Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (soundtrack)

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film score by John Williams
Released May 3, 2005
Recorded February 2–3, 7-9 & 12-13, 2005 Abbey Road Studio 1/London
Genre Classical
Length 71:53
Label Sony Classical
Producer John Williams
John Williams chronology

The Terminal
(2004)
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
(2005)
War of the Worlds
(2005)
Star Wars soundtrack chronology
Episode II: Attack of the Clones
(2002)
Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
(2005)
The Clone Wars
(2008)
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The soundtrack to Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith was released by Sony Classical on May 3, 2005, more than two weeks before the film's release. The music was composed and conducted by John Williams, and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and London Voices. Williams also composed and conducted the scores for the saga's other five films. Shawn Murphy recorded the score. Ramiro Belgardt and Kenneth Wannberg served as music editors. Thus, Kenneth Wannberg served as music editor for all six Star Wars scores.

A music video titled A Hero Falls was created for the film's theme, "Battle of the Heroes", featuring footage from the film. In the U.K., "Battle of the Heroes" was released as a CD-single and reached No. 25 in the UK Singles Chart in June 2005.

The soundtrack also came with a collectors' DVD, Star Wars: A Musical Journey, at no additional cost. The DVD features 16 music videos set to remastered selections of music from all six film scores, set chronologically through the saga.

This album was chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005 (#83).

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

No. Title Length
1. "Star Wars and the Revenge of the Sith"   7:31
2. "Anakin's Dream"   4:46
3. "Battle of the Heroes"   3:42
4. "Anakin's Betrayal"   4:04
5. "General Grievous"   4:07
6. "Palpatine's Teachings"   5:25
7. "Grievous and the Droids"   3:28
8. "Padmé's Ruminations"   3:17
9. "Anakin vs. Obi-Wan"   3:57
10. "Anakin's Dark Deeds"   4:05
11. "Enter Lord Vader"   4:14
12. "The Immolation Scene"   2:42
13. "Grievous Speaks to Lord Sidious"   2:49
14. "The Birth of the Twins and Padmé's Destiny"   3:37
15. "A New Hope and End Credits"   13:06

Star Wars: A Musical Journey

Star Wars: A Musical Journey is a bonus DVD included with the soundtrack. The DVD, which runs for just over an hour, contains a collection of music video clips from the Star Wars films set to selected themes from Williams' scores. The music has been remastered in Dolby 5.1 surround sound. It also contains a preview trailer for the film's video game adaptation. Each clip features an introduction by actor Ian McDiarmid. The program can be watched with or without this introduction. This program served as the foundation for Star Wars: In Concert, almost containing an identical soundtrack.

Star Wars: A Musical Journey contains the following chapters. Each video consists of clips from the movies that seemingly fit the music score composed by Williams:

  1. "A Long Time Ago" —
    "20th Century Fox Fanfare" / "Star Wars Main Title" (from all of the films)
  2. "Dark Forces Conspire" —
    "Duel of the Fates" (from Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace)
  3. "A Hero Rises" —
    "Anakin's Theme" (from Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace)
  4. "A Fateful Love" —
    "Across the Stars" (from Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones)
  5. "A Hero Falls" —
    "Battle of the Heroes" (from Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith)
  6. "An Empire is Forged" —
    "The Imperial March" (from Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back)
  7. "A Planet that is Farthest From" —
    "The Dune Sea of Tatooine" / "Jawa Sandcrawler" (from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope)
  8. "An Unlikely Alliance" —
    "Binary Sunset" / "Cantina Theme" (from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope)
  9. "A Defender Emerges" —
    "Princess Leia's Theme" (from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope)
  10. "A Daring Rescue" —
    "Ben's Death" / "TIE Fighter Attack" (from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope)
  11. "A Jedi is Trained" —
    "Yoda's Theme" (from Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back)
  12. "A Narrow Escape" —
    "The Asteroid Field" (from Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back)
  13. "A Bond Unbroken" —
    "Luke and Leia" (from Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi)
  14. "A Sanctuary Moon" —
    "The Forest Battle (Concert Suite)" (from Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi)
  15. "A Life Redeemed" —
    "Light of the Force" (from Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi)
  16. "A New Day Dawns" —
    "Throne Room" / "Finale" (from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope)

Recording Information

John Williams' score to this film, the Star Wars saga's sixth installment, was recorded over five days at Abbey Road Studio with the London Symphony Orchestra and London Voices starting on February 3, 2005, with one morning allocated specifically for vocal recording.

Also recorded on February 3, Revenge of the Sith DVD Version ("Battle of the Heroes", presumably)

The released cue slate (and recording dates) are as follows:

Slate Title Recording Date

Reports from people involved leaked out onto the internet and descriptions of the recording sessions were once available at JWFan.net. An archive is here.

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