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| 1. Star Wars Main Title and The Arrival at Naboo |
| 2. Duel Of The Fates from Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace |
| 3. Anakin's Theme |
| 4. Jar Jar's Introduction and The Swim To Otoh Gunga |
| 5. The Sith Spacecraft and The Droid Battle |
| 6. The Trip To The Naboo Temple and The Audience With Boss Nass |
| 7. The Arrival At Tatooine and The Flag Parade |
| 8. He Is The Chosen One |
| 9. Anakin Defeats Sebulba |
| 10. Passage Through The Planet Core |
| 11. Watto's Deal and Kids At Play |
| 12. Panaka And The Queen's Protectors |
| 13. Queen Amidala and The Naboo Palace |
| 14. The Droid Invasion and The Appearance of Darth Maul |
| 15. Qui-Gon's Noble End |
| 16. The High Council Meeting and Qui-Gon's Funeral |
| 17. Augie's Great Municipal Band and End Credits |
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The most eagerly anticipated movie of 1999, if not the decade, The Phantom Menace was also a mouth-watering prospect for soundtrack fans. Star Wars, after all, has become arguably the best-known and most influential movie score ever written, so a new instalment from John Williams, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, was always going to be a cause for celebration. And if the movie proved ultimately unable to live up to audience's almost impossibly high expectations, the music more than compensated. This is Williams at his expansive best. Always a supremely confident inhabitant of the Star Wars universe, the composer once again marshals the techniques of leitmotif and thematic transformation to depict the exotic landscapes of George Lucas's imagination; and here, 22 years after the original, his scoring exudes the maturity of a highly accomplished master of his craft. Take the centrally important "Anakin's Theme", for example, in which the seeds are sown for transformation into "The Imperial March" (Darth Vader's theme), or the Miklós Rózsa-esque march of "The Flag Parade" (the comparison with Ben-Hur is only fitting in context), or the magnificent choral set-piece, "Duel Of The Fates", in which a choir chanting a Sanskrit text (!) is propelled headlong over a driving ostinato rhythm. Original themes are used sparingly, but when the Force theme floats ethereally into "Watto's Deal" or the Emperor's sinister theme introduces "The Appearance Of Darth Maul", their impact is all the more telling for its subtlety. Throughout, the picturesque orchestration conjures vivid images--whether or not you are thinking of the movie--helped greatly by a magnificent performance from the LSO, whose excitement and sense of enjoyment in this music is tangible (the brass playing is, as ever with this team, a joy to behold). The recording at Abbey Road Studio No. 1 is also one of the most realistic ever captured on disc: listen through good speakers and it's like sitting in the studio itself. This 74-minute album assembled by the composer is intended to offer a musically coherent presentation: doubtless a complete version of this score will surface to satisfy collectors, but for now there's scarcely a better way to experience the magical fusion of music and cinema. --Mark Walker
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STAR WARS Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace (1999 UK 17-track soundtrack CD album featuring music composed and conducted by John Williams picture sleeve SK61816)
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Great soundtrack,
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This review is from: Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace (Audio CD)
I love Star Wars, and I love this soundtrack! This CD will give you a load of good memories when listening to it. That's all I need to say!
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of his best,
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This review is from: Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace (Audio CD)
This is a great study of how soundtrack cues are selected for a typical album release.
To truly get 'into' the score I'd recommend the 2 disc complete recording which features every cue Williams wrote for the film presented in narrative order. However, this is a great place to start and presents the score in solidly crafted concert suites that entertain from start to finish. Revisiting old themes and crafting impresssive new ones, Williams exceeded expectations and provided probably my favourite Staw Wars score of the lot. The rich tapestry of colour and shade within the orchestration is a pure treat, as one would come to expect from such a composer, made even more apparent now by the total neglect of such colour by modern composers and their 'one sound fits all' approach. Crank up the volume and be transported - this is sci-fi music at its best.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Purchase,
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This review is from: Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace (Audio CD)
CD was better than described. Fast shipping. Would order from here againStar Wars, The Phantom Menace
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