Popular Post JJA 19 Posted July 15, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 15, 2018 The title is pretty self-explanatory. But I'll clarify a couple of things: - The expanded releases don't count. - Your ranking of the scores themselves is irrelevant. This is about their representation on their respective OSTs. - In the case of TESB, we'll speak of the 2-LP program (but you can rank the shorter one if you want). - I'll personally forego discussing sound and mixing issues in my list, as I'm only familiar with the OT original albums from the recent reissues, which obviously don't accurately reflect the sound of the original releases. But feel free to include analysis of that aspect if you want. - You can include the non-JW SW scores if you want (I chose not to, since I'm still familiarising myself with SOLO). Anyway, my own choices best to worst: 1. THE FORCE AWAKENS + Almost everything important is present (save for "The Resistance", the imperial march fragment, and the Falcon crash landing cue) + Well judged near-chronological (and the deviations are well-judged) track order. 2. STAR WARS (A New Hope) + Almost everything important - and almost all music, for that matter - is present (Important omissions: the Mos Eisley arrival; the final battle intro cue) + The suite assemblies are absolutely sublime (particularly "The Rescue of the Princess" and "The Last Battle") - Most of the big rebel fanfare renditions are concentrated on the first half of the album, making it a bit lopsided "blows it's load too soon" experience. 3. ATTACK OF THE CLONES + Most highlights are present (Missing mainly: Anakin's confession music; Carrying Shmi home + the funeral; The heroic statement of Yoda's theme at the end) + Well judged near-chronological (and the deviations are well-judged) track order. - The development of the B(or C?)-section of the love theme (the part resembling Dies Irae) is poorly represented due to the Anakin's confession cue being omitted. 4. THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK + While many highlights are not present ("Carbon Freeze" is sure an odd omission, and there's a LOT more...), it's nonetheless a generous amount of music, with all the themes well represented. - Side 4 makes no musical sense whatsoever in it's sequencing, and suffers as an album climax due to having no action tracks in it. 5. THE LAST JEDI + Well judged near-chronological (and the deviations are well-judged) track order. + Thematic material pretty well represented... - ...save for the desperation motif being only barely present. [The more unsatisfying ones are below:] 6. THE PHANTOM MENACE + Some of the suite assemblies are great, especially the bit where the creepy voices seque into the Darth Sidious theme (track 14) + It mostly flows well as a listening experience (except in the middle, where it meanders) - Why is the Coruscant arrival music included twice? - Pointless identical repetition of concert suites (end credits) instead of using the space to include more unique music - Missing thematic material (Qui-Gon's theme) - "The Tide Turns" is omitted (omitting your action climax cue is rarely a good thing) - Lots of missing highlights in general, much of it more important than some of what was included 7. REVENGE OF THE SITH + [Nothing stands out in particular, save for the music being good] - Many omitted highlights, much of it more important than some of what was included. - The needle-dropped and out-of-place Throne Room segment (see the previous point also) - Missing thematic material (the theme introduced in "Another Happy Landing") - Nonsensical (and often awkward) edits and microedits. - Insane and nonsensical sequencing that flows poorly. 8. RETURN OF THE JEDI + The sequencing isn't terrible, I guess... - Missing so much important music in general. - Pointless identical repetition of concert suites (end credits) instead of using the space to include more unique music (Personally, I would have edited the end credits bookends into a continuous cue, especially considering the short running time allotted to representing this music) Chen G., Brundlefly, Smeltington and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AIFan 16 Posted July 16, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2018 Hi JJA, Here's my ranking, based on my best recollection of the pre-Special Edition of the Original Trilogy. Please also note that I did not have any of the LPs of the OT OSTs, but as long as the Polydor audio cassette versions were the same, content-wise (which I believe they were), then I think the rankings should be accurate and an apples-to-apples comparison. I'm also assuming (because of those you included) that the standalones are not included? Those caveats included, here are my rankings: 8. The Attack of the Clones (2002): Trying not to drag my general hatred of what this film did to cause my dyspepsia for the series overall that was finally cleansed in 2015, the content of the album because it represented the content heard in the film (that is, the OST