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The Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith soundtrack was released by Sony Classical on May 3, 2005, more than two weeks before the release of the film. The music was composed and conducted by John Williams and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and London Voices. A music video.

Star Wars (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to the 1977 film Star Wars, composed and conducted by John Williams and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. Williams' score for Star Wars was recorded over eight sessions at Anvil Studios in Denham, England on March 5, 8–12, 15 and 16, 1977. The score was orchestrated by Williams's frequent associate Herbert W. Spencer, who also later orchestrated the scores for The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. The score was recorded by engineer Eric Tomlinson and edited by Kenneth Wannberg, and the scoring sessions were produced by Star Wars director George Lucas and supervised by Lionel Newman, head of 20th Century Fox's music department.

The soundtrack album was released by 20th Century Records as a double-LP record in the United States in June 1977. The album's main title peaked at No. 10 on the BillboardHot 100, with a disco version of the film's theme by Meco becoming a number one single hit in the United States in October 1977. The soundtrack album itself went on to become certified Gold and Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, and won numerous accolades including Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award, and Grammy Awards in the categories of best film score and soundtrack album. In 2004, it was preserved by the Library of Congress into the National Recording Registry, calling it 'culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant'. In 2005, the American Film Institute named the original Star Wars soundtrack as the most memorable score of all time for an American film.^[1]

In 2016, the album was re-released by Sony Classical Records on vinyl, CD, and digital formats alongside Williams' other Star Wars soundtracks. The vinyl release is pressed on 180g vinyl, and features the original 20th Century Records logo. Unlike all of Sony Classical's previous releases, however, the vinyl version is a remastered version of the original 1977 release, not the Special Edition. Walt Disney Records remastered and reissued the soundtrack on vinyl LP on December 1, 2017, and on CD and digital formats on May 4, 2018.^[2][3]

• 1Original 1977 release
• 2Subsequent releases
• 3Accolades

Original 1977 release[edit]

The original 1977 release of the soundtrack, entitled Star Wars - Original Soundtrack, included a poster of a painting by science fiction artist John Berkey, depicting the final battle over the Death Star from the film's end.^[4] The album was released as a double LP which was formatted for an autochanger record player; one disc had sides one and four with the other having sides two and three. Free download mp3 songs of movie kashmir ki kali. This allowed a person to stack sides one and two on the player, then flip the stack over for sides three and four, allowing the listener to have over half an hour of uninterrupted music before they needed to flip the discs over.^[5]

Track listing[edit]

First release on LP by 20th Century Records. For the original soundtrack, Williams selected 75 minutes of music out of the 88 minute score. To provide musical variety, it did not follow the film's chronological order.

This track listing is also shared by Sony Classical's LP release in 2016, and Walt Disney Records' LP and CD releases in 2017 and 2018, respectively.

Total Time: 74:58

Personnel[edit]

1st Violins

Neville Taweel (Leader), Robin Studt (Principal), Irvine Arditti (Principal), B. Thomas (Sub-Principal), Stanley Castle, Sydney Colter, Dennis Gaines, Robert Retallick, C. Reuben, Norman Freeman, Max Weber, Robin Brightman, Brian Gaulton

2nd Violins

Warwick Hill (Principal), Neil Watson (Co-Principal), Samuel Artis, William Brown, Thomas Cook, Terry Morton, Jack Steadman, Donald Stewart, Thomas Swift, David Williams, R. Clark, G. Creese, D. Llewellyn

Violas

Alexander Taylor (Principal), Brian Clarke (Co-Principal), Peter Norriss (Sub-Principal), Patrick Hooley, Michael Mitchell, David Hume,William Sumpton, Patrick Vermont, William Krasnik, Eric Cuthbertson

Cellos

Douglas Cummings (Principal), Maurice Meulien (Co-Principal), Ray Adams (Sub-Principal), Jack Long, Ken Law, Douglas Powrie, Francis Saunders, Clive Gillinson, Tom Storer, K. Glossop

