Plans to re-release the soundtracks?

The movies and books would of course come first, but this is the last piece of the 'lets squeeze some cash out of Star Wars' puzzle. Has there been any word on it yet? Any rumors?

DamonD edit : Try the link below.

 

I'm pretty sure the soundtracks are still in release, so no need to re-release them. Perhaps they could print up more to bolster the supply (would that count as a re-release?), or make some sort of advertising push...



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Usually soundtrack releases are tied to theatrical releases. But Lucas has done it before -- I have a boxed set circa early 90s of extended trilogy soundtracks. It was the first time they had actually made an effort to get a lot of the films' music out. The original theatrical soundtracks only contained 50% - 65% of each film's music, and Return of the Jedi had even less. This boxed set added back more, and had a fourth disc with some alternate cuts and some source music (i.e. the Cantina Band and the Ewok drums).

The SE Soundtracks added back even more. Supposedly they contain 90% - 95% of the films' music. There's even a "secret track" on the ANH discs that has a number of consecutive cuts of the Star Wars main theme, each a little different than the one before it.

Anyway, unless they REALLY change the music a lot, I doubt there'll be a soundtrack release. But you never know.

 

I actually have seen the anthology collection in stores fairly recently. I believe it was at Borders.

 

Yeah, I think you can find the 1993 4-disc anthology set for cheap if you look hard enough. The O-OT crowd will love that set because you get Lapti Nek and the Yub Yub song on those discs.

On the other hand, the 1997 SE releases are perfect. Everything soundtracks should be, but aren't.

 

The lack of the concert suite version of "Han Solo and the Princess" on the SE soundtrack release tortured my soul for a long time, until I found a decent enough version of it on a John Williams tribute CD set. It'd be nice to hear it conducted by Williams himself, though - I'm sure he must have done at some point.

 

I hope they print more copies. I can't find them anywhere.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if they were re-released with the extra tracks.

Don't count on it being this year though.

 

Agreed. The soundtracks are still out there and still in very good condition. There's no need to re-release anything like that.

 

I just read this over at musictap.net:

Sony Classical will issue 3 Star Wars titles on September 14. The titles are: Star Wars: A New Hope - Volume IV; Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - Volume V; and Star Wars: Return of The Jedi - Volume V. These titles are by John Williams.

The previous SE discs were on the RCA Victor/BMG label, so I don't know if these will be the same or not. I'm sure we'll hear more as the release date approaches.

(Sony Classical has also been releasing the prequel soundtracks.)

 

The SE soundtracks for Jedi and A New Hope were on iTunes but several months ago they were pulled. When I noticed this I thought "they'll re-release 'em for the DVD release in the fall", but I've thought a lot of stuff that didn't turn out to be true.

 

Just the disco-y version that was used in the music video.

They made a music video of that song?

 

Try asking the guys at the Star Wars and Film Music forum.