is a fair representation of what was heard on-screen, so that wasn't an issue), the music is either hopelessly fruitless meandering, painful Mickey-Mousing, or bombastic action cues that were relatively incoherent. Positives (there are some) include: Across the Stars (I still occasionally hum that one), The Conveyor Belt (that saved the album for me, and it's inexplicable as to why this wasn't included in the album outside of the Target offering), and bits and pieces of the Jango Fett escape through the asteroid belt (I believe featured in either Jango's Escape or Bounty Hunter's Pursuit). Other than those items, this is largely a painful reminder of what was an apparently uninspired effort by the Maestro (his four other albums that year -- Catch Me if You Can, Minority Report, and overseeing the E.T. 20th Anniversary Remaster and involvement in Chamber of Secrets -- were better and easily more memorable). 7. The Revenge of the Sith (2005): The content of both the music in the movie as well as the OST were a step up from AOTC, to be sure, but my main problem was that so much of the music on the OST varies markedly in the mix, of which I've heard many complaints. Specifically, Padme's Ruminations and Palpatine's Teachings are so frustratingly quiet (due to writing in the low registers in the winds and strings), so much so that I can only catch the subtleties if I listen with headphones). I know you weren't talking about the sound quality of the OSTs specifically, but that has always been an annoyance specifically on this album. In addition, even when hearing the detail on those tracks, there's not much there, substance-wise. The only two highlights on the album are Battle of the Heroes (which doesn't exactly knock my socks off, though), and The Birth of the Twins and Padme's Destiny (at least the track title was vague enough to avoid spoilers!). Since it is part of the packaging of the OST, I'll mention that the included DVD for this soundtrack represented the only time that a SW soundtrack was given the kind of respect that much lesser franchises (Nolan's Batman trilogy and LOTR, specifically) have been given, in terms of extras. Just seeing Mr. McDiarmid out of those ridiculous robes (either the senatorial robes or the Emperor's robes) was worth the price of the CD/DVD combo! 6. The Phantom Menace (1999): While there was far too much Mickey-Mousing and meandering going on here as well, there is less of it than the filler that permeated Episode Two's OST, and the OST presentation is more coherent than either that in Episodes Two or Three. I am referring here even to the OST only, not the 2000 Ultimate Edition release (though I don't have nearly the issues with that release as some others apparently do). The music is a good representation of what is seen in the movie, is better explained by the track titles than the episodes already mentioned, and is in general(?) chronological order. Also, the volume is fine, not requiring manual intervention in volume controls during playback (yes, parts of Duel of the Fates are too quietly recorded, but given there is kind of an echo effect intended in the flow of the music, that actually makes sense). 5. Return of the Jedi (1983): The organization, brevity, and glaring omissions of good music in this soundtrack make it a very incomplete representation of the music in the movie itself. I remember picking up this Polydor cassette at the local Suncoast in the late 80s or early 90s, popping it into my home boom box(!), and being something much less than captivated by the quick run from start to finish. The quality of the music (not the recording) that actually did make it to the album was decent (The Sail Barge Assault and Parade of the Ewoks were highlights, and let's not forget the pre-Yanni Yub-Nub ending), and so that makes it better than any of the prequel OSTs automatically. Much of the short-changed content was corrected in the 1993 box set, but the sound quality for ROTJ was still awful (ultimately cleaned up in the Special Edition release). 4. The Last Jedi (2017): My recollection is that the music on the OST was a good representation of what was seen and heard in the movie, though I keep getting mixed up between the OST and the FYC version. Though I've since heard some complaints about what was ultimately not on the OST that was in the movie, I did get the digital score-only version of the move, and I can't say I really think anything of significance was missed. Given the representation was good, then, the only reason it falls here in the middle of the pack is because the music itself is not as compelling and refreshingly new than that heard in the movies in the slots above this one. 3. The Force Awakens (2015): What was really nice about this one was that it included some concert hall editions of the featured music (which had been missing not only from Star Wars albums for quite some time, but it seems the Maestro himself has been leaving those for concert hall performances and not so much for albums these days). I think that Rey's Theme and The Jedi Steps are highlights along those lines (though Jedi Steps is merged with the End Credits),. but I would also include The Falcon among them. Also, the action music is a kind of cleaned-up version of its various counterparts in the film version, reminiscent of the OST to The Lost World and sections of the OST for Minority Report. IMO, the even more developed concert versions of TFA (featured in the Lockhart / Boston Pops album since released) are even better, but we're just talking about OSTs here... 2. The Empire Strikes Back (1980): A great album to a great film, with my only real complaint being the non-chronological order as arranged on the soundtrack, and some minor quibbles about the music that was omitted, especially after I heard the Special Edition version in 1997. Nevertheless, I pretty much destroyed the audio cassette of this due to repeated plays, and who can blame me? Given I no longer have easy access to the tape packaging (it's stored somewhere, I'm sure), I can't remember the name of the track featuring what I would call Boba Fett's theme, but it was awesome, and the End Credits were included in their totality, luckily, so it is nearly perfect in all of the inclusions. Also, the concert versions of Yoda's Theme, The Imperial March, and The Asteroid Chase are unequaled in any Star Wars album. 1. A New Hope (1977): Formerly just Star Wars, this OST is probably the best representation of the film to which it belongs, and captures the essence of the myriad of themes introduced in the film. The chase music (those tracks including the chasm crossfire and the TIE fighter pursuit) is almost in concert version already (Here They Come! did not need to be adapted all that much from how it appeared in the film), and Princess Leia's Theme continues to grow on me after all these years (still great as an encore these days). Possibly one of the best OSTs ever made, based on the truest definition and purpose of the genre. I hope you enjoyed this little analysis and my contribution to all the lists on this website of late! -AI Fan JoeinAR, Smeltington and MrScratch 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 1/ RETURN OF THE JEDI 2/THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK 3/ STAR WARS+EPS I-III 4/ TFA+TLJ Ps, welcome, JJA. Hold your horse, Captain. You're not that JJA, are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,314 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 58 minutes ago, Richard said: 4/ TFA+TLJ Just curious why you ranked these equal last? For my money, TFA and TLJ have the most chronological and least-manipulated/edited OSTs in the saga. Arguably, they're also the OSTs that leave the fewest highlights unreleased from the complete score. My big negative for TLJ's OST is the very skewed impression of recycled old music vs original music it gives. TFA's OST contains a couple too many boring underscore tracks that could've been replaced by far more interesting material (fortunately some of those tracks wound up on the FYC). Chewy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,526 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 TFA being such a great flowing presentation drove me to be brave and try the others. AotC is probably my least favourite, but it's also my least favourite SW score and main theme, so it makes sense. When I listened through the Prequel albums in the car last week, I just skipped through half of it to The Arena, then back to the Coruscant Chase twice, then End Credits. 1. STAR WARS and Return of the Jedi First one is obvious - fantastic presentation of my favourite score of all time. If you forget about how much Jedi leaves off the album, it's also a fantastic presentation. 2. Empire Strikes Back and Force Awakens These two are very, very close to the first ones. Force Awakens barely leaves any highlight off, and flows wonderfully with only a bit of downtime, Empire similarly - the downtime is unfortunately right at the end instead of a big finale, that's why it's on the No.2 spot. 3. Phantom Menace, Revenge of the Sith and Last Jedi First two are a bit jumpy and weird, Last Jedi misrepresents the fantastic score a bit. Still love 'em. 4. Attack of the Clones All of the above considered, it's still not a bad album at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJA 19 Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Richard said: 1/ RETURN OF THE JEDI 2/THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK 3/ STAR WARS+EPS I-III 4/ TFA+TLJ Ps, welcome, JJA. Hold your horse, Captain. You're not that JJA, are you? 😂 Well, that would be no... Those are my (scrambled) name initials. The similarity to JJ. never occured to me when I signed up. Should I have it changed to avoid confusion...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 It's your name, so...no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 The Phantom Menace and Revenge of the Sith are poor OST"s. Attack of the Clones is the best of the prequels if any. Of course, if we wait long enough we might just get something better.