Idea & Info: Star Wars Replacement Music Suggestions

Author: fishmanlee
Date: 15-Nov-2011, 9:41 PM

Author: fishmanlee
Time: 15-Nov-2011 9:41 PM (Edited)
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Recently I have noticed posts about replacing music in certain scenes in the PT with other/older scores by Williams (and other composers), and alot of replies suggesting scores to use, so I was inspired to create this thread, where we can compile a list of scores that could easily be used. (no recognizable themes etc.)

and without further ado, the "list"

1977: Black Sunday

Sample: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NniX3Ym79RE

1973: Images

Sample (best I could get on short notice): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYppv9Ht64s

1976: Family Plot

Sample (The score was released recently in better quality than in this video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp3HNRVsUXA

1978: The Fury
(This score has 2 releases: The original performance, and a re-arranged version by the London Symphony Orchestra)
Sample http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNPidX0NKdk1979: Swing Swing Swing from _1941 (replacement for Jedi Rocks/Lapti Nek

Sample: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-gXtESsm6M

1991: JFK_

Sample: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA09kg7Euhc

John Williams score to Return of the Jedi Remastered/Remixed:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/JOHN-WILLIAMS-Star-Wars-Episode-VI-Return-of-the-Jedi-Remastered-Edition/topic/14606/page/1/

Author: mrbenja0618
Time: 16-Nov-2011 10:39 AM
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The Black Sunday stuff is the best in my opinion. Nice find.

Author: fishmanlee
Time: 23-Nov-2011 12:16 PM (Edited)
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Thanks!

A new addition:

1978 The Fury
(This score has 2 releases: The original performance, and a re-arranged version by the London Symphony Orchestra)

Sample http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNPidX0NKdk

John Williams score to Return of the Jedi Remastered/Remixed:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/JOHN-WILLIAMS-Star-Wars-Episode-VI-Return-of-the-Jedi-Remastered-Edition/topic/14606/page/1/

Author: Master Qui-Gon
Time: 26-Nov-2011 8:03 AM (Edited)
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You have some very good suggestions here.

Note that there has been a re-arrangement of the "Black Sunday" score in 2010.

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Author: FrederikOlsen
Time: 26-Nov-2011 8:51 AM (Edited)
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You may find this wonderful score suitable for your list:

1999 Outcast (PC game)

Sample: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6My91_062cU

Author: Rogue-theX
Time: 26-Nov-2011 10:30 PM
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Thank you for making this thread, fishmanlee. :)

OT-DAWT-COM nieghbour and sometime poster (Remember, Tuesday is Soylent Green day!)

Author: MrInsaneA
Time: 26-Nov-2011 10:42 PM
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FrederikOlsen said:

You may find this wonderful score suitable for your list:

1999 Outcast (PC game)

Sample: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6My91_062cU

This me-likey.

Author: FrederikOlsen
Time: 27-Nov-2011 4:08 PM
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It's an awesome game, but the soundtrack is definitely one of the best parts of it. It was composed by Lennie Moore and performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra. It's very Star Wars-y at times, so it definitely contains some usable moments.

Author: Mithrandir
Time: 28-Nov-2011 1:03 PM
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I've always said that with an orchestral re-arrangement (like cutter does, for instance), this theme of McCartney could be a good love/tender theme for soft scenes; specially considering that the first notes of the main melody are very Binary Sunset-like (listen to 0:05)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir-Pl4szYOs&feature=related

Then the song turns to an orchestration and melodies that couldn't function well in a Star Wars movie. But I'm of the idea that nothing is going to fit perfectly, everything that's not SW will need at least, some minimal arrangement/tweak, that's why I'd rather look for melodies instead of "finished" songs.

Greetings!

Author: MrInsaneA
Time: 2-Dec-2011 3:35 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5MoBb8-75E

Oh God. How has no one posted this yet?

Author: MrInsaneA
Time: 2-Dec-2011 3:38 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtVqLwroDio

And this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5XsiFKnA60&feature=related

And this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7BGwxTKlYc&feature=related

And this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfH5Z6SBIEQ&feature=related

Can you say "Goldmine?" I can. Goldmine.

Author: MrInsaneA
Time: 2-Dec-2011 3:51 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMSj-9lkCmQ

And this one....I can't even....wow.

Author: ben_danger
Time: 2-Dec-2011 6:00 PM
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i've sort of made a bastardised SWTOR soundtrack for personal listening, and some of it is quite good!

it is actually quite a nifty resource as far as it comprises of bastardised parts of existing music, all played in a consistent manner, so a fan-editor can essentially start using certain themes from the OT, that would sound just a tad different to avoid any direct connection.

