logo Sign In

Post #112223

Author
Max Reebo Rocks
Parent topic
Favorite OT score/music cue?
Link to post in topic
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/112223/action/topic#112223
Date created
5-Jun-2005, 2:43 PM
Seems like there hasn't been much discussion in this forum about the music in the OT (the music in the PT is vastly inferior to that in the OT, IMO, like the films themselves), so I thought I'd start a thread. Personally, I think the ESB score is the best of the three (esp. the Hoth Battle and Asteroid Field cues). My favorite musical moment from the entire trilogy, however, is in ROTJ when Luke unloads on Vader after the "If you will not turn to the dark side, then perhaps she will" line. That scene gives me chills every time, mainly b/c of the music. Not your typical action music, but a hauntingly beautiful, building string motif with male vocals that perfectly complements what's happening onscreen (Luke getting dangerously close to the dark side). To me, that scene is pure Star Wars.

What other OT scenes come to mind as magical musical moments? (God, that sounds cheesy)