Album
Star Wars
John Williams, The London Symphony Orchestra
1977 · Classical, Stage & Screen
101 collectors on Gatefold own this
Star Wars is a Soundtrack & Scores album by John Williams, The London Symphony Orchestra, originally released in 1977. On Gatefold: 190 pressings tracked, owned by 101 collectors.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Main Title5:20
- A2Imperial Attack6:10
- A3Princess Leia's Theme4:18
- A4The Desert And The Robot Auction2:51
Side B
- B1Ben's Death And TIE Fighter Attack3:46
- B2The Little People Work4:02
- B3Rescue Of The Princess4:46
- B4Inner City4:12
- B5Cantina Band2:44
Side C
- C1The Land Of The Sand People2:50
- C2Mouse Robot And Blasting Off4:01
- C3The Return Home2:46
- C4The Walls Converge4:37
- C5The Princess Appears4:04
Side D
- D1The Last Battle12:05
- D2The Throne Room And End Title5:28
Sound DNA
- Soundtrack & Scores
- Compiled Soundtrack
- holographic
- triumphant
- spacey
Original soundtrack the 1977 film "Star Wars (opens in a new tab)" (later renamed/rebranded/remarketed as "Episode IV: A New Hope" within the Star Wars saga).
Has distinction of being the only "Star Wars" OST to be distributed by the film distributor's own record label -. Later two film's sequels' soundtracks were distributed by RSO, as 20th Century Fox Records fell into financial difficulties, and was finally liquidated in 1981 (with its musical catalogue being sold to PolyGram).
Original 1977 USA pressings are on 20th Century Records, which was rebranded in 1978 as 20th Century Fox Records, so those pressings date from the late-1970s to very early-1980s. 20th Century Fox Records pressings which list RCA distribution are circa 1979-1981. The repressings from later in the 1980s are on RSO.
Tracks A1 (in its shorter form) and B5 were also released on 7 inch single (opens in a new tab).
First expanded release was available as part of the 1993 4-CD compilation set Star Wars Trilogy (The Original Soundtrack Anthology) (US 1993) (opens in a new tab), but the most comprehensive version so far (supposedly including the complete, remastered film score) was released by BMG in 1997, coinciding with the "Special Edition" release of the original film trilogy. This 2-CD set was re-released by Sony with different artwork in 2004, 2007 (in The Music Of Star Wars box set), 2015, and 2016 (in Star Wars: The Ultimate Soundtrack Collection (UK, Europe & US 2016) (opens in a new tab) box set).
In 2016, the original 1977 album was remastered from the original analog masters and reissued on vinyl, including full artwork reproduction. It was also released on hi-res digital. In 2017, this remaster was reissued again, on Walt Disney Records for the first time, in standard-res digital only, and later on vinyl again for the 40th anniversary.
In 2018, a new remaster was created from the film mixes with edits matching the original soundtrack release. This remaster was issued on CD and hi-res digital in 2018, and on vinyl in 2020 and 2021.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Alec Guinness
- Alexander TaylorVIOLA
- Anthony CamdenOBOE
- Anthony ChidellHORN HORNS
- Arthur GriffithsBASS CONTRABASS
- Brian ClarkeVIOLA
- Brian GaultonVIOLIN
- Brian MollinsonBASS CONTRABASS
- Brian ThomasVIOLIN
- Brian ThomasVIOLIN
- Carrie Fisher
- Clive GillinsonCELLO
- Cyril ReubenVIOLIN
- David CrippsHORN HORNS
- David HumeVIOLA
- David LlewellynVIOLIN
- David WilliamsVIOLIN
- Denis WickTROMBONE
101 collectors on Gatefold own this · 190 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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