SilverWook said:
http://www.thestarwarstrilogy.com/starwars/post/2013/02/07/Star-Wars-and-other-Galactic-Funk
http://www.depthoffieldmagazine.com/2012/07/29/starwarsploitation-sounds-star-wars-on-record-1977-1979/
I used to find a lot of them in thrift stores in the 80's. There were a couple unique interpretations of John Williams' score, but not much that holds a candle to MECO. Wish I had held onto a few of them.
Where were you in '77?
Star Wars disco -- peh. What I want is Star Wars ambient (now that would be awesome).
Surely, it must exist.
Where were you in '77?
Duel of Fates slowed down sounds a bit like Tangerine Dream.
SilverWook said:
http://www.thestarwarstrilogy.com/starwars/post/2013/02/07/Star-Wars-and-other-Galactic-Funk
http://www.depthoffieldmagazine.com/2012/07/29/starwarsploitation-sounds-star-wars-on-record-1977-1979/
Good articles ^ . This now officially the greatest record cover ever painted...
Shame it isn't an LP otherwise I'd be tracking down a cover for my wall. This alternate Japanese cover of the same 7" is fab too...
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Bingowings said:
Duel of Fates slowed down sounds a bit like Tangerine Dream.
Quite nice. :)
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If you liked that this sounds like something from a David Lynch movie.
Now I want Star Wars Neo-Prog.
SilverWook said:
http://www.thestarwarstrilogy.com/starwars/post/2013/02/07/Star-Wars-and-other-Galactic-Funk
http://www.depthoffieldmagazine.com/2012/07/29/starwarsploitation-sounds-star-wars-on-record-1977-1979/
Great stuff, but now I need to know: from the first page, I know I've heard that melody from "The Droids , (Do You Have) The Force" somewhere else but I can't put my finger on it. Any ideas?
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I always 'love'd Geoff's Liberator/X-Wing hybrid. Not too sure about the weird looking Enterprise though.
Well I worked it out where I had heard it before - it was fairly obscure, but it was interesting to research and brought back some memories.
For those interested, I recognised the melody from the Dragons Megademo released on the Amiga demoscene in 1990. Part of this production (called the "Unlimited Bobs Demo") featured a tune called Spaceship505 by a dutch Amiga musician named Zzzax, which uses the melody from the Droids original.
Here is some info on the song: http://www.scenemusic.net/demovibes/song/252/
And here is the megademo playing in an emulator, the unlimited bobs section starts around 27': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQQagCMFJLo
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Err...I still have that demo, I think.
SilverWook said:
http://www.thestarwarstrilogy.com/starwars/post/2013/02/07/Star-Wars-and-other-Galactic-Funk
http://www.depthoffieldmagazine.com/2012/07/29/starwarsploitation-sounds-star-wars-on-record-1977-1979/
Great links, thanks!
Here is a list of artists who have released recordings of music from the original Star Wars films. Some have been mentioned already. It's not a complete list by any means and not all disco but I hope it's useful:
John Williams / The London Symphony Orchestra / Jabba's Palace Band
Meco
The Electric Moog Orchestra
John Rose
The Sonic All-Stars
The Planet Robots
Ciato & Ciato's
Galaxy 42
Neil Norman
The Force
Patrick Gleeson
Bang Bang Robot
Graffiti Orchestra
David Matthews
Maynard Ferguson
Richard Groove Holmes
Don Ellis And Survival
P.K. And The Komets
Rocky Cavallo Orchestra
Cook County
Orquesta Magic Fantasy
Marty Gold & His Orchestra
The Now Sound Orchestra
Wonderland Space Shuttle / Wonderland Singers & Orchestra
Kid Stuff Repertory Company
Space Pilots
Soft Energy
Byron Lee and The Dragonaires
Ferrante & Teicher
The Ventures
Los Valentinos
The Galactic Force Band
Gaz
Geoff Love & His Orchestra / Geoff Love's Big Disco Sound
Zubin Mehta Conducts Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
The Several Impression Orchestra
Happy Piano
Ronnie Aldrich His Two Pianos And Orchestra
Osamu Shoji
The Rainbow Dance Orchestra
Jonas Nordwall
Boris Midney
Ron Carter
Sideral Group
Barry Marshall And His Orchestra
Michael Stevens Et Son Orchestre
The Sound Of Excitement Marching Band
Urth
M.B.4.
This mixtape features some of the above artists and is great fun:
http://headnodic.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/funky-star-wars.html
This isn't disco but I love this rockin version of the Imperial March from the Return of the Jedi game for Amiga
ratpack1961 said:
This isn't disco but I love this rockin version of the Imperial March from the Return of the Jedi game for Amiga
Amiga had the best music.
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