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Return of the Jedi: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
		Music by: John Williams  Media: CD  SPAR Code: ---  Tracks: 27  Origin: USA
Disk One:   20th Century-Fox Fanfare Main Title/Approaching the Death Star/Tatooine Rendezvous Droids Are Captured Bounty for a Wookiee Han Solo Returns Luke Confronts Jabba/Den of the Rancor/Sarlacc Sentence Pit of Carkoon/Sail Barge Assault Emperor Arrives/The Death of Yoda/Obi-Wan's Revelation Alliance Assembly Shuttle Tydirium Approaches Endor Speeder Bike Chase/Land of the Ewoks Levitation/Threepio's Bedtime Story Jabba's Baroque Recital (Source Music) Jedi Rocks (Source Music) Sail Barge Assault [Alternate Take] Disk Two:   Parade of the Ewoks Luke and Leia Brother and Sister/Father and Son/The Fleet Enters Hyperspace/Heroic Ewok Emperor's Throne Room Batle of Endor I Lightsaber/The Ewok Battle Battle of Endor II Battle of Endor III Leia's News/Light of the Force Victory Celebration/End Title Ewok Feast/Part of the Tribe (Source Music) Forest Battle (Concert Suite)

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
		Music by: John Williams  Media: CD  SPAR Code: ---  Tracks: 17  Origin: USA
Star Wars Main Title & the Arrival at Naboo Duel of the Fates Anakin's Theme Jar Jar's Introduction & the Swim to Otoh Gunga Sith Spacecraft & the Droid Battle Trip to the Naboo Temple & Audience with Boss Nass Arrival at Tatooine & the Flag Parade He is the Chosen One Anakin Defeats Sebulba Passage Through the Planet Core Watto's Deal & Kids at Play Panaka & the Queen's Protectors Queen Amidala & the Naboo Palace Droid Invasion & The Appearance of Darth Maul Qui-Gon's Noble End High Council Meeting & Qui-Gon's Funeral Augie's Municipal Band & End Credits   The Star Wars cycle, George Lucas's stellar pop parable cum merchandising blitzkrieg, has long since made history as an unparalleled cinematic-cultural-marketing phenomena; somewhere Billy Jack should be in one envious, ass-kickin' mood. Phantom Menace, easily the most eagerly anticipated film of the '90s, returns to the saga's roots and allows Lucas to flesh out the history of some of the fable's core characters and conjure up a dazzling new cast of cohorts, antagonists, and alien realms for them to interact with and in. Thus, all composer John Williams had to do was essentially reinvent the world's most popular wheel. The film-scoring legend has admirably risen to that daunting challenge, delivering an inventive score whose dynamics should surprise and delight even the most ardent SW fanatic. The Main Title and a few oh-so-sparing bars of a familiar Jedi theme are all that remains from the original trilogy's lexicon, Williams having evolved the saga's musical language, stylistic reach, and orchestral palette with masterful subtlety. The composer's most ambitious surprise is the welcome addition of strong choral elements, which he uses in ways both majestic ("Duel of the Fates") and menacing ("Passage Through the Planet's Core"). And though the film revolves around a young boy (Anakin Skywalker, who will grow to be both corrupted and redeemed as Darth Vader), the only flirtation with cloying sentimentality comes with the innocently loping "Jar Jar's Introduction." In the tradition of the Cantina and Max Rebo's Band of the previous trilogy, Williams and Lucas close out this musical installment with "Augie's Municipal Band," a Carnivale-esque romp that segues grandly into the composer's swelling title music. Williams may be the master of a grand scoring tradition, but Phantom Menace is gratifying evidence that he seldom plays it safe--even when the Force is with him.

