Dear Revisited Team,
Something I have been personally studying for quite a long time is the music cues in the Empire Strikes Back. Now I felt I had finished some months a go but I realized recently there were some things left unaddressed.
I have recently made a very interesting discovery with regard to Lukes Rescue music from under cloud city.
I feel that I have got a very solid music cue for this part that it seems has always been plagued by bad music edits from the 16mm to the original film and yes even worse in the Special Edition.
I would ask you to check this in the unused music thread here on OT in Star Wars fan edits.
Now here is the important information about it. It seems that the miniature Lando that sticks his head out of the Falcon Hatch is the Alien footage. This was stuffed in there as a fix. The Special Edition Panders to this footage being stuffed in creating extra hatches just so this piece of alien footage that throws the music out the window can be kept. When the correct music cues are added the original Hatches open and close perfectly in time with the music. When you remove the footage of the miniature Lando and extend Lando’s shot of Lando coming out the Hatch from Below Looking about. When Luke falls He Lands on the Falcon exactly in time with the music.
So whatever you do, be sure to trust in the music. Although the problem here seems to stem from Mark Hamil receiving an Injury during filming and the shots were apparently never finished. The music is there for something other than the miniature Lando that pops his head out and the silly extra hatches that are on the whole not needed. In fact they are all just creating further problems rather than fixing anything.
Anyway Thank god the Return of the Jedi Footage has been removed.
I have now finished my work on the music and can gladly walk away from it, it’s been very enjoyable. I hope you can enjoy it too.