Double Basses

Bruce Mollinson (Principal), Arthur Griffiths (Sub-Principal), John Cooper, Gerald Newson, Pashanko Dimitroff, Goelson Neal

Flutes

Richard Taylor (Principal), Lowry Sanders, Francis Nolan

Oboes

Roger Lord (Principal), Anthony Camden (Principal)

Clarinets

J. Brymer (Principal), Ronald Moore, R. Jowitt

Bassoons

Robert Bourton (Principal), Peter Francis

Horns

David Cripps (Principal), John Rooke (Asst. Principal), Anthony Chidell, Graham Warren, James Quaife, James Brown, S. Reading, J. Butterworth

Trumpets

Maurice Murphy (Principal), William Lang, Norman Archibald, R. Izen

Trombones

D. Wick (Principal), Eric Crees (Principal), Frank Mathison

Tuba

J. Fletcher (Principal), Steven Wick

Timpani

Kurt-Hans Goedicke (Principal)

Percussion

Michael Frye (Principal), Ray Northcott

Harp

Renata Sheffel-Stein (Principal), J. Marson

Piano/Celeste

Robert Noble (Principal), M. Round

Subsequent releases[edit]

Release history[edit]

1986 release[edit]

First release on CD by Polydor Records in 1986. It is identical in content and packaging to the LP release.

Disc one

1. 'Main Title' – 5:21
2. 'Imperial Attack' – 6:16
3. 'Princess Leia's Theme' – 4:22
4. 'The Desert and the Robot Auction' – 2:52
5. 'Ben's Death and TIE Fighter Attack' – 3:46
6. 'The Little People Work' – 4:01
7. 'Rescue of the Princess' – 4:46
8. 'Inner City' – 4:13
9. 'Cantina Band' – 2:45

Disc two

1. 'The Land of the Sandpeople' – 2:49
2. 'Mouse Robot and Blasting Off' – 4:01
3. 'The Return Home' – 2:45
4. 'The Walls Converge' – 4:32
5. 'The Princess Appears' – 4:03
6. 'The Last Battle' – 12:06
7. 'The Throne Room and End Title' – 5:27

Star Wars Trilogy: The Original Soundtrack Anthology[edit]

In 1993, 20th Century Fox Film Scores released a four-CD box set containing music from the original Star Wars trilogy. This release marked the first time that the complete contents of the original double-LP releases of the scores from the first two films became available on CD. Disc one in the set was devoted to Star Wars, with further tracks on disc four.

Since every cue is recorded several times, usually with varying orchestral differences, the final decisions on what takes of cues are used and/or how they are edited to create the tracks was decided by the music editor Kenneth Wannberg. In the time between the original LP release and the Anthology's release, this breakdown was lost. Because of this, many takes of cues used on the Anthology are not the same. This is most obvious on the cue 'The Throne Room'.^{[citation needed]} Also, the tracks were re-arranged to better follow their chronological order in the film.

1997 and 2004 Special Edition reissues[edit]

The 1997 release includes the complete film score, including expanded and unreleased tracks.

2017 and 2018 Disney reissues[edit]

Walt Disney Records reissued the original 1977 soundtrack album in digital formats and streaming services on January 1, 2017, and on LP record on December 1, 2017, to coincide with the film's fortieth anniversary that same year. The LP reissue featured a remastered soundtrack, hand-etched hologram art, and a 48-page book containing production photographs, liner notes, and essays on John Williams and the music of Star Wars.^[2]

Disney released a newly-remastered edition of the original 1977 album program on CD, digital download, and streaming services on May 4, 2018. This remaster was newly assembled by Shawn Murphy and Skywalker Sound from the highest-quality master tapes available, rather than sourced from the existing 1977 album masters.^[3] On these reissues, the final track ('The Throne Room and End Title') is presented at the correct speed and pitch, having been sped up slightly on the original LP, CD, and 2016 Sony releases.

