The impressive musical score was composed by Franz Waxman.As in the original film, the screenplay (by John L.Balderston and William Hurlbut) was adapted from Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley""s 1816 novel.In the opening (and closing) credits, ""The Monster""s Mate"" is identified with only a question mark, although Elsa Lanchester is credited for playing Mary Shelley in the film""s prologue.He""ll make it tough on you, but he""ll draw himself a line he thinks fair and he won""t come over it.You don""t see many top kicks like him no more...All I know is, he""s the best soldier I ever saw.The whole outfit at the base accepts Prewitt""s dare and makes life difficult for the hard-headed, introspective soldier.He put Spock in command, then rushed to the MedBay to ask Khan about theVengeance""s capabilities.Khan responded: "Dreadnought class.Two times the size, three times the speed.Advanced weaponry.Modified for a minimal crew.Unlike most Federation vessels, it""s built solely for combat."Kirk decided to ally himself with Khan to travel o theUSS Vengeance, after arguing that with Khan""s help, he would be helping his 72 crew ("You said you""d do anything for your crew.Zuckie: (after hearing shots) Sounds bad, Cody.Cody: Why don""t you give ""em my address too....Engineer: You won""t get away with it, Cody.Cody: Cody, huh?...You""ve got a good memory for names.Too good.In cold blood, Cody brutally shoots both the Engineer (Murray Leonard) and Fireman (Leo Cleary) - who have heard loud-mouthed, alkative Zuckie mention his name in the cab - to prevent them from identifying him.