Star Wars and other Galactic Funk

Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk was an album produced in 1977 by Meco, who would later also produce the equally famous Christmas in the Stars.

1 Content and musical genre
2 Track listing
3 Musicians
4 Sources

Content and musical genreEdit

Apart from the fifteen-minute medley of disco versions of themes composed by John Williams, the album contained an original disco-funk tune called "Other Galactic Funk," which was composed by Harold Wheeler and Solomon Smith.

The music primarily falls within the funk and disco genres, teeming especially with disco clichés. However, the "Cantina Band" sequence is more jazzy and there is a sequence of harmony twin guitars, which is typically associated with hard rock and classical heavy metal.

Track listingEdit

1. Star Wars (15.49)
- a. Title Theme
- b. Imperial Attack
- c. The Desert & The Robot Auction
- d. The Princess Appears
- e. The Land of the Sand People
- f. Princess Leia's Theme [misspelled "Princess Leis's Theme" on the LP sleeve]
- g. Cantina Band
- h. The Last Battle
- i. The Throne Room & End Title
2. Other Galactic Funk (12.31)

The CD reissue, from 1999, has two additional tracks:

3. Star Wars Theme / Cantina Band - 7" Radio Edit (3.32)
4. Star Wars Theme / Cantina Band - Promotional-Only DJ 12" Mix (7.34)

MusiciansEdit

In addition to the 75 credited "musicians from the Milky Way Galaxy" (expanded to 165 for the CD release)—including Randy Brecker, Paul Winter, and Jon Faddis (whose first name is misspelled "John" on the LP sleeve)—there is a list of "musicians from the CorMar Galaxy":

Musicians from the CorMar Galaxy
From the planet Fooyea
(by special decree of the Nomel Tribunal)
Bontins:       Thur-M76
               Nanl-L18
               Spov-Q87
               Triv-L36
Hyper-Harps:   Krim-A23
               Lassis-P19
               Ter-B61
               Thassus-L46
Slokins:       The Lumen Family:
               Lu-18    Lu-23
               Lu-41    Lu-94
               Lu-17    Lu-00
               [CD insert adds "Lu-43"]
From the Planet Serutu
Shazzas:       The Quibley Twins
Blorcas:       1st: Mai Tha [spelled "Mai The" in the CD insert]
               2nd: Phor Spee
               3rd: Whit Thew [the CD insert adds "a.k.a. Whith U"]
Cloma:         Sharv Goodni
Clomatron:     Ig Trovel [the CD insert adds "Ig Trovel Jr."]
Clomasin:      Sy Ing
Clomato:       Poe Ta Toe

Some of these credits also appear on Meco's 1979 Moondancer album.