Author: MrInsaneA
Time: 2-Dec-2011 8:19 PM
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ben_danger said:

i've sort of made a bastardised SWTOR soundtrack for personal listening, and some of it is quite good!

it is actually quite a nifty resource as far as it comprises of bastardised parts of existing music, all played in a consistent manner, so a fan-editor can essentially start using certain themes from the OT, that would sound just a tad different to avoid any direct connection.

It's really fantastic. You get hints of all the classic OT themes, while still having something unique. I love it. As if SWTOR didn't have ENOUGH things to make me love it.

Author: ben_danger
Time: 2-Dec-2011 9:12 PM
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my only gripe is that the companions have identical names and backstorys BUT i digress. there seem to be a few people claiming to have THE soundtrack, which seems dubious as your links refer me to music i havn't heard yet. also on mine some of the tracks are actually a bunch of seperate tracks clumped together. the thing is massive.

how good is that main theme? frickin awesome.

Author: Sepharih
Time: 2-Dec-2011 9:24 PM
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YES!!!! I knew TOR would have some awesome stuff. I'm going to crack open that soundtrack and do some rough cuts of the battle of geonosis, that and see if I can find a good theme for Dooku!

Author: MrInsaneA
Time: 2-Dec-2011 9:29 PM
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Sepharih said:

YES!!!! I knew TOR would have some awesome stuff. I'm going to crack open that soundtrack and do some rough cuts of the battle of geonosis, that and see if I can find a good theme for Dooku!

If you wanna good theme for Dooku, try Xizor's theme from Shadows of the Empire. Fits him perfectly.

Author: ben_danger
Time: 2-Dec-2011 9:29 PM
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not the whole thing, but the BALMORRA might be good. it sort has that mysterious/contradictory character vibe. i guess it depends what you are going for though exactly. bear in mind that this is a good example of a track with multiple themes inside it.

Author: MrInsaneA
Time: 2-Dec-2011 9:33 PM
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ben_danger said:

my only gripe is that the companions have identical names and backstorys BUT i digress. there seem to be a few people claiming to have THE soundtrack, which seems dubious as your links refer me to music i havn't heard yet. also on mine some of the tracks are actually a bunch of seperate tracks clumped together. the thing is massive.

how good is that main theme? frickin awesome.

Only MMO I will or will ever play.

Author: timdiggerm
Time: 5-Dec-2011 4:00 PM
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Anyone know which bits of music from the original trilogy weren't actually used in the final films? Here's what I can think of, though I don't know the track names:

Binary Suns alternate
Some Yoda training stuff
Parts of the ESB duel
The Luke's Lightsaber Construction scene (although obviously a lot of fan editors want to put this scene back in anyway)

Also, I'm correct in thinking that a lot of the stuff in the Forest Battle concert suite doesn't actually appear in the film, right?

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Author: MrInsaneA
Time: 5-Dec-2011 4:03 PM
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timdiggerm said:

Anyone know which bits of music from the original trilogy weren't actually used in the final films? Here's what I can think of, though I don't know the track names:

Binary Suns alternate

Some Yoda training stuff

Parts of the ESB duel

The Luke's Lightsaber Construction scene (although obviously a lot of fan editors want to put this scene back in anyway)

Also, I'm correct in thinking that a lot of the stuff in the Forest Battle concert suite doesn't actually appear in the film, right?

I think you're right on all of those except the ESB duel.

Author: timdiggerm
Time: 5-Dec-2011 4:17 PM
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I should probably check, but I thought some of the duel has no music, whereas the whole duel has music in the Black-and-White-Music-Only version that DJ and ABC did?

Also, there's an alternate Sail Barge Assault on the SE soundtrack release. Obviously, as it's the ROTJ soundtrack it won't sound as good as the others, and ABC's restored versions don't have this track, but it's something at least.

ROTJ Storyboard Reconstruction Project

Author: fishmanlee
Time: 7-Dec-2011 11:41 AM
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There is the unused Ice Planet Hoth.

John Williams score to Return of the Jedi Remastered/Remixed:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/JOHN-WILLIAMS-Star-Wars-Episode-VI-Return-of-the-Jedi-Remastered-Edition/topic/14606/page/1/

Author: fishmanlee
Time: 20-Dec-2011 3:01 PM
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1979: Swing Swing Swing from 1941 (replacement for Jedi Rocks/Lapti Nek

Sample: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-gXtESsm6M

John Williams score to Return of the Jedi Remastered/Remixed:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/JOHN-WILLIAMS-Star-Wars-Episode-VI-Return-of-the-Jedi-Remastered-Edition/topic/14606/page/1/

Author: Darth Indy
Time: 1-Jan-2012 12:18 AM
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I always thought this music was perfect for a rescored scene in TPM. It's from Two Steps from Hell, a music studio that specialises in the epic music you hear in movie trailers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD2EsUpCmuM