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Old 05-01-2002, 06:33 AM
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I'm a huge John Williams fan (I'm pretty sure the biggest around here)
I didn't see a lot of the scenes before, I think a lot of them weren't in trailers.
Did you notice who the 'Death Sticks' guy was? its the guy who played Mouse in the Matrix!

It obviously isn't as good as the music of 'Duel of The Fates'
and for a reason- that was totaly original inspired only by Mozart's requiem. The entire soundtrack of AoTC is suppose to be variation/rearrangments of other tunes- since thats what the movie is- a merging between Anakin and Vader- so most of the themes are from other movies. IMO the high point of the soundtrack is the last track 'confrontation with Count Dukoo' when, for about 45 seconds, the 'Imperial March' plays in its full glory, as oppose to TPM- in which it played twice very, very softly for about 5 seconds.
I aways thought that The Imperial March was all around, the best tune ever. Even just by listening to it, you get the idea that this is about the most Evil person/place/thing in creation- which, in The Empire Strikes back, is exactly what Darth Vader is.

The only complaint I have about the soundtrack is the fact that 'Across the Stars' starts out just like the theme from 'Hook'- but as A Williams fan, not necceserily a Star Wars fan, I have no problems with him importing something from another movie.

Sorry about the long response, but if I get started on Wlliams, its hard for me to stop.
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