Star Wars, A New Hope: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
		Music by: John Williams  Media: CD  SPAR Code: ---  Tracks: 24  Origin: USA
Disk One:   20th Century-Fox Fanfare Main Title/Rebel Blockade Runner Imperial Attack Dune Sea of Tatooine/Jawa Sandcrawler Moisture Farm Hologram/Binary Sunset Landspeeder Search/Attack of the Sand People Tales of a Jedi Knight/Learn About the Force Burning Homestead Mos Eisley Spaceport Cantina Band Cantina Band, No. 2 Binary Sunset [Alternative] Disk Two:   Princess Leia's Theme Millennium Falcon/Imperial Cruiser Pursuit Destruction of Alderaan Death Star/The Stormtroopers Wookiee Prisoner/Detention Block Ambush Shootout in the Cell Bay/Dianoga Trash Compactor Tractor Beam/Chasm Crossfire Ben Kenobi's Death/Tie Fighter Attack Battle of Yavin Throne Room [End Titles]

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (The Ultimate Star Wars Recording)
		Music by: John Williams  Media: CD  SPAR Code: ---  Tracks: 68  Origin: USA
Disc 1: Fox Fanfare Star Wars Main Title Boarding the Federation Battleship Death Warrant for Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan Fighting the Destroyer Droids Queen Amidala Warns the Federatin Droid Invasion Swimming to Otoh Gunga Inside the Bubble City Attack of the Giant Fish Darth Sidious Giant Squid and the Attack on Theed Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan Resue the Queen Fighting the Guards Escape from Naboo Enter Darth Maul Arrival at Tatooine Street Band of Mos Espa Padme Meets Anakin Desert Winds Jar Jar's Run in with Sebulba Anakin's Home and the Introduction to Threepio Darth Sidious and Darth Maul Talk of Podracing Watto's Deal/Shami and Qui-Gon Talk Anakin, Podracer Mechanic Racer Roars to Life/Anakin's Midi-Chlorian Count Darth Maul and the Sith Spacecraft Mos Espa Arena Band Watto's Roll of the Die Flag Parade Sebulba's Dirty Hand/Qui Gon's Pep Talk Anakin Defeats Sebulba Hail to the Winner, Anakin Skywalker Street Singer Disc 2: Anakin Is Free Qui-Gon and Darth Maul Meet Anakin and Group to Coruscant Queen and Palpatine High Council Meeting Senate Anakin's Test Qui-Gon's Mission/ Obi-Wan's Warning Nute and Rune Confer with Darth Sidious Queen and Group Land on Naboo Jar Jar Leads Group to the Gungans War Plans Darth Sidious Receives News of the Gungan Army Gungans March Queen and Her Group Sneak Back to the Palace Battle Begins Republic Pilots Take off into Space Activate the Droids Gungans Fight Back Duel Begins Anakin Takes off in Spaceship Duel Continues Battle Rages On Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan and Darth Maul Continue Battle Qui-Gon, Darth Maul, and the Invisible Wall Gungans Retreat and the Queen Surrenders Death of Qui-Gon and the Surrender of the Gungans Tide Turns/The Death of Darth Maul Queen Confronts Nute and Rune Funeral of Qui-Gon Parade End Credits Duel of the Fates (Dialogue Version)   Obscured by the familiar grandeur of John Williams's score for Star Wars: Episode I, The Phantom Menace was the sheer volume of the composer's prodigious musical efforts. Not only did Williams expand on the original Star Wars trilogy's musical language with a whole new range of modern classical inspirations, but his efforts also produced more than two hours of seamless symphonic foundation for the galactic epic, enough wall-to-wall music to power three less ambitious films. This impressively packaged double-disc set offers Williams's complete Episode 1 score for the first time. It's a worthy tribute to the scoring legend's mastery of tone, dynamics, and nuance--a virtual musical tone poem that imparts much of the film's dramaturgy. Divorced from the bombastic visual assault of state-of-the-art digital effects, one is struck by the composition's emotional resonance. It's the small, quiet moments that give the story its subtle, crucial humanity; it's hard to imagine a film conceit so outlandish functioning without it. The Ultimate Edition includes a bonus track of the stirring choral centerpiece, "Duel of the Fates," with an overlaid dialogue montage, as well as a photo-rich booklet that illustrates each of the film's key scenes and musical cues. --Jerry McCulley (amazon.com)

