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Star Wars Trilogy |  | Artist: John Williams
Label: Sony
Category: Music
List Price: $59.98
Buy New: $39.25
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Seller: newbury_comics
Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 11484
Format: Box set, Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 6
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5.1 x 1.3
MPN: 93451
UPC: 827969345122
EAN: 0827969345122
ASIN: B0002YCVLU
Release Date: September 21, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | 20th Century Fox Fanfare | | • | Main Title/Rebel Blockade Runner | | • | Imperial Attack | | • | Dune Sea of Tatooine/Jawa Sandcrawler | | • | Moisture Farm | | • | Hologram/Binary Sunset | | • | Landspeeder Searck/Attack of the Sand People | | • | Tales of a Jedi Knight/Learn About the Force | | • | Burning Homestead | | • | Mos Eisley Spaceport | | • | Cantina Band | | • | Cantina Band #2 | | • | Binary Sunset [Alternate Take][*] |
Disc 2
| • | Princess Leia's Theme | | • | Millennium Falcon/Imperial Cruiser Pursuit | | • | Destruction of Alderaan | | • | Death Star/The Stormtroopers | | • | Wookiee Prisoner/Detention Block Ambush | | • | Shootout in the Cell Bay/Dianoga | | • | Trash Compactor | | • | Tractor Beam/Chasm Crossfire | | • | Ben Kenobi's Death/Tie Fighter Attack | | • | Batte of Yavin: Launch from the Fourth Moon/X-Wings Draw Fire/Use ... | | • | Throne Roon/End Title |
Disc 3
| • | 20th Century Fox Fanfare | | • | Main Title/The Ice Planet Hoth | | • | Wampa's Lair/Vision of Obi-Wan/Snowspeeders Take Flight | | • | Imperial Probe/Aboard the Executor | | • | Battle of Hoth: Ion Cannon/Imperial Walkers/Beneath the ... | | • | Asteroid Field | | • | Arrival on Dagobah | | • | Luke's Nocturnal Visitor | | • | Han Solo and the Princess | | • | Jedi Master Revealed/Mynock Cave | | • | Training of a Jedi Knight/The Magic Tree |
Disc 4
| • | Yoda's Theme | | • | Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme) | | • | Yoda's Theme | | • | Attacking a Star Destroyer | | • | Yoda and the Force | | • | Imperial Starfleet Deployed/City in the Clouds | | • | Lando's Palace | | • | Betrayal at Bespin | | • | Deal With the Dark Lord | | • | Carbon Freeze/Darth Vader's Trap/Departure of Boba Fett | | • | Clash of Lightsabers | | • | Rescue from Cloud City/Hyperspace | | • | Rebel Fleet/End Title |
Disc 5
| • | 20th Century Fox Fanfare | | • | Main Title: Approaching the Death Star/Tatooine Rendezvous | | • | Droids Are Captured | | • | Bounty for a Wookiee | | • | Han Solo Returns | | • | Luke Confronts Jabba/Den of the Rancor/Sarlocc Sentence | | • | Pit of Carkoon/Sail Barge Assault | | • | Emperor Arrives/The Death of Yoda/Obi-Wan's Revelation | | • | Alliance Assembly | | • | Shuttle Tydirium Approaches Endor | | • | Speeder Bike Chase/Land of the Ewoks | | • | Levitation/Threepio's Bedtime Story | | • | Jabba's Baroque Recital | | • | Jedi Rocks | | • | Sail Barge Assault [Alternate Take][*] |
Disc 6
| • | Parade of the Ewoks | | • | Luke and Leia | | • | Brother and Sister/Father and Son/Fleet Enters Hyperspace/Heroic Ewok | | • | Emperor's Throne Room | | • | Battle of Endor: Into the Trap/Forest Ambush/Scout Walker Scramble | | • | Lightsaber/The Ewok Battle | | • | Battle of Endor 2: Leia Is Wounded - The Duel Begins/Overtaking ... | | • | Endor 3: Superstructure Chase/Darth Vader's Death/The Main Reactor | | • | Leia's News/Light of the Force | | • | Victory Celebration/End Title | | • | Ewok Feast/Part of the Tribe | | • | Forest Battle (Concert Suite) [*] |
