Star Wars Trilogy: The Original Soundtrack Anthology

Attribution information
Author(s)	John Williams
Publication information
Publisher	Arista Records
Release date	November 23, 1993
Type	CD
General information
Genre(s)	Film score

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Track listing

Disc 1 - Star Wars

1. 20th Century Fox Fanfare with CinemaScope Extension – 0:22
2. Main Title – 5:23
3. Imperial Attack* – 6:41
4. The Desert/The Robot Auction – 2:51
5. The Little People Work – 4:08
6. The Princess Appears – 4:06
7. The Land of the Sand People – 2:55
8. The Return Home – 2:48
9. Inner City* – 4:44
10. Mouse Robot/Blasting Off – 4:03
11. Rescue of the Princess – 4:48
12. The Walls Converge – 4:33
13. Ben's Death/TIE Fighter Attack – 3:51
14. Princess Leia's Theme – 4:23
15. The Last Battle – 12:13
16. The Throne Room/End Title – 5:32

*contains previously unreleased

Disc 2 - The Empire Strikes Back

1. 20th Century Fox Fanfare with CinemaScope Extension (Alfred Newman, 1954) – 0:22
2. Main Title/The Imperial Probe (Extended version)* – 7:58
3. Luke's Escape – 3:34*
4. Luke's Rescue – 1:45
5. The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme) – 2:59
6. The Battle in the Snow – 3:45
7. Luke's First Crash* – 4:12
8. The Rebels Escape Again – 2:59
9. The Asteroid Field – 4:14
10. Yoda's Theme – 3:26
11. Han Solo and the Princess – 3:26
12. The Training of a Jedi Knight – 3:13
13. The Magic Tree – 3:32
14. Yoda and the Force – 4:02
15. City in the Clouds* – 6:50
16. Lando's Palace – 3:52
17. The Duel – 4:14
18. Hyperspace – 4:03
19. Finale/End Credits – 6:18

*contains previously unreleased

Disc 3 - Return of the Jedi

1. Twentieth Century Fox Fanfare with CinemaScope Extension (Alfred Newman, 1954) - 0:22
2. Main Title/Approaching the Death Star - 5:18
3. Han Solo Returns (At the Court of Jabba the Hutt) - 4:06
4. Fight in the Dungeon* - 3:38
5. Return of the Jedi - 4:59
6. Emperor Arrives* - 2:05
7. Death of Yoda* - 6:03
8. Parade of the Ewoks - 3:25
9. Luke and Leia - 4:43
10. Emperor Confronts Luke* - 3:26
11. Into the Trap - 2:36
12. First Ewok Battle/Fight with the Fighters* - 7:18
13. Forest Battle - 4:01
14. Final Duel/Into the Death Star* - 3:37
15. Emperor's Death - 2:41
16. Darth Vader's Death* - 2:31
17. Through the Flames* - 1:36
18. Leia Breaks the News/Funeral Pyre for a Jedi - 2:19
19. Ewok Celebration/Finale - 7:58

*previously unreleased

Disc Four - Outtakes and Previously Unreleased Material

1. 20th Century Fox Fanfare with CinemaScope Extension (Alfred Newman, 1954) - 0:22
2. Main Title (Alternate Version)* - 2:16
3. Heroic Ewok/The Fleet Goes into Hyperspace* - 3:05
4. Hive of Villainy* - 2:12
5. Destruction of Alderaan* - 1:31
6. Drawing the Battle Lines/Leia's Instructions* - 4:02
7. The Ewok Battle* - 2:48
8. Attack Postion* - 3:04
9. Crash Landing* - 3:35
10. Cantina Band - 2:46
11. Lapti Nek - 2:48
12. Cantina Band, No. 2* - 3:44
13. Faking the Code* - 4:10
14. Brother and Sister* - 3:08
15. Standing By* - 1:14
16. Leia Is Wounded/Luke and Vader Duel* - 2:57
17. Carbon Freeze/Luke Pursues the Captives/Departure of Boba Fett** - 11:08
18. Losing a Hand* - 5:20
19. Return of the Jedi (Alternate Version)* - 5:03
20. Leia Breaks the News (Alternate Version)/Funeral Pyre for a Jedi (Film Version)* - 2:27
21. Ewok Celebration (Film Version)* - 6:22

*previously unreleased

**previously unreleased, except "Departure of Boba Fett".

External links

• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope soundtrack on Wikipedia
• Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back soundtrack on Wikipedia
• Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi soundtrack on Wikipedia

See also

• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope soundtrack
• Star Wars Episode IV: The Empire Strikes Back soundtrack
• Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi soundtrack

In other languages

• Deutsch