This is just a list of cues used from the beginning until the beginning of the Jedi Council meeting…
-Fox logo recording from Empire
-Star Wars theme
-Ep. II underscore
-Underscore from Raiders
-Original underscore
-Cue from ROTJ to signal Palpatine’s first appearance
-Mystery theme from Ep. II
-Vertigo brooding music, segueing into
-Mystery theme
-“Medal of Honor” cue (really fits the scene)
-Anakin’s theme from Ep. I
-Tension building cue from Raiders (which I’m worried folks might recognize)
-“Mine Car Chase” from Temple of Doom
-Gong crash at Zam’s appearance, then a short cue from Ep. I
-Original Ep. II underscore, which segues into
-“Asteriod Field” from ESB
-More music from Ep. II, but cut in different spots, louder, and actually builds on the same motif without the electric guitar business in-between
-End of “Droid Factory” cue is actually used for the crash which goes seamlessly into…
-Cue from “Temple of Doom”
-Henry Mancini cue in the nightclub, which ends in coincidence with a critical shot
-Cue from Raiders as Obi-Wan pulls his saber, which continues during the interrogation. I was going to replace it with the mystery motif, but people heard it in a video clip and really liked the effect, so I kept it.
You might be scared at all of the different sources this is coming from, and think that it will sound disjointed and choppy, which it certainly has the potential to do. But keep in mind that I am from a musical background, and I do understand what works and what doesn’t, and oftentimes when I have joined two cues, one leads directly to the next, and makes sense in terms of the key signature and so forth.
Hope that helped
