Star Wars: A New Hope: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Special Edition)

This is a perfect gift for the Star Wars fan in your life. With the complete score collected including the Fox fanfare, the set will complete any Star Wars or cd collection. A must have.

Star Wars A NEW HOPE. The music. John Williams. The one that started it all. What can I say?

Well, for starters, this is the one that introduced us to the fantastic Star Wars and Force themes. These are two pieces of music that have become etched into the nation's subconcious. The soundtrack also contains the exquisite "Princess Leia theme", jawa music, and the very odd "Cantina Band 1 and 2."


Another musicall cue of note is the music that underscores the battle between the Millenium Falcon and the TIE Fighters.


These are all classics, yet compared to the heights achieved by EMPIRE, this seems dated just slightly. There is more of a "Gee Whiz!" factor to this than EMPIRE which, while not a bad thing, doesn't effect me the same way.

Overall, this is well worth the money. The bonus tracks on this two-disc set are a nice bonus.

Star wars rocks and I will buy this cd because I a huge Star Wars fan and I very love this cd because I love Star Wars! I gave Mr. Lucas thumbs up because I very like his Star Wars saga! I wonted this cd bad because I a huge Star Wars Fan in the whole galaxy! 3 things that I like star wars is 1. muisc 2. lightsabers 3. the dark side of the force!

I'm a HUGE fan of the main title or "theme track" of Star Wars, although I don't really care that much for much of the other music on the 2-CD Set. But for me it's worth it just for the Star Wars theme song with the unforgettable melody on blaring trumpets that sounds like a victory march or something. Breathtaking instrumental. The whole theme song is incredible and I give this whole soundtrack 5 stars just because of that one track, perhaps my all-time fave. Composer John Williams produced equally memorable theme titles for other movies also, including Superman and Schindler's List.

There are few Composers in this world who can pull off a soundtrack like the Maestro John Williams, and this one is no exception. The score to Star Wars: A New Hope Special Edition is, how can one put it(?), Marvellous? Brilliant? Excellent? Exquisite? Beautiful?, even if I were to use all of these words at once, you still wouldn't be able to imagine just how good this Soundtrack really is. This 2CD edition, features not only the entire score, but also some music not heard in the film, and as an added bonus, at the end of track "Binary Sunset-Alternative" features the very first recording of the Main Title. My personal favourite is CD1, Track 6: HOLOGRAM/BINARY SUNSET, this piece of music, especially the latter, sums up Star Wars, musically. I can just imagine Luke Skywalker standing on the edge of his Homestead and gazing into the future, whilst Williams' Force Theme is played over the top, sheer brilliance. If you are a Williams, Soundtrack CD fan or Classical Music Lover without this CD in your collection, you should buy it right now, don't wait, buy it and enjoy every minute.