by John Williams, London Symphony Orchestra List Price:$18.00 Our Price:$13.00 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Product Details
Media: Audio CD
Release Date: Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Label: Sony
Average Customer Review: 4.5 Based on 138 reviews.
Sales Rank: 119
Tracks
1.
Chapter 12: A Narrow Escape - The Asteroid Field {from Star Wars: Episo
2.
Chapter 13: A Bond Unbroken - Luke and Leia {from Star Wars: Episode VI
3.
Chapter 14: A Sanctuary Moon - The Forest Battle (Concert Suite) {from
4.
Chapter 11: A Jedi Is Trained - Yoda's Theme {from Star Wars: Episode V
5.
Chapter 10: A Daring Rescue - Ben's Death/The Fighter Attack {from Star
6.
Chapter 1: A Long Time Ago - 20th Century Fox Fanfare/Star Wars (Main T
7.
Battle Of The Heroes
8.
Anakin's Dream
9.
Anakin's Dark Deeds
10.
Anakin's Betrayal
11.
Anakin vs. Obi-Wan
12.
A New Hope and End Credits
13.
Chapter 15: A Life Redeemed - Light of the Force {from Star Wars: Episo
14.
Enter Lord Vader
15.
General Grievous
16.
Grievous and the Droids
17.
Grievous Speaks to Lord Sidious
18.
New Day Dawns: Throne Room/Finale {from Episode IV: A New Hope} [DVD]
19.
Padme's Ruminations
20.
Palpatine's Teachings
21.
Star Wars and The Revenge Of The Sith
22.
The Birth Of The Twins and Padme's Destiny
23.
The Immolation Scene
24.
Chapter 16: A New Day Dawns - Throne Room/Finale {from Star Wars: Episo
25.
Chapter 2: Dark Forces Conspire - Duel of the Fates {from Star Wars: Ep
26.
Chapter 3: A Hero Rises - Anakin's Theme {from Star Wars: Episode I - T
27.
Chapter 4: A Fateful Love - Across the Stars {from Star Wars: Episode I
28.
Chapter 5: A Hero Falls - Battle of the Heroes {from Star Wars: Episode
29.
Chapter 6: An Empire Is Forged {from Star Wars: Episode V - The Empires
30.
Chapter 7: A Planet That Is Farthest From - The Dune Sea of Tatooine/Ja
31.
Chapter 8: An Unlikely Alliance - Binary Sunset/Cantina Band {from Star
32.
Chapter 9: A Defender Emerges - Princess Leia's Theme {from Star Wars:
Editorial Review
John Williams' lovely and moving score for the sixth Star Wars film brings thirty years of collaborating on George Lucas’ beyond-popular intergalactic franchise to a close. (Is this really the end of Star Wars? Can’t Lucas and Williams work together on a prequel to these prequels? Let us hope so, and that Jar Jar Binks is nowhere near it.) As this music accompanies the most exciting Star Wars film in many a moon, the soundtrack itself is more fun, more evil, more nasty and bumpy. Many of the heroic, anthemic themes woven throughout Episode Three: Revenge of the Sith will necessarily be familiar to any fan of the series, from the "Imperial March" to the main theme. It’s remarkable how stirring the latter can be, no matter how many times you’ve heard it, and even for those who do not have all their money invested in S.W. memorabilia. There is a lot of new music here, and the lush, extensive range of both Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra is on display, most notably in the menacing, percolating "General Grievous" and the rousing "New Hope" end theme. --Mike McGonigal
The Force Is Also with:
Star Wars Trilogy soundtrack box set
Star Wars Episode II sountrack
Star Wars Episode II, Attack of the Clones
Star Wars Episode I, The Phantom Menace
Star Wars Trilogy on DVD
Star Wars, Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Top Customer Reviews
Rating:
3 A disappointing ending to the greatest soundtrack set of all time
