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Mr. P
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So I purchased the soundtrack today and just finished listening to it. WOW! It is amazing. I especially liked the end credits, it is so cool how the movie is so dark and depressing but the music for the end credits is pretty much all of the best themes from the OT to sort of "remind" us that things will get better.
Overall I liked best the new music. "Battle of the Heroes" and Grievous's theme rocked. I thought it was cool how it is "The Birth of the Twins and Padme's Destiny" (rather than Death). I accidentally saw the track listing in iTunes last week like the day before I saw the movie and freaked out, I didn't see Destiny but rather "The Birth of the Twins and Padme's D..." which I automatically assumed was 'death.' Nice of them not to actually put it on the track listing, but whatever, too late now.
Ultimately I was slightly disappointed in the amount of music that was lifted straight from the OT. It was sort of good because it was like a "Best Of the OT," they put the best parts of the OT music in this movie. However it would have been nice if Williams had changed it a little bit rather than using exactly the same cues.
But I liked it. What did you think of the soundtrack?
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stormcloud8
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Date Posted:
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Ha ha! I was just searching for the soundtrack thread like 3 minutes ago. I just wanted to remark on how "Anakin's Betrayal" must be the saddest and most mournful piece of music ever created for Star Wars.
Actually, the whole CD is packed full of good stuff.
I haven't watched all of the DVD yet, but I wish they'd do a full blown version of music videos for the whole saga. To avoid spoilers it barely has any ROTS stuff in it. Let's see a full musical interpretation of the saga.
Oh...who can forget about "Palpatine's Teachings." The perfect music for the perfect scene.
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Personally, I love the second song on there, I think it's called Anakin's Dream, a lot. The begining part is really beautiful.
Battle of the Heroes was perfect and Palpatine's teaching was, like stormcloud said, perfect for the scene.
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It's not on the CD, but the use of Duel of the fates in the film is very, very powerful to me also.
We go from Battle of the heroes in the Anakin vs Obi fight, into the "build up" (don't know the right term)of Duel of the fates, and then when the scene switches to Yoda vs Sidious, the choir of Duel of the fates kick in.
It fits so damn well with Sidious just destroying the senate chamber, I really got serious chills the second time I saw the film (was to busy sitting with my mouth wide-open the first viewing).
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First track is awesome. It has the main theme and then some really great music.
One place in the film where the music was used to great effect I thought was when Yoda and Palps are on the Chancellors platform, it is rising up and the camera zooms out so you can see the entire Senate Chamber and really epic music comes on. It's awesome.
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I have to admit, when I saw the movie the first time, I was irked by the music. But what I realized is that I was paying too much attention to what was going on rather than the music.
When I played the soundtrack, I cried like I did in the movie. This is such a wonderful CD. I agree, the end credits seems much too edited but some of the transitions are wonderful. I would like to hear what didn't make it into the film (i.e. like with ROTJ, more music than movie). I read somewhere that he did over 2 hours and 30 minutes of music. I would be all over that.
Can I just say I loved it all? Easier that way. lol Storm, the DVD is good but I wanted to see more blending of the saga. And I wanted more PT music too.
It makes me rather quiet and emotional when I listen to it. Anyone else have the same feelings?
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Oh, I've loved this soundtrack for a long time. I just went back and listened to the entire thing again all the way through (the first time after I've seen the movie). Let me just say these things:
Padme's ruminations is great. I loved the music for that scene and had completely forgotten it was on the soundtrack.
The main theme that plays on the first track (after the title music) is great. When I heard it while seeing the two Jedi starfighters streaming through the sky, I smiled.
Anakin's Dark Deeds. OMG, I LOVE this piece. It's one of the ROTS songs that made it onto my iPod.
Finally, Padme's Destiny. The end part of that track with the choir. I used to love it because it was the same theme that went with Qui-Gons funeral in TPM. But now all I can picture when I hear that is the rise of Darth Vader in the suit, and it makes me cry when I listen to it now. It's sooooo sad. 
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I wasn't a fan of "The Immolation Scene" until after I saw the movie, now it is one of my favorites. I can always hear Obi-Wan saying, "You were the chosen one..."
I really hope that sometime soon we get better releases for AOTC and ROTS, like the SEs. Heck, even through TPM in there, they should re-release all of them SE style, and not like the Ultimate Edition.
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Am I the only one who was confused as to why the end credits music was almost all OT stuff? I know they were going with connections, but I thought it'd be more appropriate to have a medley of Across The Stars and Duel Of The Fates mixed in with the Ep3 stuff.
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Me too. Although if you listen to the credits at the movie, it's not the same.
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I love the opening track, how it cuts right from the opening scroll theme to the Battle Hymn of the Republic  /Force theme, it's brilliant.
To be honest, in the final track, I love how William's throws in the Rebel theme. I think it's neat how the OT stuff shows up.
What is different about it in the actual film? I didn't stay for the credits. 
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MaraJadeBean, I tried listening to it the next day after seeing the movie and I couldn't-it made me too sad. Even now, a New hope and end credits makes me feel emotional. The whole CD is so beautiful and haunting, I love it.
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The end credits in the movie is a mix of Battle of the Heroes and other score from the movie, like most end credits.
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I did my best to not purchase the CD until after I saw the movie (twice). But I would say, for the first CD I've bought in several years...that it's fantastic. Especially Palpatine's Teachings and Padme's Ruminations, they both reminded me of my two favorite scenes in the movie.
Also, the DVD alone is worth the price of the soundtrack. I watched it all the way thru with Ian's commentary, which was well done. I just wish there would have been more ROTS footage in the videos where appropriate, but I guess they were trying to reduce spoilers.
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The DVD is cool. My favorite one was "Dark Forces Conspire".
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Anakins Betrayal and The Immolation Scene are superb tracks. For me, John Williams has truly returned to his glory years for this particular score.
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