Star Wars: Episode II, Attack of the Clones
		Music by: John Williams  Media: CD  SPAR Code: ---  Tracks: 13  Origin: USA
Star Wars Main Title and Ambush On Coruscant Across The Stars (Love Theme from Attack of the Clones) Zam The Assassin and The Chase Through Coruscant Yoda And The Younglings Departing Coruscant Anakin and Padmi Jango's Escape The Meadow Picnic Bounty Hunter's Pursuit Return To Tatooine The Tusken Camp and The Homestead Love Pledge and The Arena Confrontation With Count Dooku and Finale   There's never been anything quite like the symphonic film music series that John Williams has forged for George Lucas's sprawling Star Wars saga. By the time the sixth chapter rolls around, Williams will have created a body of work that spans fully 30 years of his career, a virtual Ring Cycle of sci-fi/fantasy soundtrack music. While Attack of the Clones again achieves the high standards of its predecessors, it also succeeds by both forging some rewarding new musical themes at the same time it begins to bring the galactic fable full circle. The budding relationship between now-teenaged Anakin Skywalker and Amidala/Padme is informed by "Across the Stars--Love Theme from Attack of the Clones," a grand romantic motif that's infused with a subtle melancholy that hints at the tragedy that must ultimately befall the young lovers. The composer's mastery of idiom and color serve him especially well in the action cues, infusing "Zam the Assassin and the Chase Through Coruscant" and "Jango's Escape" with bracing doses of 20th-century modernism and its inherent rhythmic fury performed, as always, by the London Symphony Orchestra. Williams also incorporates the "Force" and "Jedi" themes of the first SW trilogy sparingly, before "Confrontation with Count Dooku and Finale" completes the musical/thematic tapestry by interweaving The Empire Strikes Back's menacing "Imperial March" with both the new "Love Theme" and the Phantom Menace's dramatic choral showcase "Duel of the Fates." This sweeping denouement should rightfully take its place among the saga's most compelling musical sequences. Purists may grouse at the obviously abridged music here, but given history a complete/ultimate edition of the score can't be far behind. This soundtrack is issued with one of four different, collectible covers. --Jerry McCulley (amazon.com)

The Empire Strikes Back: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
		Music by: John Williams  Media: CD  SPAR Code: ---  Tracks: 23  Origin: USA
Disk One:   20th Century Fox Fanfare Main Title/The Ice Planet Hoth The Wampa's Lair/Vision Of Obi-Wan/Snowspeeders Take Flight The Imperial Probe/Aboard The Executor The Battle Of Hoth The Asteroid Field Arrival On Dagobah Luke's Nocturnal Visitor Han Solo And The Princess Jedi Master Revealed/Mynock Cave The Training Of A Jedi Knight/The Magic Tree Disk Two:   The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme) Yoda's Theme Attacking A Star Destroyer Yoda And The Force Imperial Starfleet Deployed/City In The Clouds Lando's Palace Betrayal At Bespin Deal With The Dark Lord Carbon Freeze/Darth Vader's Trap/Departure Of Boba Fett The Clash Of Lightsabers Rescue From Cloud City/Hyperspace The Rebel Fleet/End Title   By the end of the 1970s, John Williams was already a legend among filmmakers and film-scoring buffs. But the success of Star Wars elevated him to something he probably could have scarcely imagined--bona fide pop-culture icon. Williams's masterful score to the first Star Wars sequel (and the chapter many sci-fi fans cite as the series' most dark, emotionally complex, and satisfying) fleshes out his original character themes with some new ones while painting compelling musical portraits of alien worlds as disparate as the ice planet Hoth and the swampy Dagobah. Notable are the menacing, Prokofiev-inspired "Imperial Theme (Darth Vader's March)"; the noble "Yoda and the Force"; and Hoth's "Battle" cues, which are some of the most dramatic action cues ever. This expanded edition also fleshes out the already familiar themes with new tracks that restore the score to its status as a grand galactic symphony. A richly illustrated booklet is included as well, helping listeners place each piece of music in its proper cinematic context. Of his four attempts at coloring George Lucas's rich stellar saga, this remains Williams's most consistent and compelling.

The Star Wars Trilogy: Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back/Return Of The Jedi (Re-recording)
		Music by: John Williams  Media: CD  SPAR Code: ---  Tracks:  Origin: USA

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