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Given that it's largely credited with reinventing Hollywood--or at least fostering its overweening box office expectations--it's hard to imagine that the genesis of George Lucas' sprawling, multi-billion dollar Star Wars franchise was once considered a risky studio proposition at best. But Lucas himself has wisely singled out the robust, retro-romantic music of composer John Williams as the unlikely artistic linchpin that holds all of the saga's disparate dramatic, thematic and technical elements firmly together. Boxed together here then are three of the most successful and influential film scores of modern Hollywood, work that draws as much on Williams' masterful sense of classical music history as it does his own well-studied melodic and arranging instincts. Each of the three double-disc collections here contains all of the music written for Star Wars: A New Hope, Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi (and even Alfred Newman's intyroductory "Fox Fanfare"), newly upgraded via Direct Stream Digital remastering that adds stunning new presence and clarity to Williams' rousing, epochal scores. Each chapter also features a lenticular 3-D cover and newly designed fold-out film poster, as well as encoded disc features allowing online access to elaborate new Star Wars screen savers; the ultimate musical compendium of the original Star Wars triptych. --Jerry McCulley
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 Dissappointing Omissions & Odd Mixing July 16, 2009
J. Penrose (Kelfour's Landing)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
For something that is supposed to be "complete" there are some startling omissions: The raucous song being sung By Sy Snoottles & Co. in return of the Jedi seems absent and instead we get what sounds like "Jabba does karaoke with Sy" with the voice of Jabba being done by someone who was NOT the original voice, or so it sounds. Instead of the truly exciting and wild tribal dance music played by the Ewoks when they celebrate the destruction of the Death Star at the end of Jedi, we get the later add-on music put in for the "improved" version of the film that could best be called "Zamfir plays Ewok lullabies and even he sounds bored with it".
That being said, there are some nice additions: The second song done by the Cantina Band from "A New Hope" which is only heard for a few seconds in the film is lovingly done in true "Benny Goodman Meets E.T. and Swings!" style. And there are a few alternate takes of some music.
Beyond this, to me, the music is very oddly mixed. I tend to listen via (fairly high-end) headphones and much of the music is mixed in such a way that it sounds like one of the old mono-to-stereo remixes where the tracks got arbitrarily split between the two speakers with almost dead air in the middle. Very disconcerting heard through headphones. It's as if the orchestra is standing to either side of you, but not in front. Maybe this works better with open air speakers but to me it jars and diminishes the quality of the sound stage dramatically.
I really wanted to like this but I am putting it up sale here. It just wasn't worth the full price.
Lucas needs to stop "improving" these things or give us all versions, old new and whatever you come out with next year. (Same for the DVD versions by the way, I want the *original* films as I saw them when I was young, even with all their imperfections.)
 COMPLETE BOX SET??? June 28, 2009
Sean R. Glover (USA)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
So, this is probably the best work done by John Williams, and includes all of the classic movies, but what I'm mainly concerned about is this:
We now have 6 Star Wars Soundtracks. Why don't we have a complete box set of Star Wars Music from all 6 movies? Okay, so the music in the prequels isn't QUITE up to par with the originals, but there's still some great things to be heard, such as "Anakin vs. Obi Wan" from III, and "Duel of the Fates" from I. So...why not have a complete?
 DRIVES YOU INTO AN ADVENTURE October 21, 2007
PAULO MUSIATE-KELLY (Miami, FL USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
In a Dolby Pro-Logic THX Stereo System, far far away....
STAR WARS will always blow all fans minds with the rich instruments guiding you through the galaxy on your spaceship, with love and philosophy... engage into The Force and use it to delight your senses by indulging yourself on the strengths of each side, and pick the one that suits you better. A Jedi Knight...
