Ewoks (soundtrack)
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| Ewoks soundtrack | |
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| Attribution | |
| Author(s) |
Peter Bernstein (composer) |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher |
Varése Sarabande |
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| General information | |
| Genre(s) |
Film score |
| Era(s) |
Rebellion |
Ewoks was a soundtrack released by Varése Sarabande and Lucasfilm Ltd. in 1986. The LP was a compilation of the music composed by Peter Bernstein for the two Ewok films: Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor.
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Track listing
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Side A
- A1. Trek (Caravan Of Courage) 1:53
- A2. Intro/Main Title (Caravan Of Courage) 2:47
- A3. Noa & Terak (The Battle For Endor) 3:50
- A4. Teek (The Battle For Endor) 2:44
- A5. Set Up/Terak's Theme (The Battle For Endor) 3:09
- A6. Noa's Ark (The Battle For Endor) 2:09
- A7. Izrina (Caravan Of Courage) 1:31
Side B
- B1. Flying (Caravan Of Courage) 2:46
- B2. Good Night, Bad Dreams (The Battle For Endor) 3:11
- B3. Poker Game (The Battle For Endor) 2:15
- B4. Pulga Chase (Caravan Of Courage) 2:40
- B5. The House (The Battle For Endor) 1:39
- B6. Escape (The Battle For Endor) 1:30
- B7. Farewell (The Battle For Endor) 3:46
Total duration: 35:50
ProductionEdit
The music for the LP was composed by Peter Bernstein. The album was only ever officially released on LP, on December 8, 1986. Only about half an hour of music from the two films was presented due to LP capacity limitations.
Music composed by Peter Bernstein for Caravan of Courage was conducted by Harry Rabinowitz. For The Battle for Endor Peter Bernstein both composed and conducted the score.
Peter Bernstein also adapted "Parade of the Ewoks" from John Williams' original Return of the Jedi soundtrack. The piece is used as Wicket's theme in both Caravan Of Courage and The Battle For Endor.
Jeff Moss wrote the song "My Star" sung by Cindel Towani in The Battle For Endor. This song was not on the official album and remains unreleased.
Another Ewoks record, associated with the Ewoks cartoon series, was released in France by AB Productions.
Caravan Of Courage score creditsEdit
- Composed by Peter Bernstein
- Conducted by Harry Rabinowitz
- Orchestration by Christopher Palmer
- Performed by members of The Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
- Music Editor: Kathy Durning
The Battle For Endor score creditsEdit
- Composed and Conducted by Peter Bernstein
- Orchestrations by Christopher Palmer
- Supervising Music Editor: Kathy Durning/Segue Music
BootlegEdit
The LP was later bootlegged onto CD by a group in Singapore in 1999 and retitled Star Wars Ewoks. The bootleg has a number of errors including an incorrect track arrangement, incorrect track names and incorrect track times. For example, track 1, "The Trek," has had the "20th Century Fox Fanfare" tacked onto its start (from the official release), extending it a further 29 seconds.
A FLAC audio recording of the 14 official tracks from the original 12" LP was also in circulation at one stage.
Star Wars Ewoks bootleg track listingEdit
Caravan Of Courage
- 1. The Trek 2:22
- 2. Introduction / Main Title 2:46
- 3. Izrina 1:34
- 4. Flying 2:46
- 5. The Pulga Chase 2:48
The Battle For Endor
- 6. Noa And Terak 3:47
- 7. Teek 2:46
- 8. The Set Up / Terak's Theme 3:09
- 9. Noa's Ark 2:11
- 10. Good Night, Bad Dreams 3:10
- 11. A Poker Game 2:17
- 12. The House 1:44
- 13. Escape 1:35
- 14. Farewell 3:47
Additional Material
- 15. An Ewok Celebration 8:02
- 16. The Force Suite 10:42
- 17. A Star Wars Experience 12:15
Total duration: 67:41
The so-called "Additional Material" tracks have never officially been sanctioned by Lucasfilm Ltd. and are in fact poorly engineered tracks cobbled together from a mixture of tracks from both the Star Wars Trilogy: The Original Soundtrack Anthology and various releases of the Return of the Jedi soundtrack.
Fan and collector interestEdit
Since going out of print, the LP has become extremely rare. The LP is very much valued by many collectors. Most fans who own the score only own it in its bootlegged form. The availability of this bootleg has prevented a number of fan petitions to have the album officially rereleased from gathering any significant momentum.[source?]
See alsoEdit
- Empire at War: Forces of Corruption soundtrack
- Shadows of the Empire soundtrack
- Knights of the Old Republic soundtrack
- Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords soundtrack
- Republic Commando soundtrack
- The Force Unleashed soundtrack
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