Just as the film Episode III is superior to Episode II, so too is the soundtrack. Unfortunately, ranked against the entire 6-episode set, it manages no better than 5th. That's not to say that there aren't a number of enjoyable moments on this disk - Gen. Grievous's theme is inspired and the new "Battle of the Heroes" theme is quite nice. In fact, as incidental music, the soundtrack is fantastic - it captures the darkness and percussive action of the film perfectly (as did the soundtrack for Episode II, incidentally).However, I for one expect more from John Williams in general, and from his Star Wars scores in particular. Not only must they perfectly complement the onscreen action, they must be enjoyable songs in their own right. This is where the Ep. III soundtrack fails, as did Ep. II before it, and where Ep.I excells. The music is overly jerky, which is especially noticeable when previous themes are incorporated. Instead of the smooth incorporation of the Imperial March into, for example, "Darth Vader's Death" (RotJ) or "Anakin's Theme" (Ep.I), we get a basic cut and paste from "The Duel" (ESB) into "Anakin vs. Obi-wan". I swear I thought I was back on Cloud City for half the song! Not only that, the pace and tenor of the Imperial March part of "The Duel" does not match the Battle of the Heroes theme, so the entire piece is jerky. Another example - the end credits are basically a rehash of the Throne Room awards ceremony theme (ANH). This does not make any sense! There is nothing triumpant or heroic about the end of Ep. III, so the inclusion of this theme, of ALL the themes Williams could have picked, is particularly inappropriate. More appropriate would have been any of the Emporer's Theme, The Imperial March, even Yoda's theme. But I think it should have been the Force Theme (which doubles as Luke's theme in ANH).Anyways, in spite of the glowing reviews this soundtrack seems to garner from most people, I remain quite disappointed. It does not have the tunefulness nor listenability of any of the original trilogy soundtracks, and is nowhere near as enjoyable as the brilliant Ep. I offering.
Rating:
4 Another Star Wars Masterpeice
After seeing the movie for the third time, I realized that it just wouldn't be what it is today without John Williams' masterpeice score. I still cant get Battle of the Heroes out of my head. All of the tracks are easily played for your personal use. I, personally listen to General Grievous every day driving to work. "A musical Journey" was a magnificent film that picked the best scenes from all of the movies and put them to the most appropriate Star Wars theme music. The only complaint that I have is that there was only 15 tracks, low for a soundtrack.
Rating:
5 Episode III Soundtrack possibly best of all 6!!
*MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS* I am a reletively new Star Wars fan, but have heard most of the music from all the soundtracks and this has to be on my top three list for those 6 albums. Along with the dark theme of the movie the music is very deep and dark containing many themes relating to the major plot scheme, Anakin's fall to the dark side. The Symphony piece to this album "Battle of the Heroes" rivals that of Duel of the Fates from Ep. I as the excellent choral work blended with music worthy of any Star Wars fanatic. General Grievous' theme always brings up images of the first time he appeared on the screen thus fulfilling its purpose. Padme's funeral theme contains the music from Qui-Gon Jinn's funeral as well...I know what you're thinking "They didn't even have enough imagination to come up with new death tones, but the tie-in is done seamlessly and along with the rest of the song makes it feel complete. Finally track 15, "A New Hope and End Credits" Quite possibly my favorite track from all 6 Star Wars Albums it starts out with Leia's Theme, then the Force theme from Episode IV then molds into the classic iris credit scroll, but after that...an awe-inspiring blend of mostly all of the original trilogy's end themes such as the Award Ceremony from Ep. IV. The best ending to a Star Wars CD ever!Also included is a BONUS DVD, which chronicles the Star Wars films in their entirety from Anakin's first apperance to the fall of the Empire. Easily making this one of the most cost efficient soundtracks of them all. IN conclusion if you have any ANY connections at all to the films or music of Star Wars BUY THIS CD! It will astonish you and provide hours of entertainment. Mr. John Williams, thank you.
