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The music in the prequels. — Page 2
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Scruffy's gonna die the way he lived.
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Here's the other problem with the music in the prequels: Rather than asking politely asking Williams to compose a new cue when he didn't like it, Lucas instead opted to track music from elsewhere after the scoring session was over. This didn't happen in the OT. With the Hoth battle or the Endor battle, it was just one huge, great cue, and the whole thing was kept.
In contrast, here's the music for Geonosis in Ep. II:
THE BATTLE OF GEONOSIS I (6:21)
Mace Windu Arrives (0:06) * TPM computer game -- sqdanger1.imc
Mace Ignites His Lightsaber (0:06) * Unknown
"This party's over!" (0:06) * TPM:UE, Disc 1, Track 3 [1:55-2:01]
The Jedi Reveal Themselves (0:12) * TPM:UE, Disc 1 Track 4 [0:50-0:56/0:58-1:01/1:04-1:13]
Back to the Balcony (0:02) * TPM computer game -- sqdanger1.imc [0:08-end] (last note)
Impossibly Outnumbered (0:10) * TPM:UE Disc 1, Track 3 [2:02-2:13]
Super Battle Droids Advance (0:04) * TPM:UE Disc 1, Track 9 [3:01-end]
The Battle Begins (0:28) * TPM: OST Track 9 [1:58-2:26]
Jedi vs. Droids (0:14) * TPM: OST Track14 [0:50-1:04]
Stolen Chariot (0:40) * SW:E1 RACER computer game -- Podloop1.wav [0:01-end]/TPM:UE Disc 1, Track 33 [1:44-end]
The Battle Continues (0:32) * TPM: OST Track 9 [2:27-2:59]
The Reek Charges (0:38) * TPM:UE Disc 1, Track 12 [0:09-0:41]
Mace vs. Jango (0:04) * Unknown (a few looped notes)
Mace Decapitates Jango (0:03) * TPM computer game -- sqplayerdeath.imc
Jango is Dead (0:02) * Unknown (a few timpani hits)
Count Dooku and Boba React (0:08) * TPM: OST Track 13 [4:34-4:42]
Threepio Down/Aggressive Negotiations/Obi-Wan vs. The Acklay (1:06) * TPM: OST Track 5 [0:26-0:45/0:19-0:24/0:46-0:49/0:55-1:25/2:20-2:30]
"This is such a drag!" (0:20) * TPM: OST Track 9 [1:36-1:57]
Surrounded (0:39) * TPM: OST Track 5 [1:51-2:23/2:29-end]
THE BATTLE OF GEONOSIS II (1:34)
The Droids Re-activate (0:02) * Unknown (timpani rumble)
Imminent Execution (0:11) * TPM:UE Disc 1, Track 14 [1:02-1:13]
Send in the Clones (1:04) * TPM:UE Disc 1, Track 15 [0:03-0:29/0:51-0:58/1:01-1:38]
A Most Peculiar Dream (0:08) * TPM:UE Disc 1, Track 14 [1:00-1:08]
Boba Mourns (0:08) * TPM:UE Disc 1, Track 3 [1:55-2:02]
THE BATTLE OF GEONOSIS III (1:41)
Underground Chamber (0:04) * Unknown (timpani swell)
Dire Straits (0:13) * Conflict Theme (probably tracked from "The Councils Confer")
Republic Gunships (0:48) * TPM: OST Track 6 [0:03-0:48]
Spider Walker (0:08) * TPM: OST Track 10 [4:02-4:10]
"Attack those Federation Starships" (0:14) * TPM: OST Track 14 [2:27-2:41]
Reporting to Master Yoda (0:10) * TPM: OST Track 14 [3:15-3:25]
THE BATTLE OF GEONOSIS IV (1:57)
The Ultimate Weapon (0:47) * Tracked from "Spying on the Separatists" * Track 10 [6:45-6:50/6:08-6:51] (ends with timpani-roll snippet)
Wheel Tanks (0:10) * TPM:UE Disc 1, Track 5 [0:02-0:12]
Droid Explosion (0:05) * TPM computer game -- sqplayerdeath.imc (a few extra timpani hits tacked on)
The Conspirators Escape (0:26) * Tracked from "Arrival at Kamino" * Track 1 [2:13-2:39]
Concentrating All Fire (0:44) * Jedi Power Battles computer game -- Track 5 [0:15-0:59]
Attack of the Clones (0:22) * Unreleased
THAT'S what's wrong with music in the prequels.
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This didn't happen in the OT. With the Hoth battle or the Endor battle, it was just one huge, great cue, and the whole thing was kept in contrast.
I always thought that Empire especially felt it was like one big long score. It just seemed to flow perfectly!
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I would never have put that much effort into something involving AOTC! 
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Originally posted by: HotRod
I always thought that Empire especially felt it was like one big long score. It just seemed to flow perfectly!
I always thought that Empire especially felt it was like one big long score. It just seemed to flow perfectly!
With the emphasis on big and long.
Don't get me wrong, I think Empire has a terrific score ... but there's almost too much of it. Constant music is a sign of poor film scoring. There was some judicious editing done for the movie, because the unedited score released on CD runs nearly the entire running time of the film! The transitional points from unscored section to music are quite important ... and constant music doesn't allow for that. There seems to have been a fair bit of directorial score editing on The Empire Strikes Back.
It seems Lucas was a better score manipulator with the O.T. than he became with the prequels. Maybe copy-paste wasn't a technical feasiblity back then ... or maybe his talent in this area tanked over time just like his other talents.
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Originally posted by: Obi Jeewhyen
It seems Lucas was a better score manipulator with the O.T. than he became with the prequels. Maybe copy-paste wasn't a technical feasiblity back then ... or maybe his talent in this area tanked over time just like his other talents.
It seems Lucas was a better score manipulator with the O.T. than he became with the prequels. Maybe copy-paste wasn't a technical feasiblity back then ... or maybe his talent in this area tanked over time just like his other talents.
I believe this is pretty much spot on. Editing rolls and rolls of tape recorded music was clearly a more time consuming and challenging process than dragging and dropping sound samples in a sound editor program today. I couldn't care less about Lucas' statements that it is today's technology that allows him to finally fulfill his vision, because I happen to think that the technology that existed around 1980 was by far the superior technology to fulfil the audience's vison of Lucas' work. And that it what matters to most people.