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- Neil Middlemiss
The music of Star Wars spans decades and presents one of the richest and most complete collection of grand themes, lush romantic cues, and bombastic action peices ever put to film. I was recently looking through my soundtrack collection at the various versions and editions of scores from the six Star Wars films, and was surprised by how varied and different they were. In all, I own 16 Star Wars CDs, including three variations of the Return of the Jedi score, an excellent cd released by Sony Classical featuring tracks from the original trilogy, and the superb 2-disc The Phantom Menance Ultimate Edition (which sadly was the only prequel score to receive such treatment.
I'm hoping other Star Wars music fans will join me in celebrating, discussing, and enjoying the legacy of Star Wars music in film score history, and sharing favorite CD releases, tracks, or moments.
One of the best single cues, though not my favorite, is from The Empire Strikes Back called 'The Asteroid Field' - a simply superb and energetic track, featuring the Darth Vader's theme, and some of the most exciting orchestral writing I can recall. My favorite single peice of music from the entire six movie collection (and the Shadows of the Empire and Clone Wars CD releases) is again from The Empire Strikes Back is called Betrayal at Bespin, and features the Han and Leia theme to great effect.
What's yours?
I'm hoping other Star Wars music fans will join me in celebrating, discussing, and enjoying the legacy of Star Wars music in film score history, and sharing favorite CD releases, tracks, or moments.
One of the best single cues, though not my favorite, is from The Empire Strikes Back called 'The Asteroid Field' - a simply superb and energetic track, featuring the Darth Vader's theme, and some of the most exciting orchestral writing I can recall. My favorite single peice of music from the entire six movie collection (and the Shadows of the Empire and Clone Wars CD releases) is again from The Empire Strikes Back is called Betrayal at Bespin, and features the Han and Leia theme to great effect.
What's yours?