Accolades[edit]

• Academy Award for Best Original Score (1977)
• Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (1977)
• BAFTA Award for Best Film Music (1978)
• Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (1978)
• Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition (1978) – for Main Title
• Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance (1978)
• Saturn Award for Best Music (1977) – tied with Close Encounters of the Third Kind
• AFI's Greatest American movie score of all time (2005)

Certifications[edit]

Original recording log[edit]

The score for Star Wars was recorded over the span of eight days in the month of March 1977. The 1997 Special Edition soundtrack release by RCA Victor included a detailed look at the recording log for all the cues in the film.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'AFI's 100 years of film scores'.
2. ^ ^abc'Star Wars: A New Hope (original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 3-LP Vinyl Album Boxed Set Of Composer John Williams' Oscar®-Winning Score To Be Released On December 1'. Burbank, California: Walt Disney Records. PR Newswire. November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
3. ^ ^abc'Disney Music Group Set To Release First 6 Remastered Star Wars Original Motion Picture Soundtracks On May 4'. Burbank, California: Walt Disney Records. PR Newswire. March 21, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
4. ^'John Berkey Remembered'. StarWars.com. Lucasfilm Ltd. 2008-05-13. Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
5. ^'John Williams (4), London Symphony Orchestra, The – Star Wars original soundtrack release'. Discogs. discogs. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
6. ^'Sony Classical Celebrates the 30th Anniversary of Star Wars with an 8-CD Collectors Edition Featuring Three of Composer/Conductor John Williams' Original Soundtrack Recordings'. Sony Music Masterworks. PR Newswire. November 7, 2007. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
7. ^'Sony Classical Reissues Star Wars Episodes I-VI In Newly Restored Audio Collections'. Sony Classical. PR Newswire. January 8, 2016. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
8. ^'American certifications – John Williams – Star Wars (soundtrack)'. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
9. ^'British certifications – John Williams – Star Wars (soundtrack)'. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7 November 2014.Select Gold in the Certification field.Type Star Wars (soundtrack) in the 'Search BPI Awards' field and then press Enter.

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Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the film score to the 2005 film of the same name released by Sony Classical on May 3, 2005, more than two weeks before the film's release. The music was composed and conducted by John Williams, and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and London Voices. The score was Williams' sixth score in the saga. Shawn Murphy recorded the score. Ramiro Belgardt and Kenneth Wannberg served as music editors; Wannberg served as music editor for the previous Star Wars scores. A remastered version of the soundtrack was released by Walt Disney Records on May 4, 2018.^[1]

A music video titled A Hero Falls was created for the film's theme, 'Battle of the Heroes', featuring footage from the film. In the U.K., 'Battle of the Heroes' was released as a CD-single and reached No. 25 in the UK Singles Chart in June 2005.^[2]

The soundtrack also came with a collectors' DVD, Star Wars: A Musical Journey, that features 16 music videos set to remastered selections of music from all six film scores, set chronologically through the saga.

This album was chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005.^[3]

• 5Recording Information

Overview[edit]

The musical score for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, the Star Wars saga's sixth installment, was recorded over five days at Abbey Road Studio with the London Symphony Orchestra and London Voices starting on February 3, 2005, with one morning allocated specifically for vocal recording.

Reception[edit]

The musical score for Revenge of the Sith has received generally positive reviews. Rob Theakston of AllMusic said, 'Revenge of the Sith holds a place on the mantle with some of the classic scores that made Williams a legendary film composer. It's also a fine closing masterpiece to a series of movies filled with some of the most important musical moments in modern cinematic history.'^[4] Danny Graydon of Empire called it 'a triumphant climax to a modern music masterpiece.' Specifically pointing out 'Battle of the Heroes' and 'Anakin's Dark Deeds', Graydon said, 'The operatic finale of this score emboldens the tragic, doom-laden atmosphere of the saga’s pivotal moment, yet is typically brisk and exciting, deftly utilising themes from the entire series.'^[6]

Film music scholar Royal Brown was less enthusiastic about the music and its relation to the overall film series, saying, 'By the time we get to Revenge of the Sith it's not as fresh as it was. Not because Williams is doing anything wrong, but because he's pretty much locked into a particular requirement for this particular kind of movie.'^[11]Filmtracks.com provided a similar consensus in its editorial review describing that when 'compared to its peers, Revenge of the Sith is, despite its great strengths in its individual cues of immense melodrama, the weakest of the six scores when compared amongst each other.'^[7] Morag Reavley of BBC Music said that the soundtrack 'strikes back with all the familiar notes. They just don't sound quite as startling any more.'^[12]

Track listing[edit]

All music composed by John Williams.

