Alright, so what's your favourite bit of Star Wars music? We've had discussions on everybody's favourite movie of the sixology But never about the music, as far as I can recall.
My favourite, apart from the obvious main theme and Imperial March, is the music that plays when Luke walks out of his uncle's house after having seen the hologram from R2. This here, especially from 0:30:
In all my years I've never seen the like. It has to be more than a hundred sea miles and he brings us up on his tail. That's seamanship, Mr. Pullings. My God, that's seamanship!
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My top 10,
1. The Imperial March
2. The Asteroid Field
3. Duel of the Fates
4. Princess Leia's theme
5. The Final Battle
6. The Magic Tree
7. Dark Deeds
8. Cant remember the track title but I believe it's the "Throne Room". The choral music that starts after Luke attacks Vader in ROTJ.
9. Battle in the Snow
10. Battle of the Heroes
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Too much great stuff to choose from, but the clip in the first post here is certainly representative of what I love about John Williams' Star Wars music (and just about everything else he has done for film).
Probably Binary Sunset here as well. I'm not that much of a fan of the Imperial March, although I'll acknowledge that it's an outstanding theme. I will admit to liking Duel of the Fates at the risk of sounding clich though.
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All good songs mentioned, I agree with Imperial March. I like the music in this final scene in episode V, real Star Wars atmosphere.
And then of course the music in the cantina scene!
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Originally Posted By: PanzerMeyer
My top 10,
8. Cant remember the track title but I believe it's the "Throne Room". The choral music that starts after Luke attacks Vader in ROTJ.
That, i remember the first time i saw it at the cinema with a mate and the music that went with that part was really cool, really suited the scene well.We were like..yeh smash him!
Back in the 80's I would have said the Imperial March. After the release of Episode I, I have to say Duel of the Fates.
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Too much great stuff to choose from, but the clip in the first post here is certainly representative of what I love about John Williams' Star Wars music (and just about everything else he has done for film).
Yep. I get shivers down my spine every time at 0:44. So beautiful!
In all my years I've never seen the like. It has to be more than a hundred sea miles and he brings us up on his tail. That's seamanship, Mr. Pullings. My God, that's seamanship!
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"Yoda's Theme" is another great track.
It's quite obvious that John Williams was heavily influenced by Richard Wagner when he scored the original Star Wars films.
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I wonder if the SW Holiday Special will ever come out on bluray?
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
But never about the music, as far as I can recall.
