Favourite Pieces of Music in Star Wars

benduwan said:

all from the ot

Surprised to hear this. I think John William’s music is easily one of the best parts of the prequels. Particularly Revenge of the Sith.

Some of my favourites would be:

SW
Binary Sunset theme
The Desert and the Robot Auction
Inner City

TESB
Lando’s Palace
Yoda’s theme
The Battle in the Snow

ROTJ
The Return of the Jedi
Parade of the Ewoks
Victory Celebration

TPM
Duel of the Fates
The Arrival on Tatooine + flag parade
Queen Amidala and the Naboo Palace
The High Council Meeting + Qui Gon’s funeral

AOTC
Kamino theme
Across the Stars
Love Pledge and the Arena

ROTS
Anakin’s Betrayal
Padme’s Ruminations
Enter Lord Vader
The Immolation Scene

TFA
Rey’s Theme
March of the Resistance

TLJ
Ahch-to Island
The Rebellion is Reborn
Peace and Purpose

TROS
The Rise of Skywalker
A New Home

and from the series:

TCW
The Clones
Death of a Master
Burying the Dead

SWR
Sabine’s Catharsis
Thrawn’s Web
The White Loth Wolf

TM
The Mandalorian
The Baby
Open the Door

TBB
Omega’s Theme
main Bad Batch theme
The Bounty Hunter is Back

TBOBF
The Ultimate Boon
Aliit Ori’shya Tal’din

There are, of course, too many to name

STAR WARS

• The Dune Sea
• Binary Sunset
• The Cantina Band
• TIE Fighter Attack
• Leia’s Theme is pretty

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

• The Asteroid Field
• Han and the Princess
• Lando’s Palace
• Yoda’s Theme
• I guess the Imperial March has to be on here too

RETURN OF THE JEDI

• Sail Barge Assault
• Jabba’s Theme (and also his Baroque Recital)
• Alliance Assembly
• Luke and Leia is actually pretty good
• Into the Trap
• Light of the Force
• and yes the Emperor’s Theme is very good, and the Forest Battle Suite is a nice collection

THE PHANTOM MENACE

• Duel of the Fates obviously
• The Swim to Otoh Gunga
• The Droid Invasion
• Augie’s Great Municipal Band

ATTACK OF THE CLONES

• Across the Stars
• The Chase Through Coruscant

REVENGE OF THE SITH

• Battle of the Heroes is good

THE FORCE AWAKENS

• Rey’s Theme is one of the most wonderful pieces in all of Star Wars
• Han and Leia is a nice one
• Scherzo for X-Wings
• The Jedi Steps
• March of the Resistance and the villains’ theme is good too

THE LAST JEDI

• Rose’s Theme is good, wherever that is
• Canto Bight, despite being a dumb sequence in the film, is sooooo good

The other soundtracks I have barely heard, if it all, so I can not comment on those. I am sure they have some good stuff.

benduwan said:

all from the ot

Besides pretty much this, I really enjoyed the Solo soundtrack which is my favorite from the Disney films. The only pieces I didn’t like were the weird tribal tracks for those bad guys whose name I don’t remember anymore. Haven’t seen the film since 2018. Otherwise the music is very adventurous and captures the SW feel.

I’ll limit it to three per movie, as I could get carried away(especially with the originals)

STAR WARS
-Cantina Band
-TIE Fighter Attack
-The Throne Room/Finale

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
-The Asteroid Field
-Yoda and the Force
-The City in the Clouds

RETURN OF THE JEDI
-Luke and Leia
-A Jedi’s Fury
-Ewok Celebration/Finale (Yub Nub)

THE PHANTOM MENACE
-Duel of the Fates
-Anakin’s Theme
-Augie’s Municipal Band

ATTACK OF THE CLONES
-Across the Stars
(I really don’t remember any other specific tracks, though it’s obviously good because John Williams)

REVENGE OF THE SITH
-Battle of the Heroes

THE FORCE AWAKENS
-Rey’s Theme
-March of the Resistance

THE LAST JEDI
-Canto Bight (Similar to cantina song from SW77? Sure, but fun nonetheless)

RISE OF SKYWALKER
-Was there any new original theme in this movie?

Gotta give an honorable mention to Bea Arthur’s song in the Holiday special. “Just one more round friend…”