Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. 20th Century Fox Fanfare
2. Main Title / Rebel Blockade Runner
3. Imperial Attack
4. The Dune Sea Of Tatooine / Jawa Sandcrawler
5. Moisture Farm, The
6. The Hologram / Binary Sunset
7. Landspeeder Search / Attack Of The Sand People
8. Tales Of A Jedi Knight / Learn About The Force
9. Burning Homestead
10. Mos Eisley Spaceport
11. Cantina Band
12. Cantina Band #2
13. Binary Sunset - (alternate, bonus track)
DISC 2:
1. Princess Leia's Theme
2. The Millennium Falcon / Imperial Cruiser Pursuit
3. Destruction of Alderaan
4. The Death Star / The Stormtroopers
5. Wookiee Prisoner / Detention Block Ambush
6. Shootout In The Cell Bay / Dianoga
7. Trash Compactor, The
8. The Tractor Beam / Chasm Crossfire
9. Ben Kenobi's Death / Tie Fighter Attack
10. Battle of Yavin (Launch From the Fourth Moon/X-Wings Draw Fire/Use the Force)
11. The Throne Room / End Title
| Details | | Producer: | Nick Redman | | Distributor: | BMG (distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
This Special Edition 1997 reissue of STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE is a remastered and edited version of the original STAR WARS film soundtrack. It includes a 31 page booklet and newly-discovered outtakes and alternate versions of the main title.
Original score written and conducted by John Williams.
Recorded at Anvil Studios, Denham, England on March 5-16, 1977. Includes liner notes by Michael Matessino.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
One of the greatest aspects of the original STAR WARS trilogy is John Williams's score. "Main Title/Rebel Blockade Runner" is the opening theme to A NEW HOPE, and it begins with an unmistakable powerful brass fanfare. As the piece develops, Williams introduces many of the leitmotifs that he will use later in the picture. This exciting overture foreshadows the galactic struggle that will take place and anticipates the triumph of the tale's heroes (Luke, Han, and their comrades).
"The Imperial Attack" focuses on the power of the "Dark Side." Wagnerian brass figures bring both fervor and weight to this track. This music is truly menacing, and it effectively portends the wrath of Darth Vader. As the piece intensifies, the timpanist plays a steady series of blows, suggesting the Imperial pounding of rebel forces. "Cantina Band" is a much lighter track, and this jovial Dixieland-in-space tune adds comic relief to the otherwise dense score. "Tales of a Jedi Knight/Learn About the Force" is a mysterious work that features Ravel-like swirling violins, distant harp glissandos, and the delicate wash of a celesta. The London Symphony Orchestra performs all of this music exquisitely, and, led by composer and conductor Williams, they give this cinematic classic a resoundingly memorable musical personality.
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