That's a very intersting idea mthaslet, it got me to thinking..........we definately should use cues from this piece scattered throughout the beginning. If you listen to the main "duel of the fates" track as it is on TPM first release , there are alot of cues that arn't even used in the movie. The beginning , with the strings fading in, has a nice feel to it. I could see this being used perhaps while QuiGon and Obi are talking about stowing aboard a TF ship and landing on the planet....it would add a nice "in a hurry" feel to the scene. And it could be used during certain scenes with the nemoidians , like when they land on Naboo and exit the ship....you could have those horns come in (same cue as when darth maul introduced the fight in TPM) and give a good dreadful feel to the scene.

Has anybody starting considering how to arrange the soundtrack for this edit? I don't know about everyone else, but i'm all for dumping the "trade federation march" theme from the prequels. I know that it sounds outrageous to some, but I got bored with it after Episode 1, and then they continued to have it in 2 and 3. But it had random association in all the originals. In TPM it was obviously the droid army, in Ep.2 it was the clone army, then in Ep.3 it was the clones fighting the droids.........so if what they were going for was "Clone War" music, then I would have rather had something more epic. That's just my opinion. There are PLENTY of amazing tracks on the Shadows of the Empire soundtrack and I'm sure TrooperMan has a catalouge of music that should be good enough to stand in with Williams score. But I think there should be new themes for BossNass/Gungans, Naboo panaramic shots, Coruscant, and especially Tatooine. If you can re-score 90% of the movie, then you will have easier ways of blending cuts together and the swipes from scene to scene. Soo much of TPM score just seemed bland.........I know that there are alot of subtle tracks on the OOT soundtracks, but TPM sounds soo "bright" and "happy" and I believe you guys are trying to make a darker version of Ep.1. But ANYWAY, I agree with Mthaslett, we should think of uses pieces of Duel of the Fates to sprinkle around the plot and see how it turns out. Imagine back before the movie came out, and you were listening to the soundtrack when it came out...........weren't you imagining something soo GRAND when you were hearing the music? One thing I have to say about ALL of the prequels is that they didn't use the actual soundtracks to the best of their potential. I think that even ROTS didn't use its musical cues appropriately. Questions? Comments?