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Hi people,

In this thread I am releasing concept video clips which show extracts from the Star Wars movies with changed music.

I hope that these clips represent an inspiration for every fan editor. This is my contribution to this community.

In my opinion the score creates at least the half of the atmosphere of a movie.

I always thought that, apart from the special effects, one big element in the PT that is different from the OT is the music, the score. Don’t get me wrong, I love the music John Williams wrote for the PT, there are some great titles like “Duel of the Fates”, “Across the Stars” and “Battle of the Heroes”, and I really enjoy them. And every single title John Williams wrote fits into the situation in the movies for which they have been written.

… we know that choices have been made to use some other music for some scenes than the music JW has intented to be there (e.g. “The Arena” in AotC)…

But replacing music in the PT with other music of the PT is not the point I want to work on. (Maybe a bit). It’s what I have already said: “Every single title John Williams wrote fits into the situations in the movies for which they have been written.” That’s right. But to me and my feeling as a Star Wars fan the music of the PT seldom creates the same Star Wars atmosphere like in the OT. The Force Theme is used very rarely compared to episodes IV,V and VI.

I want to create the atmosphere of Episodes IV, V and VI by using the music of these episodes and some bits from KotOR and SotE and more.

Sometimes I’m experimenting with music from other sources which absolutely doesn’t match the Star Wars feeling but I it to be interesting. So don’t expect to much of those clips!
 

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This was actually a project of changing most of the music of a complete episode. I canceled the work because it was too hard to get rid of all of the old music and still maintaining the dialogue and sound effects without having to build up everything from scratch.

Star Wars Episode I: The Old Republic Teaser

 


 

Feedback is always welcome!

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I agree, sounds great! I hope that you'll be done soon! Finally someone else from Germany. Wo kommst du denn her? Ich bin aus Hannover, dem guten alten Niedersachsen...
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Thanks for your feedback. I forgot one thing which I wanted to mention: I loved MagnoliaFan's edit of the music of the Podrace in his Episode I Edit. I think that's the way the whole thing should go.

I am already working on Episode I and it takes me a lot of time to find music that fits. So I hope for any suggestions and ideas from your side. Soon I will post a list with all the music changes I have done so far, but the list won't be very long...

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As I see, there isn't really great interest in this project, but I will at least complete Episode I. Thanks to school, this will be done in the summer vacation. Nevertheless I'm working on it at the moment and I'm trying to change the Neimodian voices. But for I am German I can't really judge whether it sounds good or just ridiculous. So, I have done a little clip in which I changed the pitch of the Neimodian voices. Please tell me your opinion!!!!!!

Neimodians

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It doesn't sound ridiculous, it sounds pretty good. The only thing is I think it makes them a bit harder to understand.

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I tried to do the same with Jar Jar's voice, but it doesn't work because:

1. Normally, Jar Jar doesn't speak very clearly and his grammar makes him hard to understand.
So, with changed pitch, he wouldn't be understandable anymore.
2. Jar Jar's unaltered voice sounds very, uuhm, squeaky. And if the pitch is lowered, it's sounds like a frog.

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When you say the feel of the PT score is different that the OT score, the main thing that always sticks in my mind in the PT score is that JW always uses that annoying xylophonish-sounding clingy thingy (The final stretch of the TPM podrace is a perfect example). Having said that, I don't see how Master Qui-Gon's edit could possibly fail.

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That clip looked good to me. I really like the emphasis on music for this project. If you ever get to Jedi, the "concert version" of the forest battle has some good stuff that's either buried or not in the movie. It would be cool to cut the battle TO that music, mainly in a way that showcases the beginning and the frantic ending of that track.
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Great idea with the nemodians voices. However maybe you should speed the voices up because they sound a little tto slow.


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What I meant was they sound kind of slow in the head if you get what I mean.


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Hello again!!!

Yes, I'm still working on it while most of you forgot it or never knew it.

It's a very slow progress. Good weather outside keeps me away from the computer. But I want to give you a little update:

- list in my first post got an update
- Neimodian voices will NOT be altered (the changed voice doesn't fit Nute Gunray's and the other neimodian's characters in this edit)
- Episode I got a new title, now it's EPISODE I: THE OLD REPUBLIC
- did a little teaser for TOR:
GET IT HERE!

Actually, this teaser doesn't really show any of the scenes with changed music, cuts or additions. It's just a teaser for Episode I with it's new title. And don't worry, the final music cut of the edit won't be as bad as in the teaser and I won't use the Waterworld piece.

- TOR will (of cause) have a new crawl, which I haven't done yet
- if I'm going buy one of the OOT-DVDs in september (I'm not sure yet), and it has the old 20th Century Fox logo und Lucasfilm Ldt. logo in good quality, they'll be in
- after changing the pitch of some voices I tried to change the pitch of the music too, and in some cases it matches the mood of TOR better now
- don't know if TOR will be released this year (I don't want to feel any pressure)

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If your edit is anyway like your teaser trailer, it will be a great edit.

Can't wait to see the finished product

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Awsome trailer. Can't wait to see more.


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Originally posted by: Robi-Wan Kenobi
I agree, sounds great! I hope that you'll be done soon! Finally someone else from Germany. Wo kommst du denn her? Ich bin aus Hannover, dem guten alten Niedersachsen...


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Thank you for your replies people!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The new title developed after I noticed several things:

1. In the web documentary "Good to G.O." I really like the moment when Lucas talks about the jedi being like marshals in the Old West, the keepers of peace.

2. I often used music pieces of "Knights of the Old Republic II", more than I thought I would.

3. With my edit, I want to create an old atmosphere (like Episodes IV, V and VI)

So that led me to the title "The Old Republic". And this is the only episode it really fits to, because in Episode II we already have a sith controlling the republic and a war going on. Btw, if I'm going to do Episode II someday, I'll take MagnoliaFan's title: The Clone War.

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So as you can read in my first post, I have changed the music of the Coruscant-Arrival-Scene. For that, I have used two pieces of "Shadows of the Empire", but now I'm not sure if it really matches the Star Wars atmosphere. Because of that, I want YOU to decide whether the music is ok or I should use other music. Here's the clip:

THE OLD REPUBLIC: Arrival at Coruscant

AND if there's someone who can do the fade out into the credits for my last scene, please send me a pm!!!

EDIT: I noticed that the video and audio aren't synchronous, but that doesn't matter at all, it's only a little bit and as I wrote: the music is important!!!

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