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| Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition) / Original Soundtrack : 4 of 5 | |
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2.26.2005
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 Just before the original Star Wars trilogy was released on DVD, I started buying these CDs to get excited about seeing the movies again, but it's taken me forever to give them a serious listen! Now that I've seen the DVDs a few times, everything is so fresh in my mind that the music is much less of a tease, but really enjoyable regardless. As always, I love the full presentation of John Williams' wonderful character themes (I've always wondered if they appear in the films as presented, though). Yoda's Theme is so playful that it makes me wonder if the whole character had been fleshed out when it was written, and Han Solo and the Princess is truly a fantastic love theme. This movie also contains the introduction of the classic Imperial March, a tune that sticks in humanity's brain as much as the main title theme itself! Another standout for me is The Battle of Hoth with its use of piano pounding in the lower octaves to portray the Imperial Walkers making their way across the snow. In fact, the instrumentation in general is much expanded from the soundtrack for A New Hope. There are also many small themes that evoke Cloud City, for example, and plenty of use of the other familiar themes, such as the beautiful Jedi/Force theme. I haven't bought The Return of the Jedi soundtrack yet, but maybe I should before The Revenge of the Sith comes out!
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