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  • Artist: John Williams
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 2007
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 886971404722
  • Item Number: SNY140472
  • Release date: 10/02/2007
  • 1. Star Wars Main Title Theme and The Arrival At Naboo
  • 2. The Flag parade
  • 3. Qui-Gon's Noble End
  • 4. Jango's Escape
  • 5. Yoda And The Younglings
  • 6. General Grievous
  • 7. Anakin's Dark Deeds
  • 8. Imperial Attack
  • 9. Ben Kenobi's Death / Tie Fighter Attack
  • 10. Yoda And The Force
  • 11. The Clash Of Lightsabers
  • 12. Sail Barge Assault
  • 13. End Title (From Star Wars Episode VI)
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Star Wars: The Corellian Edition by John Williams on CD


Die-hard fans of the Star Wars hexalogy are quite familiar with the epic soundtracks by John Williams and are likely to own the albums that interest them. So it's hard to imagine why Sony has issued Star Wars: The Corellian Edition as a single disc that offers short excerpts from each of the six film scores, though it can hardly be said to be a greatest-hits collection in the usual sense. A promotional sticker advertises the contents as, "The Most Popular Star Wars Themes from All Six Episodes on One CD!" But this is misleading, since the famous doom-laden motive for Darth Vader from Episode IV is missing, as well as the well-known "Princess Leia's Theme" and the Cantina Band music (which actually reached No. 72 on Billboard's Top 100 in 1977), so this CD falls short of its stated aim. The popular "Main Title" fanfare is universally known and is included here, as well as the memorable "End Title" music, but the remaining action sequences and atmospheric scenes are not as recognizable (except to those who have seen all the movies several times) and are not necessarily the best parts of their respective scores. The original performances by the London Symphony Orchestra have been enhanced with DSD remastering, and they are identical to the tracks that appear on the 2004 editions of the soundtracks. So this disc may serve as a sampler to whet casual listeners' appetites for the full CDs, but chances are good that anyone who is already a Star Wars buff will not need this teaser, except perhaps as a collectible. ~ Blair Sanderson, Rovi
  • Artist: John Williams
  • Format: CD
  • Year: 2007
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • UPC: 886971404722
  • Item Number: SNY140472
  • Release date: 10/02/2007
  • Label: Sony Music Distribution
  • Genre: Classical
  • Style: Film Score, Modern, Contemporary
  • Album Time: 54:58

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Editorial Reviews

Bursting with excitement, and throwing in one wild chase, life-threatening dilemma, and dazzling effect after another, George Lucas' Star Wars packs a remarkable amount of story into 121 minutes; if the characters and dialogue sometimes lack depth, they have plenty of flash and boundless energy, and the film keeps just enough of its tongue in cheek to acknowledge an undercurrent of sly, low-key wit without snickering at either the characters or the audience. In a decade in which cynicism was the order of the day in the film industry (and American culture), Star Wars dared to be hokey. With its wise old men, dashing young pilots, spunky but virtuous princesses, and bad guys who were either deliciously evil or downright slimy, the movie had the courage to take a truckload of Hollywood archetypes, present them with smarts, humor, and no apologies, and make them work for a new generation of filmgoers. The movie in this way forged a totally original amalgam of myth, marketing, and movie serials to become one of the biggest cultural phenomena in movie history. Commercially, Star Wars opened new vistas in merchandizing toys and other movie tie-ins, as it helped transform science fiction from a fringe market into one of Hollywood's dominant genres. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide