Track Listing 1. 20th Century Fox Fanfare 2. Main Title / Ice Planet Hoth 3. The Wampa's Lair / Vision Of Obi-Wan / Snowspeeders Take Flight 4. The Imperial Probe / Aboard The Executor 5. The Battle of Hoth Medley: Ion Cannon / Imperial Walkers / Beneath The At-At / Escape In The Millennium Falcon 6. Asteroid Field, The 7. Arrival on Dagobah 8. Luke's Nocturnal Visitor 9. Han Solo and the Princess 10. Jedi Master Revealed / Mynock Cave 11. The Training Of A Jedi Knight / The Magic Tree
DISC 2: 1. Imperial March, The (Darth Vader's Theme) 2. Yoda's Theme 3. Attacking a Star Destroyer 4. Yoda and the Force 5. Imperial Starfleet Deployed / City In The Clouds 6. Lando's Palace 7. Betrayal at Bespin 8. Deal With the Dark Lord 9. Carbon Freeze / Darth Vader's Trap / Departure Of Boba Fett 10. Clash of Lightsabers, The 11. Rescue From Cloud City / Hyperspace 12. The Rebel Fleet / End Title
| Details | | Producer: | John Williams | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes This is a Hyper CD, which contains regular audio tracks and also provides a link to the artist's website with the help of a web browser. Composer: John Williams . Recording information: Anvil Studios, Denham, England (12/27/1979 - 01/1980). The second installment in the original Star Wars trilogy offers another round of superb compositions from John Williams, though this time the music, like the film itself, has a slightly darker tone. For example, "Main Title/The Ice Planet Hoth" is grandiose and foreboding. This piece employs larger-than-life Wagnerian brass fanfares and sweeping, romantic string melodies. While some of the key themes used in the first STAR WARS picture, A NEW HOPE, are brought back, Williams offers a number of new pieces as well. For instance, this is the first time listeners hear the sinister composition "The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme)," which is one of the most menacing in all of film history. The war-like snare-drum pattern and the heavy, bellowing trombones make this piece very intimidating. In contrast, "Yoda's Theme" is much more refined, bright, and spirited. The flutes, glockenspiel, and harp are used here to create an air of reverence and sagacity; Williams makes sure that nothing in this movement sounds ominous, dissonant, or chaotic. As always, the London Symphony Orchestra plays all 23 tracks on this two-disc set with great clarity, articulation, and passion.
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