John Williams, London Symphony Orchestra - Return of the Jedi: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Special Edition)
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Artist: John Williams, London Symphony OrchestraEdition: Music CD
Format: Limited Edition, Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1997-03-11
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- 20th Century Fox Fanfare
- Main Title/Approaching The Death Star/Tatooine Rendezvous
- The Droids Are Captured
- Bounty For A Wookiee
- Han Solo Returns
- Luke Confronts Jabba/Den Of The Rancor/Sarlacc Sentence
- The Pit Of Carkoon/Sail Barge Assault
- The Emperor Arrives/The Death Of Yoda/Obi-Wan's Revelation
- Alliance Assembly
- Shuttle Tydirium Approaches Endor
- Speeder Bike Chase/Land Of The Ewoks
- The Levitation/Threepio's Bedtime Story
- Source Music: Jabba's Baroque Recital
- Source Music: Jedi Rocks
- Alternate Bonus Track: Sail Barge Assault (Alternate)
- Parade Of The Ewoks
- Luke And Leia
- Brother And Sister/Father And Son/The Fleet Enters Hyperspace/Heroic Ewok
- Emperor's Throne Room
- The Battle Of Endor I (Into The Trap/Forest Ambush/Scout Walker Scramble/Prime Weapon Fires)
- The Lightsaber /The Ewok Battle
- The Battle Of Endor II (Leia Is Wounded--The Duel Begins/Overtaking The Bunker/The Dark Side...
- The Battle Of Endor III (Superstructure Chase/Darth Vader's Death/The Main Reactor)
- Leia's News/Light Of The Force
- Victory Celebration/End Title
- Source Music: Ewok Feast /Part Of The Tribe
- Archival Bonus Track: The Forest Battle (Concert Suite )
Free Music Notes for Return of the Jedi: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Special Edition)
Free Music Review: Five stars, but could still be better.
Hit: 5 Stars
Reviewing the RCA/Victor 1997 "Special Edition" soundtrack of Return of the Jedi, one finds that it is the best soundtrack for the 1997 edition of the film, and perhaps the best soundtrack for Jedi overall. It gets five stars for the music, four for musical presentation, and five for packaging.
Nearly all of the music from the film is presented here, including some concert suites and diagetic Ewok music. However, a lot of the 1983 music is missing, including every version of Lapti Nek (there are at least three extant), every version of the Ewok song (two?), Jabba's suite, and all the original music from Max Rebo's Band (one or two cues). In their place, one finds the listenable Victory Celebration and the terrible Jedi Rocks. Some of the missing cues are available in the earlier Anthology set, some you may be able to find through gray market channels.
Those with good ears may be disappointed by the sonics of this album. The engineers who mastered it were not working for the best elements, so the 1983 music sounds muffled in places. I have read that better sources have been discovered, but Sony has no intention of remastering this soundtrack.
The packaging and liner notes push this set up to five stars. There is an outer slipcase with an embossed foil Star Wars Special Edition logo and a track listing on the back. Inside is a small hardcover book, with the discs placed in envelopes glued to the inside cover. The disc is laser-etched to depict an X-wing engaging a TIE Fighter in front of the Death Star. The booklet, which is about 30 pages, contains recording information, a brief history of the original recording and the Special Edition, and commentary on all 27 tracks by Michael Matessino. My slipcover has become damaged in the last 10 years--back before MP3, we had to loan physical CDs to our friends, and some of our friends were not very careful with them--but the whole thing remains a very classy-looking affair. Let us hope Sony gives us a re-release that treats the music with just as much class.
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