Knightmessenger said:
Does the 97 Empire soundtrack have any of the tracked music spliced in from the new scenes? The part where we see Vader land his shuttle in the RotJ outtake sounds really bad, it's an abrupt change in the music and repeats the score of where Vader says "No, I am your father."

Those added scenes to Empire don't get mentioned a lot but I think they are among the worst additions to the trilogy. They show that George has no idea of pacing or story structure or that a scene which on it's own might look cool can make a movie worse. It totally ruins the moment with Luke's escape from the bottom of Cloud City. The Jabba scene in ANH is stupid but it doesn't interrupt nearly as emotionally involving of scenes as the Vader shuttle ones do.

No, the Empire CD is intact. Just like its predecessor, it includes the score as is, including plenty of deleted music. Interestingly, I first heard this deleted music as part of the score of the N64 Shadows of the Empire. I'm referring to the tune (un)used for Echo Base being the music in the file select screen. When I first heard the soundtrack, it gave me quite a shock.

And, hey, I've gone on record as stating the very same thing. I think those changes in Empire are the absolute worst of the entire special edition, in some ways even worse than Jabba and Hayden (yes, Hayden). Hayden as Vader is ridiculous and disrespectful (and, most importantly, confusing if you haven't seen the prequels), but it doesn't change the pacing of the film. The Jabba scene kills the pacing, but it's not nearly as damning as interrupting the climax of the movie for a pointless shuttle ride. So, yeah, I'm right there with you.