For those interested in listening to the tracks in order of which they play in the movie, this is the order:1, 7, 13, 2, 6, 5, 8, 4, 11, 10, 9, 3, 12, 14, 15.

Star Wars: A Musical Journey[edit]

Star Wars The Revenge Of The Sith

Star Wars: A Musical Journey is a bonus DVD included with the soundtrack album. The DVD, which runs just over an hour long, contains a collection of music video clips from the Star Wars film series set to selected themes from Williams' scores. Each clip features an optional introduction by actor Ian McDiarmid, and the music has been remastered in Dolby 5.1surround sound.^[13] This program served as the foundation for Star Wars: In Concert, almost containing an identical soundtrack.

Star Wars: A Musical Journey contains the following chapters. Each video consists of clips from the movies that seemingly fit the music score composed by Williams:

1. 'A Long Time Ago' —
   '20th Century FoxFanfare' / 'Star Wars Main Title'
2. 'Dark Forces Conspire' —
   'Duel of the Fates' (from The Phantom Menace)
3. 'A Hero Rises' —
   'Anakin's Theme' (from The Phantom Menace)
4. 'A Fateful Love' —
   'Across the Stars' (from Attack of the Clones)
5. 'A Hero Falls' —
   'Battle of the Heroes' (from Revenge of the Sith)
6. 'An Empire is Forged' —
   'The Imperial March' (from The Empire Strikes Back)
7. 'A Planet that is Farthest From' —
   'The Dune Sea of Tatooine' / 'JawaSandcrawler' (from A New Hope)
8. 'An Unlikely Alliance' —
   'Binary Sunset' / 'Cantina Theme' (from A New Hope)
9. 'A Defender Emerges' —
   'Princess Leia's Theme' (from A New Hope)
10. 'A Daring Rescue' —
    'Ben's Death' / 'TIE Fighter Attack' (from A New Hope)
11. 'A Jedi is Trained' —
    'Yoda's Theme' (from The Empire Strikes Back)
12. 'A Narrow Escape' —
    'The Asteroid Field' (from The Empire Strikes Back)
13. 'A Bond Unbroken' —
    'Luke and Leia' (from Return of the Jedi)
14. 'A Sanctuary Moon' —
    'The Forest Battle (Concert Suite)' (from Return of the Jedi)
15. 'A Life Redeemed' —
    'Light of the Force' (from Return of the Jedi)
16. 'A New Day Dawns' —
    'Throne Room' / 'Finale' (from A New Hope)

Recording Information[edit]

Cue List[edit]

