Similar to what David Arnold did with Casino Royal, Michael Giacchino uses the original Alexander Courage theme for the end of the movie (the end credits) and I must say while it's nice to hear it again it certainly sounds dated and a bit forced. I don't think that the theme fits with the movie either, but a part of me is glad they used and only for the end credits. The theme eventually segways into Giacchino's theme for the movie which sounds like a mutated version of Courage's theme, and then it return's to Courage's theme (a long with the 8 note opening fanfare) which is treated with some nice choral work.
The Vulcan theme is presented after the main Star Trek themes and it's a new theme that has been given to the Vulcans', and I find it to be very distracting. I believe the Dizi Bamboo Flute was used as the instrument to create the Vulcan theme and it's an interesting choice of an instrument to use and it's rather innovative but it sounds so out of place in the movie and in the album itself. The following theme to arrive is the Nero theme which is bombastic and menacing (even if it is a little predictable) and it does suit Nero's ship quite well, and offers a very heavy weight sound to the score, but it's inclusion in the end credits is brief.
The End Credits segment finishes off with somewhat a reprise of the track "Enterprising Young Men" (A Highlight of the score) and then it follows through with the original opening of the Star Trek theme (the 8 note motif) and promptly returns to Giacchino's theme concluding the track and the album.
I will say this is a nice album but it does pale in comparison to Goldsmith's, Horner's, and Eidelman's pieces of work for Star Trek. It's good but not great score by Giacchino, and one thing should be noted as well, not all of the music was included on the album. The Main Titles aren't included which is odd since every single Star Trek with one exception (Star Trek : Nemesis) has included the Main Titles segment.
Note : The 8 note motif does appear before the End Credits, but on the album it is separated into two tracks. "To Boldly Go", and then "End Credits".
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