Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. 20th Century Fox Fanfare
2. Main Title/Ice Planet Hoth
3. Wampa's Lair/Vision Of Obi-Wan (previously unreleased)/ Snospeeders Take Flight
4. Imperial Probe/Aboard The Executor
5. Ion Cannon/Imperial Walkers/Beneath The At-At/Escape In TheMillenium Falcon
6. Asteroid Field
7. Arrival On Dagobah
8. Luke's Nocturnal Visitor
9. Han Solo And The Princess
10. Jedi Master Revealed/Mynock Cave
11. Training Of A Jedi Knight/Magic Tree

Disc 2:

1. Imperial March
2. Yoda's Theme
3. Attacking A Star Destroyer
4. Yoda And The Force
5. Imperial Starfleet Deployed/City In The Clouds
6. Lando's Palace
7. Betrayal At Bespin
8. Deal With The Dark Lord
9. Carbon Freeze/Darth Vader's Trap/Departure Of Boba Fett
10. Clash Of Lightsabers
11. Rescue From Cloud City/Hyperspace
12. Rebel Fleet/End Title

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #103126 in Music
• Released on: 1997-04-13
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 124 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
As the bridging film of the original Star Wars trilogy, The Empire Strikes Back (1980) topped its predecessor in terms of story, character development, and special effects. Directed by Irvin Kershner, the sequel documents the relentless pursuit of the rebels by Darth Vader, a burgeoning romance between Han Solo and Princess Leia, and the training of Luke by the mystical Yoda. Taking advantage of his elaborate leitmotif design, composer John Williams introduces a wise, spiritual theme for Yoda and a delicate love theme that assumes a more dramatic profile after Han is betrayed and frozen into sculpture. The score is also an imaginative inventory of self-contained settings, whether it be the chilly Hoth soundscapes, the otherworldly choruses of Cloud City, or the intricate gymnastics written for "The Asteroid Field". Discarding the heroic optimism of his previous score, Williams enforces the film's overriding dark tone through the ominous, brassy "Imperial March". Appearing in virtually every cue, the march accompanies Vader's obsessive quest to kidnap and convert Luke to the dark side. A definitive accounting of the finest science-fiction score ever written, this remastered two-disc set (released concurrently with the special edition of The Empire Strikes Back in 1997) presents the complete score in its full glory. --Kevin Mulhall

Customer Reviews

Look no further for movie orchestral excellence.
All the main themes in this outstanding score have been quite rightly hailed by many past reviewers. All I can add is, listen
to THE ASTEROID FIELD. It is probably the most fantastic action scene accompaniment by any composer in cinema history, and that includes Bernard Herrmann. Williams uses every corner of the orchestra with awe inspiring precision and verve. I cannot champion this fine piece of movie music enough. The rest of the soundtrack ain't too bad either!!

The Holy Grail of Soundtracks
Amaizing. This soundtrack is a must have for any film score lover. Williams still has not created a soundtrack with more depth and beauty to this day. The hauntingly beautiful love theme for Han and the princess is one of his greatest, most sweeping works, lending itself to a variaty of renditions, the most powerful of which signals the movie's shocking end. In fact, each of the three new themes are very versitile and throughout the score they are each played in a varity of fashions, each perfectly setting the tone.

Yoda's theme, when played slowly, is a mystical lulaby. But when it greets the end credits, it becomes a fast lively affair. What was once calm and serene becomes playful and energetic.

In this soundtrack there is so much to keep you entertained. You'll want to come back, time and again, and with this double cd edition, there's even more for you to listen to.

From one of the greatesr film scorer of all time comes one of his best works so far. Own it today!

Imperial March
I would recomend this to anyone. This is the best Star Wars soundtrack ever.
You will enjoy all the tracks espsally THE IMPERIAL MARCH, a dark but fun theme that is now a famous signature of Darth Vader.

Just listen to the soundtrack and you'll be transported to another world!