, when both were expanded on album, many of II's cues were sharp, dissonant, smashing an anvil and bucket kind of cues. The original LP was a seafaring adventure; the complete score has rough patches of horror that, while effective. make for difficult listening. III's additional cues were mostly warm, lush, sweeping emotional pieces that really fleshed out the musical story.
Love 'em both, but III is my top pick.
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Aug 17, 2012 - 4:17 AM
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losher22
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I think of III as a continuation of II, so although I acknowledge differences between the two scores and admire different things about each, to me they're two chapters of the same musical story.
--Just as, in a similar way, to me, this thread is a continuation of:
http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=69642&forumID=1&archive=0
Oops. My apologies to you, sir, as well as others who had posted in that alternate thread. I remember its existence now, and I guess this thread is identical in many ways. However, I'm having too much fun to want to close it down! 
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Aug 17, 2012 - 4:24 AM
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Thor
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I have vague memories of both movies, but I'm not a Trek fan, so I've never revisited them after I saw them in the early 90's, I think.
The soundtracks, however (the ol' GNP albums), I've had for many years and listened to many times. If you had asked me a few years ago, I would have said ST2 because I was more into bombast and action-adventure at the time. Now, however, I'm more into calmer material, and while ST3 has its share of action too, it's more 'spiritual' and romantic, if you will.
So my vote goes to STAR TREK III (the GNP album).
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We've already done this one, if you check the archive.
But for me ... III ... just slightly.
Cheers
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