I knew I wouldn’t die, because the two of you were with me…I’ve always known…I’ll die alone

Captain James T. Kirk

I’ve spoken countless times about my soft spot for STAR TREK V. Sometimes it’s the nostalgia of a ten-year-old who really didn’t see through the plot issues and still doesn’t to this day. But two areas where the film genuinely succeeds are Jerry Goldsmith’s score and the portrayal of the Kirk/Spock/McCoy relationship.

Early in the film around the campfire at Yosemite, Kirk confides in Spock and McCoy that, even though he had been falling off of the side of El Capitan, he never thought he would die because his two closest friends were there with him. Goldsmith scores this moment with a rendition of an absolutely beautiful pastoral motif that previously played over the latter half of the opening credits.

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