Obi-Wan said:

... How come that the RSO CD used for Track 12 contains such noise?

Many Part of this track were over saturated (when the volume was ridiculous) on the original RSO CD). It is somehow noticed in the remixing details, and it is also stated in one of my two last post whan I say the music was recorded too strong. I think the "cracklings" you mention are more related to this over saturation.

However, and despite this corruption, this is the version that shows the best the original sound for the end titles. Listen to the RSO LP and you'll find these parts are really awful and the volumes very badly managed.

Well, the End Title on the last version uploaded is quite the same mix than it it since the beginning and I've just calmed down the highs of a little nothing on this final version. There is *to me* really no problem with that track and the way I choosed to render it. I can't say the same for all the tracks.

I said working with this score is full of contradictions, and indeed I've more problems with some "clear" tracks ("Mynock Cave", "Luke's First Crash" and a few others) because they are very difficult to put in relief, or to bring to the temper of what should be the sound.