• 1M1 Fox Fanfare (The Empire Strikes Back Recording)
• 1M2 Star Wars Main Theme (The Phantom Menace Recording)
• 1M3 Boys Into Battle February 12, 2005
• 1M4 They're Coming Around February 14, 2005
• 1M4a 'Get 'Em, R-2!' February 7, 2005
• 1M5 The Elevator Scene February 17, 2005
• 1M6 Count Dooku's Entrance February 14, 2005
• 1M7 The Death of Dooku February 2, 2005
• 2M1 Grievous and the Droids February 9, 2005
• 2M3 Another Happy Landing February 3, 2005
• 2M4 Revisiting Padmé February 3, 2005
• 2M5 Grievous Travels to Palpatine February 3, 2005
• 2M6 Scenes and Dreams February 12, 2005
• 2M7 Be Careful of Your Friend February 13, 2005
• 3M1 Council Meeting February 14, 2005
• 3M2 Hold Me February 13, 2005
• 3M2a Palpatine's TV Set February 7, 2005
• 3M3 Palpatine's Big Pitch February 9, 2005
• 3M5 Goodbye Old Friend February 3, 2005
• 3M6 Going to Utapau February 13, 2005
• 3M7 Riding the Lizard February 12, 2005
• 3M8 Obi-Wan Fares [sic] Droids February 12, 2005
• 4M1x Drawing Swords February 3, 2005
• 4M1a Good Guys Arrive February 8, 2005
• 4M3 Palpatine's Seduction February 2, 2005
• 4M4 Rolling With Grievous February 13, 2005
• 4M4a Fighting With Grievous February 8, 2005
• 4M5 Dialogue With Mace February 17, 2005
• 4M5a Padmé's Ruminations February 8, 2005
• 4M6 I am the Senate February 14, 2005
• 5M1 Palpatine Instructs Anakin February 3, 2005
• 5M3 Lament February 7, 2005
• 5M3a Bail's Escape February 14, 2005
• 5M4 'Swimming, Droids and Yoda Farewell' February 9, 2005
• 5M5 News of the Attack February 12, 2005
• 5M6 Moving Things Along February 9, 2005
• 5M7 Anakin's Dark Deeds February 3, 2005
• 6M1 It Can't Be February 17, 2005
• 6M2 A Moody Trip February 12, 2005
• 6M3 Padmé's Visit February 2, 2005
• 6M4 Heroes Collide February 2, 2005
• 6M5New **Choir Only** Not Assigned
• 6M6 Yoda Falls February 3, 2005
• 6M7 The Boys Continue February 8, 2005
• 6M8 Rev. Yoda to Exile February 12, 2005
• 6M9 Revenge of the Sith February 3, 2005
• 7M1 The Immolation Scene February 8, 2005
• 7M2 Anakin Crawling February 8, 2005
• 7M3 The Birth of the Twins February 7, 2005
• 7M4 The Death of Padmé February 7, 2005
• 7M5 Plans for the Twins February 8, 2005
• 7M6 Padmé's Funeral February 7, 2005
• 7M7 A Home for the Twins February 7, 2005
• 7M8 End Credits February 17, 2005

References[edit]

1. ^'Disney Music Group Set To Release First 6 Remastered Star Wars Original Motion Picture Soundtracks On May 4'. Burbank, California: Walt Disney Records. PR Newswire. March 21, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
2. ^'Battle of the Heroes - Star Wars'. Official Charts Company. The Official UK Charts Company. Archived from the original on December 20, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
3. ^'John Williams - Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'. Amazon.com. Archived from the original on October 13, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
4. ^ ^abTheakston, Rob. 'Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Review'. AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
5. ^Kamen Goldmark, Kathi. 'Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Soundtrack Music Review'. Common Sense Media. Archived from the original on December 27, 2015. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
6. ^ ^abGraydon, Danny. 'Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Empire Review'. Empire. Bauer Media Group. Archived from the original on June 26, 2006. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
7. ^ ^ab'Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (John Williams)'. Filmtracks.com. Filmtracks Publications. April 15, 2005. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
8. ^Southall, James. 'Williams: Revenge of the Sith'. Movie Wave. Archived from the original on May 6, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
9. ^'Revenge of the Sith'. ScoreNotes. Archived from the original on November 23, 2012. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
10. ^Goldwasser, Dan (May 6, 2005). 'Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Soundtrack (2005)'. Soundtrack.Net. Autotelics, LLC. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
11. ^Freymann-Weyr, Jeffrey (May 22, 2005). 'John Williams and the Music of 'Star Wars''. NPR. National Public Radio, Inc. Archived from the original on December 23, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
12. ^Reavley, Morag (2005). 'John Williams Star Wars, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Review'. BBC Music. BBC. Archived from the original on December 23, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
13. ^Vukcevic, Filip (May 6, 2005). 'Star Wars: A Musical Journey'. IGN. Ziff Davis. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original on December 30, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2015.

External links[edit]

• Star Wars: A Musical Journey on IMDb

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