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Jerry said: The Phantom Menace [is a poor OST]. Couldn't disagree more. It's a fantastic little compilation. To quote a previous poster: On 5/22/2018 at 1:25 PM, Jay said: The Phantom Menace OST album is very very good... until you see the film or otherwise hear the rest of the music recorded for it, and realize how many highlights he neglected to include on the OST album. Only then does it suffer. As its own piece of music in a bubble, it's pretty dang great. Holko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 I didn't know there were people who disliked TPM OST. It's my favorite prequel OST easily. I don't just mean score, I mean as an album. Bryant Burnette and Jurassic Shark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pellaeon 593 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 1. RotJ (as long as tracks are reordered to more-or-less chronological order) 2. ESB (as long as tracks are reordered to more-or-less chronological order) 3. SW (chronological order is basically impossible, so, the score is #1 but the OST suffers*) 4. TPM (I'm not super familiar with it, but the Duel of the Fates recording alone makes this a must) 5. TFA (actually I found the OST unlistenable, and I tried; I hugely prefer Lockhart for the suite and the FYC for the film score; in fact I’m rather obsessed) 6-8. no opinion the rest. * I understand why an album might be presented in totally-not-chronological order, and musically it sometimes works very well, but it wreaks havoc with my imagination. I just can’t do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,526 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 The OSTs are all about creating a new musical flow unrestricted by the film's narrative, why would you want to rearrange combined cues into semi-chronological order instead of seeking or waiting out the truly complete and chronological editions? Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pellaeon 593 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 I tried to explain. I understand what you’re saying. Just with these particular scores (the Star Wars OT), the association of the music with the film action is too strong for me to enjoy that musical flow, as you say, on its own terms. It’s odd for me to get sucked into the Death Star one minute, and find myself back in the Jundland Wastes the next. Holko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,526 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 I understood and that's perfectly valid, I was just confused why you'd rearrange the edited OST tracks instead of using the Anthology or SE. Or if you do, why you specified rearranging when the question is about the OSTs as they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 3 hours ago, John said: Couldn't disagree more. It's a fantastic little compilation. It is. One thing that makes it unique is that it opens with all the concert arrangements upfront; which makes perfect sense if you think about it as the first score in the narrative order of the whole work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 8 hours ago, crumbs said: Just curious why you ranked these equal last? I ranked TFA/TLJ last, simply because they are the scores that I "know" the least, and, because of this, I am unable to give any considered opinion, on them. Besides, I really don't like ranking, any more; its far too messy, and I'm exhausted, at the end of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 In which tracks does the Naboo double dip occur? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locrius 97 Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 "Star Wars Main Title and the Arrival at Naboo and "Queen Amidala and the Naboo Palace". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 So you're telling me you can only give our album 42 minutes? That brings it to about there: We gotta find a way to make this fit onto the disc for this usin' nothin' but that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 @Horner's Dynamic Range we split the content into smaller pieces of a disc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,344 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Return of the Jedi is the best because it has a cute cow on the disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 On 7/16/2018 at 7:00 PM, Disco Stu said: I didn't know there were people who disliked TPM OST. It's my favorite prequel OST easily. I don't just mean score, I mean as an album. Yeah, without a shadow of a doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Burnette 654 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 8. Revenge of the Sith 7. The Last Jedi 6. Attack of the Clones 5. Return of the Jedi 4. The Force Awakens 3. The Phantom Menace 2. The Empire Strikes Back 1. Star Wars Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 I see you're ranking them from worst to best. That's okay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Heh