John Williams - Star Wars (A New Hope) (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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1-01	20th Century Fox Fanfare Composed By, Conductor – Alfred Newman	0:23
1-02	Main Title/Rebel Blockade Runner	2:14
1-03	Imperial Attack	6:43
1-04	The Dune Sea Of Tatooine/Jawa Sandcrawler	5:01
1-05	The Moisture Farm	2:25
1-06	The Hologram/Binary Sunset	4:10
1-07	Landspeeder Search/Attack Of The Sand People	3:20
1-08	Tales Of A Jedi Knight/Learn About The Force	4:29
1-09	Burning Homestead	2:50
1-10	Mos Eisley Spaceport	2:16
1-11	Cantina Band	2:47
1-12	Cantina Band #2	3:56
1-13a	Binary Sunset (Alternate)	2:19
1-13b	Main Title Archive	12:00
2-01	Princess Leia's Theme	4:27
2-02	The Millenium Falcon/Imperial Cruiser Pursuit	3:51
2-03	Destruction Of Alderaan	1:32
2-04	The Death Star/The Stormtroopers	3:35
2-05	Wookiee Prisoner/Detention Block Ambush	4:01
2-06	Shootout In The Cell Bay/Dianoga	3:48
2-07	The Trash Compactor	3:07
2-08	The Tractor Beam/Chasm Crossfire	5:18
2-09	Ben Kenobi's Death/Tie Fighter Attack	3:51
2-10	The Battle Of Yavin (Launch From The Fourth Moon/X-Wings Draw Fire/Use The Force)	9:07
2-11	The Throne Room/End Title	5:38

Credits

• A&R [A & R Direction For Rca Victor] – Bill Rosenfield, Joe Mozian
• Art Direction [For Rca Victor] – Richard Dombrowski
• Composed By, Conductor – John Williams (tracks: 1.02 to 2.11)
• Edited By [Album Editing And Asembly Supervised By], Liner Notes – Michael Matessino
• Edited By [Digital], Mastered By [Digital] – Dan Hersch
• Edited By [Supervising Music Editor] – Kenneth Wannberg*
• Engineer [Recording] – Eric Tomlinson
• Orchestrated By – Herbert W. Spencer
• Other [Project Coordinator For Twentieth Century Fox] – Tom Cavanaugh
• Performer – The London Symphony Orchestra (tracks: 1.02 to 2.11)
• Producer – George Lucas
• Producer [Album] – Nick Redman
• Recording Supervisor – Lionel Newman
• Technician [Multi-track Transfers] – Brian Risner

Notes

Re-released expanded edition of the original soundtrack album to coincide with cinematic re-release of original Star Wars Trilogy Special Editions. Contains previously unreleased music.
32-Page booklet including extensive liner notes, photographs and a recording log for the Star Wars scoring sessions.

Track 1.13b is hidden (although stated and explained on liner notes), starting at minute 5:00 of track 1.13, after 2 minutes of silence. It consists of five recorded takes of the "Main Title", presented consecutively with slate numbers and incidental noise; they were takes 16 through 20 of the original recording sessions. Track 1.02 is actually an edited version using portions from takes 18, 19 and 20. The total duration of track 1.13 (called "Archival Bonus Track") is 17:00.

Tracks previously unreleased: 1.08 (Learn About The Force), 1.13, 2.04
Tracks containing previously unreleased music: 1.05, 1.08 (Tales Of A Jedi Knight), 2.02 (Imperial Cruiser Pursuit)

Recorded at Anvil Studios, Denham, England, March 5, 8-12, 15, & 16, 1977
35mm Magnetic elements transferred at The North Room, Zanuck Theatre, Twentieth Century Fox Studios, Los Angeles, CA, April 1996
16-Track analog elements transferred at Trax, Hollywood, CA, May 1996
Digitally assembled and mastered at Digiprep, Hollywood, CA, April-June 1996

All music published by Bantha Music, Inc. (BMI)
Co-published by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI)

℗ & © 1997 Lucasfilm Ltd. Distributed by the local BMG company. A Unit of BMG Entertainment.
Made in the EC.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 09026687462

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
2T-541	John Williams , The London Symphony Orchestra	John Williams , The London Symphony Orchestra - Star Wars ‎(2xLP, Album, Gat)	20th Century Records	2T-541	US	1977
6641759	John Williams , The London Symphony Orchestra	John Williams , The London Symphony Orchestra - Star Wars (Guerra de Las Galaxias) ‎(2xLP, Album)	20th Century Records	6641759	Colombia	1977
AB 453A	John Williams , The London Symphony Orchestra	John Williams , The London Symphony Orchestra - Star Wars 1 ‎(Cass, Album, Unofficial)	AB	AB 453A	Saudi Arabia	Unknown
2T-541	John Williams , The London Symphony Orchestra	John Williams , The London Symphony Orchestra - Star Wars ‎(2xLP, Non)	20th Century Records	2T-541	US	1977
6641 679	The London Symphony Orchestra	Star Wars ‎(2xLP, Album, Gat)	20th Century Records	6641 679	Greece	1977

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