A fountain of youth for a Star Wars geek February 12, 2007
Sean Murtha (Connecticut, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It has been a long time since I last dared to take out my old Star Wars LP, with its well remembered skips and pops. Now, thanks to the Boxed set of the Star Wars Trilogy, I can listen to it again as it was intended to sound, and as often as I like. It is like revisiting an old friend, but there are differences: for one, there is more music, and it has been restored to its actual running order, unlike the LP which cut and spliced a bit to create rounder, perhaps more balanced listening. But for a true fan of the films, it is deeply satisfying to hear the score in its proper order and entirety, even if at times it can ramble on or shift more suddenly than a typical symphonic work. That being said, John Williams is a master at composing for film, so that even taken out of context it is beautifully listenable.
The major drawback to the boxed set is the complete lack of liner notes or any kind of commentary--one of my favorite features of the old LP were the inserted notes. So much thought went into the score that it demands commentary. Admittedly, I haven't yet been able to access the "unlock and go" feature on the internet, so perhaps the lack of liner notes on the box is rectified there. Another surprise, given the fact that there is room on the CD's to include more music, alternate takes (and even an extended secret "inner groove" on the first disc), is that in the case of episode 6, music that was added for the new edition of the film is included but not the music it replaced. Admittedly this was the least interesting music in the soundtracks, namely the "pop" music in Jabba's palace and the Ewok's chant at the end, but for the sake of completion, it should also have been included. A minor quibble, and more than made up for by the inclusion of the 20th century fanfare and the second Cantina track.
All-in-all, this boxed set is a must for anyone for whom the original trilogy was a special part of their youth. It will instantly bring you back to that state of wonder when you first saw the films, and on repeated listens it will continue to reveal the genius of John Williams.
This is more of a description of the music than a review for this particular set, really . . . December 30, 2006
Liz Reeder (Pittsburgh, PA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A New Hope:
What to say about Star Wars? It's all too known to say very much. But let me just point out a few things, instead. The Main Title track, after the fanfare calms, is quoting 'Mars' from Holst's 'The Planets'. "The Dune Sea of Tatooine" is a tribute to Stravinsky's 'The Rite of Spring'. The bonus track contains several different takes on the Main Title if you sit around and wait--there is a LOT of silence 'til it starts, but it's fascinating to hear the subtle differences from take to take. With "May the Force Be With You" and "Princess Leia's Theme", we have the beginning of the lovely, melodic leitmotifs we have come to associate with Star Wars music.
The Empire Strikes Back:
Both the best movie and the best soundtrack of the original trilogy, in my opinion. Whether or not you agree about the movie, the music here really is the best, from a professional standpoint and not just an "it's pretty!' one. Three huge things happen in this movie, musically: "Han Solo and the Princess", the love theme which is based on "Princess Leia's Theme"; "Yoda's Theme"; and, last but certainly not least, "The Imperial March". I believe the two biggest, most recognisable themes of the saga are the Main Title theme and "The Imperial March", which was constructed from half-developed "evil" cues from 'A New Hope', and also Chopin's "March funèbre, Lento" from 'Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor' (trust me, you know it).
The Return of the Jedi:
The only new themes (there are plentiful delectable motifs) to come out of this movie are "Parade of the Ewoks", which nearly succeeds in making the Ewoks themselves cute, and the extremely luscious "Luke and Leia". "The Emperor's Theme", introduced in 'Empire Strikes Back', is emphasised, and voices lace over the epic duel between father and son (not nearly as stimulating as the music or the fight scenes of the prequel trilogy). It is true, there are some slightly embarrassing tracks ("Threepio's Bedtime Story", "Jedi Rocks"), but somehow all is set right by the power of "Victory Celebration" (which evokes much the same in its feeling of somewhat tragic triumph that "Now We Are Free" does in 'Gladiator'). It closes the saga perfectly (and we won't be mentioning the Yub Nub song, thank you very much).
I might also mention that Star Wars themes do wonders for hearing intervals. And that knowing the intervals make relationships between themes throughout the saga that much more interesting.
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