Star Trek Into Darkness (soundtrack)

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all about finding the right chords and substitutions that you are using with those melodies – and how did that alter the melody? It’s constantly trying to bend and twist things so you feel that theme from the previous film, but it’s being used in a different way. You have a different emotional response to it. If I had just used it exactly as it was, it wouldn’t have been the right emotional response that you would want for the audience. So it was about twisting things in a way to make it fit right." A specific example of this was during the composition of the track "London Calling." " just wanted it to feel like we weren't in a

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movie," Giacchino said. "It was a very conscious decision to make that base sound different; then, from there, we were able to evolve to our theme for the character. I remember when J. J. heard it, he said, 'Oh, it sounds English. That's perfect!' I'm not exactly sure what that meant, but in his mind

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Additional tracks were created by various artists across six countries as region-specific bonus tracks. The various songs played in their respected regions during a scene in which Scotty and Keenser are hanging out at a club. While the instrumental for the track is consistent throughout each of the

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is taking off, and they are going off on their mission, and I thought 'This would be fun to bring back that similar moment from the first film,' but it wasn’t working. It was too much of an adventure feel, and it was all about saying 'Okay, well how do I do that same idea but in a darker way?' It’s

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is chased by a Klingon warbird through an uninhabited region of Kronos. It is then ordered to land, followed by Harrison appearing and taking out the Klingon patrol. The cue title is a reference to

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Khan is chased by Spock across the streets of San Francisco and is subdued to have his blood used to revive a dead Kirk. Includes the first notes of the fight music from "

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and Charles Scott, each artist paired up with a music producer to write their own lyrics and melody for the song. The region-specific musicians include Kassia Conway with

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Over a month prior to the commencement of the film's principal photography, composer Michael Giacchino announced that he would return to score the sequel to 2009's

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Album cues from the original CD are bolded in the following track listing. Album cues that have been expanded from the original CD are bolded and italicised.

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it fit perfectly. I was just going for something that felt emotional and questioning as opposed to being so direct that it tells you what's going on."

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Startfleet officer, visits his terminally ill daughter in a hospital just outside London, and there he is approached by

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in conjuncture with Page LA Studio Voices. The soundtrack album was released in physical form on May 21, 2013, through

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s warp core, suffering from heavy radiation poisoning but saving the ship and her crew in the process.

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rising out of the Nibiran ocean and heading towards the volcano to save Spock, thereby violating the

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at a public event and takes the ship on a five-year exploratory mission. Incorporates the "

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released a 6000-copy limited edition expansion of Giacchino's score over two discs.

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The score is notable for featuring orchestration that contains piano, the first

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Khan is put back into cryo-sleep as a fully recovered Kirk re-christens the

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in an attempt to take over the ship and arrest Admiral Alexander Marcus.

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and the Klingon homeworld, Qo'noS, which is pronounced the same way.

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attempt to reach the engineering sector to repair the warp core.

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being chased by the indigenous population of the planet Nibiru.

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A re-recording of the film's main theme, incorporating the "

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Kirk and Khan perform a space jump from the heavily damaged

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