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Anyone ever figure out which one of these became the Ceti Eel theme from WoK?
I think Horner was trolling us when he said the eel music was based on "the love theme from the TV series" (or whatever his exact quote was). This is the same guy who said, of his TWOK Spock theme, "Spock never had a theme before." Gerald Fried gave Spock an immortal theme in "Amok Time," and re-used it in "The Paradise Syndrome." Horner was a stupendous Star Trek composer, but an unreliable narrator.
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It is for Kirk, absolutely. The look on his face when he sees her again is the look of a man reuinited with his lost love.
Riiiiiiiight...
I thought it was more "My God, I'm actually back!"
Kirk's love of his ship is pretty plainly spelled out in a few episodes of the original series.
"Now I know what it's called she..."
"Never lose you. Never."
The look on Shatner's face when he sees her again in The Motion Picture clearly conveys it.
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Star Trek's best love theme is the love theme composed by Wojciech Kilar for Dracula.
Perhaps most folks here won't know what I'm talking about, but maybe some will. 
Clue us in?
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I should have noted sooner: when I opined that the movies and spinoff series should be separate categories, I didn't mean separate threads. I took Giacchino's "Labor of Love" as my movie love theme, and while I'm at it, Jay Chattaway's "Orchestral Suite from the Inner Light" would be my runaway-favorite spinoff track, assuming it counts as a love theme.
Also...
I edited my original post to now include two omissions. I didn't consciously exclude them, I just never thought of them:
- Fried's "Love Sort Of" from Catspaw. I hear this as more of a warning cue than a love theme; it's saying she's no good.
- Fielding's "Love Scene" from Spectre of the Gun. I'm finding it an elusive melody, and I don't recall it being very prominent in the episode's sound mix. Repeated exposure, familiarity, might turn me around on it.
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Maybe I'm going out on a limb here, but for me it is the iconic music Fried wrote for Spock's Pon Farr yearning in Amok Time. Especially as used in "More Soup" with the cello taking the melody (instead of the bass guitar). It's the only time in the original series where I really felt the need and devastation love can incite, in the wonderful moment between Spock and Christine.
Though I know the show and the music well, it's the only love theme I can specifically remember without resorting to my iPod.
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Yes, Howard, another good one. Spock and yearning cello just go together, who knew?
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Not really a love theme, but Fred Steiner's "Elaan's Theme" from "Elaan of Troyius" is a Scheherazade-style treat that really adds some exotic feeling to the show.
If a porn movie or two could have afforded Star Trek-level composition, that's what the music should've sounded like.
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It's not really a love theme, but Eleen's theme from Friday's Child.
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