Nick Parker 3,040 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Since a number of my favorite moments have already been mentioned (about five years ago), I will list a favorite small moment from the Stars Wars Saga. I absolutely love 5:36 to 6:28 in Track Nine on the Second Disk for "Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demondm810 399 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I've always really liked the Skiff Battle music. Especially the resolve at the end when Jabba's barge blows up. Good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Of the five Star Wars films so far, what is your single favorite moment where on-screen action combined with JW's score blend so perfectly that it still gives you spine tingles every time you see it?That's impossible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I highly doubt that this "Ozzel" will respond to you....EDIT: ( After checking his profile): I extremely doubt that he will respond to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I highly doubt that this "Ozzel" will respond to you....EDIT: ( After checking his profile): I extremely doubt that he will respond to you.Yes, but I wouldn't be posting the response on a public online forum if it were meant for Ozzel and Ozzel alone.Here's a couple:Asteroid FieldSeeing the Falcon escape from Hoth as Vader's Theme and Han/Leia's theme battle ferociously.The attempt to rescue Han at the end of ESBAnakin Takes Off In Spaceship (actually, I'll change that to the entire final battle of TPM)Escape from NabooFinale of AotCAnakin's Dark Deeds (the scene and the music are absolutely fantastic)Anakin's BetrayalTIE Fighter Attackthe Falcon enters the Death Star (with that brilliant variation of the Rebel Theme) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Brigden 7 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Easy. THE REBEL FLEET/END TITLE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 That's certainly one of the best (if not the best) musical moments in SW, but the original posts says that we should evaluate on the perfect combination of score with film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Brigden 7 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 To nitpick, he did say main title, but not end title... It's a ridiculously hard question, though. I guess the second half of The Asteroid Field. The whole thing is genius, but from the first burst of that motif to when Han and Leia's theme comes in is just incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Luke Skywalker's Theme in the shootout across the Death Star pit, then the swing across. So awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I think "moment" is a bit more specific than cues and action sequences.For instance, one of my favourite moments is when Threepio and R2-D2 are launched in the escape pod from that rebel ship at the start of Star Wars. Awesome stuff there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Oh yes, one of the greatest music/image combinations in history. It probably is The defining moment in Star Wars for me. Great choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 There are so many musical moments in the films that stand out but nothing beats the thrill of sitting in a darkened theatre (or at home) and reading "A Long Time Ago In A Galaxy Far Far Away...." and hearing those first 15 seconds of the fanfare. Even the prequels couldn't ruin that moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,795 Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 even with tracked main titles... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aj_vader 534 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 I can't beleive no one has mentioned my favourite yet.In The Empire Strikes Back when General Reiken says 'We better start the evacuation', then It cuts to the Imperial Star Destroyer passing over screen with the most powerful ostinato ever! Then when you see Darth Vader watching the Imperial Fleet from the bridge just a moment later, I've watched that more than any other scene, I LOVE IT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Yes, that moment is sheer ...awesimity? Awesomeness? Anyways, I always love the small moments in this Saga. For instance, I always loved that very brief musical swell when Han Solo punches Lando in "Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back", only to be beaten down by Lando's officers. I also love that subdued variation of the "Imperial March" when Lando is talking to Darth Vader while Han is being tortured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aj_vader 534 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 yeah i like that bit too, "Perhaps you think your being treated unfairly?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Wow, this Thread is making me in the mood for "Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back".... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aj_vader 534 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 I've just got Extraterrestrial Classics in the Post. Its got a version of The Imperial March i've never heard before by The Saint Loius Symphony, Conducted by Leonard Slatkin. I must say its quite easily the best version of the peice I've ever heard and want to hear all of The Empire Score by this Orchestra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 You know, I have actually never listened to any of the concert versions of "The Imperial March", except one time in 2003 where I saw the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra perform it. I was ten, though, and this was before my seduction into music, so I did not really "note" ( pun not intended but ultimately realized) the actual performance. I have not been to a concert in four years. I feel deprived.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aj_vader 534 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 The Imperial March - Concert Arrangement : Shall always be my favourite all time peice of music ever written. Words cannnot describe how much I love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Brigden 7 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 You know, I have actually never listened to any of the concert versions of "The Imperial March", except one time in 2003 where I saw the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra perform it. I was ten, though, and this was before my seduction into music, so I did not really "note" ( pun not intended but ultimately realized) the actual performance. I have not been to a concert in four years. I feel deprived....I'm assuming you're excluding the original John Williams concert piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Yes, your assumption is correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 75 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 There are just too many to name. "Funeral Pyre for a Jedi" is one of my favorites though, it's has maybe the best rendition of the Force theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldsmithfan 6 Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Easy.Calling out to Leia from The Empire Strikes Back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paleo 63 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 There are many, and they are impossible to rank. Some of my favorites are the Final duel and Funeral pyre/Light of the force cues of ROTJ, Imperial probe and City in the clouds of Empire, the beginning of Confrontation with Count Dooku and Finale in AOC, Arrival at Coruscant in TPM, and, of course, Parade of the Ewoks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taikomochi 1,136 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 My favorite would have to be the sequence when Luke duels Vader on the second Death Star. The music is just perfect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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