I cannot understand the love for TPM, great showtime music after a long break but has nothing to do with the (shitty) film!!! No heart, no soul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 4 minutes ago, hornist said: Heh I cannot understand the love for TPM, great showtime music after a long break but has nothing to do with the (shitty) film!!! No heart, no soul. Drunk again, hornist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 1. TESB 2. Star Wars 3. TFA 4. ROTS 5. TLJ 6. AOTC 7. TPM 8. ROTJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 1 hour ago, John said: Drunk again, hornist? It's his way. I think he did a little too much LDS. A. A. Ron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schilkeman 963 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 I know this thread is super old, but I just found it, and I have a music degree on my wall because of Star Wars, so...hey, here you go. This what I think of the OST's, not the scores, that ranking would be different. 1. Attack of the Clones I love this movie, and I love this ost. I gave up defending the prequals 10 years ago, and I won't bother here, but this soundtrack has some of the best performances by the LSO of the 6 they are on, and while Across the Stars is not my favorite Star Wars theme, its singular focus in this score makes it unique, and as always, Williams ability to bend and mold thematic material is supreme. I think the Chase Through Coruscant is one of his finest action cues, the choir in Yoda and the Younglings is inspired, the "courtly love" theme in Anakin and Padme is almost as good as their main theme, and the reprisal of Shmi's material is haunting. I love love love this ost. 2. A New Hope To borrow a phrase from Lawrence of Arabia, I like it because it's clean--unsullied by the concerns and constraints of the 20 themes that got written later, this ost is pure. The program is great also, with edits and deviations that make sense from a musical standpoint, a fine listening experience throughout. 3. The Phantom Menace Maybe the most entertaining program of the bunch, hardly a dull moment, and the original version of Anakin Defeats Sebulba is worth the price alone. I would pay good money to see this ost performed live. 4. Empire Strike Back For want of a complete, unedited, version of the Battle of Hoth, this would be #1. Williams was on some next level stuff here, even the quiet cues are brilliant and subtle in their orchestration. If you want excitement at the end, you have the best end credits sequence of the nine. 5. Revenge of the Sith Some of the most unique sounds of any Star Wars score. A little erratic, but so is the movie. Anakin's Dark Deeds is one of the finest musical cues ever written for any film. 6. The Force Awakens I do not like this movie, but this ost gives us more John Williams music than Jedi, so here you go. Rey's theme is a grower, and the other motifs included are fine additions to the canon. 7. The Last Jedi See above, add Canto Bight 8. The Rise of Skywalker A messy and disjointed ost for a messy and disjointed movie. We should all, however, be as capable at 88 as Williams was writing this score. The ost's faults are more to do with the film than the music itself. I think he did the best with what he was given. 9. Return of the Jedi There is barely enough "ost" on this ost to count as an ost. I hate Lapti Nek, and Yub Nub has been rightly replaced, what a thoroughly uninspiring ending to the series. The action music is fine, but I have never liked the sound of this album, the trumpets just sound off. Molly Weasley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,526 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 On 7/16/2018 at 2:24 PM, Holko said: TFA being such a great flowing presentation drove me to be brave and try the others. AotC is probably my least favourite, but it's also my least favourite SW score and main theme, so it makes sense. When I listened through the Prequel albums in the car last week, I just skipped through half of it to The Arena, then back to the Coruscant Chase twice, then End Credits. 1. STAR WARS and Return of the Jedi First one is obvious - fantastic presentation of my favourite score of all time. If you forget about how much Jedi leaves off the album, it's also a fantastic presentation. 2. Empire Strikes Back and Force Awakens These two are very, very close to the first ones. Force Awakens barely leaves any highlight off, and flows wonderfully with only a bit of downtime, Empire similarly - the downtime is unfortunately right at the end instead of a big finale, that's why it's on the No.2 spot. 3. Phantom Menace, Revenge of the Sith and Last Jedi First two are a bit jumpy and weird, Last Jedi misrepresents the fantastic score a bit. Still love 'em. 4. Attack of the Clones All of the above considered, it's still not a bad album at all. What the hell, Baby Holko? 1. TFA and AotC Great listens and perfect shortform distillations of the scores. 2. RotJ I still find it a great listen even if it's nowhere near an even okay shortform distillation of the score. 3. TLJ Let's just say it's better than what's below. 4. RotS Has some real good ideas but I hate how the main battle is blown apart and leaves nothing for the end. Ends up just a mess. 5. TRoS Another mess. At least it has the end at the end, but not nearly enough of it. Otherwise completely confused, light going-on-an-adventure cues leading into the third act while this-is-my-destiny-I-have-to-come-back-and-do-this cues are in the first third. Also misplaced concert piece. 6. SW Completely fudges a lot of what's great about my favourite score of all time, like the pace accelerating all throughout the runtime. Leaves off great cues in favour of a repeat, stupid edits of random cues. 7. TPM Absolute mess. Not a great listen, terrible representation of the score. 8. ESB Travesty? Johnny had pretty much no interest in keeping anything that makes the score good. Jerks back and forth, paceless, rhythmless, tensionless, evolutionless, climaxless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. A. Ron 1,742 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 1. The Force Awakens -- A fabulous album and easily the one thing that got me the most hyped about the sequel trilogy. 2. Revenge of the Sith -- I love this score, both in chronological order with the climax at the end (like Holko likes it) and with the climax split up and rearranged as on the OST. I love how this puts the conflict between Anakin and Obi-Wan front and center and honestly, I don't get the complaints that this album doesn't flow well. I think it flows beautifully. In fact, it's one of the very few OST albums that can pretty easily bring me to tears. My only real quibble with it is a certain now infamous microedit. 3. Attack of the Clones -- Decent score, great album. This one flows well too and what's more, it even includes 90% of the music I wanted it to. How often does that happen? 4. Star Wars -- Fantastic score, decent album. Honestly, most of the edits don't work for me though. The change in pace when the Main Title transitions into the End Title for instance is really jarring. I'm not a fan of the inclusion of "Obi-Wan Creeps Around" in "The Last Battle" suite either. In this case, I'd prefer the climactic action track to only include action material. 5. The Empire Strikes Back -- Damn near perfect score, decent album. Here's another one where I find the album assembly lacking. The Anthology program is freaking fantastic however. 6. The Phantom Menace -- Fantastic score, good album. I love having the concert suites separate and up front. That said, there are plenty of missing highlights and a few included pieces that I don't particularly like. I'm not really a fan of the mickey-mousey sort of music written for Jar Jar for instance. I've also never fully embraced the finale cue, despite my love for the brass in it. 7. The Last Jedi -- The worst non-Hobbit cinematic experience of my life yielded a score with relatively few highlights. Every piece of music I wanted was included however and in a logical, well flowing presentation. I'm not a fan of the new theme for Rose and or the Resistance; however, I LOVE the theme for Luke on Ahch-To. 8. The Rise of Skywalker -- Good score, decent album. I love the title suite and the more lyrical friendship related themes. A lot of the climactic action is great too. I never really connected with The Speeder Chase though and would personally swap it out for "Falcon Flight." 9. Return of the Jedi -- Great score, that unfortunately got more of a sampler than an album. I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but this really, really should have gotten a double LP. Thank God for the Anthology which gave us a great album. Even that relegated my favorite cue to the extras section however ("Faking the Code"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 I never understood the love for the TFA OST. The first thing that sticks out in my head is shoving Rey's Theme in between Follow Me and The Falcon, breaking up the pacing so much. I always had a hard time listening to the OST and once we started making expanded versions with the FYC I don't think I've gone back to the OST since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pellaeon 593 Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 On 6/8/2021 at 10:30 AM, SilverTrumpet said: I never understood the love for the TFA OST. The first thing that sticks out in my head is shoving Rey's Theme in between Follow Me and The Falcon, breaking up the pacing so much. I always had a hard time listening to the OST and once we started making expanded versions with the FYC I don't think I've gone back to the OST since. Agreed. Incredible score, but throw the OST down the well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxsch 115 Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 From worst to best: 6 9 3 1 8 7 2 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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