The Empire Strikes Back (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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1-01	20th Century Fox Fanfare (Alfred Newman, 1954) Composed By – Alfred Newman	0:21
1-02	Main Title/The Ice Planet Hoth	8:08
1-03	The Wampa's Lair/Vision Of Obi-Wan/Snowspeeders Take Flight	8:48
1-04	The Imperial Probe/Aboard The Executor	4:24
1-05	The Battle Of Hoth (Ion Cannon/Imperial Walkers/Beneath The AT-AT/Escape In The Millennium Falcon)	14:48
1-06	The Asteroid Field	4:15
1-07	Arrival On Dagobah	4:52
1-08	Luke's Nocturnal Visitor	2:35
1-09	Han Solo And The Princess	3:26
1-10	Jedi Master Revealed/Mynock Cave	5:44
1-11	The Training Of A Jedi Knight/The Magic Tree	5:15
2-01	The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme)	3:02
2-02	Yoda's Theme	3:29
2-03	Attacking A Star Destroyer	3:04
2-04	Yoda And The Force	4:02
2-05	Imperial Starfleet Deployed/City In The Clouds	6:03
2-06	Lando's Palace	3:53
2-07	Betrayal At Bespin	4:06
2-08	Deal With The Dark Lord	2:36
2-09	Carbon Freeze/Darth Vader's Trap/Departure Of Boba Fett	11:50
2-10	The Clash Of Lightsabers	4:17
2-11	Rescue From Cloud City/Hyperspace	9:08
2-12	The Rebel Fleet/End Title	6:26

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – BMG Japan, Inc.

Credits

• A&R [A & R Direction For Rca Victor] – Bill Rosenfield, Joe Mozian
• Art Direction [For Rca Victor] – Richard Dombrowski
• Composed By – John Williams (tracks: 1.02 to 2.12)
• Conductor – John Williams
• Edited By [Album Editing And Assembly Supervised By] – Michael Matessino
• Edited By [Digital], Mastered By [Digital] – Dan Hersch
• Edited By [Supervising Music Editor] – Kenneth Wannberg*
• Engineer [Recording], Liner Notes – Eric Tomlinson
• Liner Notes – 神尾保行
• Liner Notes [解説邦訳] – 野村伸昭*
• Orchestrated By – Herbert W. Spencer
• Other [Project Coordinator For Twentieth Century Fox] – Tom Cavanaugh
• Performer – The London Symphony Orchestra
• Producer – John Williams
• Producer [Album] – Nick Redman
• Recording Supervisor – Lionel Newman
• Technician [Multi-track Transfers] – Brian Risner

Notes

Re-released expanded edition of the original soundtrack album to coincide with cinematic re-release of original Star Wars Trilogy Special Editions. Contains previously unreleased music.
32-Page booklet including extensive liner notes and photographs from the film.

Tracks previously unreleased: 1-03 (Vision Of Obi-Wan), 1-04, 2-05 (Imperial Starfleet Deployed), 2-07, 2-08
Tracks containing previously unreleased music: 1-02 (The Ice Planet Hoth), 1-07, 1-10 (Mynock Cave), 1-11 (The Training Of a Jedi Knight), 2-09 (Carbon Freeze)

Recorded at Anvil Studios, Denham, England and at EMI/Abbey Road Studios, London, England, December 27, 28, & 29, 1979 and January 7, 8, 9, 10, 17, & 18, 1980
24 Track analog elements transferred at the North Room, Zanuck Theatre, Twentieth Century Fox Studios, Los Angeles, CA, April 1996
Digitally assembled and mastered at Digiprep, Hollywood, CA, May-July 1996
All music published by Bantha Music, Inc. (BMI)
Co-published by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI)

®, TM, © & ℗ 1997 Lucasfilm Ltd. Manufactured and distributed by BMG Japan, Inc.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Obi-Strip): 4 988017 067642

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
RS-2-4201	John Williams , The London Symphony Orchestra	John Williams , The London Symphony Orchestra - Star Wars / The Empire Strikes Back ‎(2xLP, Album)	RSO	RS-2-4201	US	1980
2394 257	John Williams , The London Symphony Orchestra	John Williams , The London Symphony Orchestra - Star Wars / The Empire Strikes Back (O Império Contra-Ataca) ‎(LP, Album)	RSO	2394 257	Brazil	1980
2394 257	John Williams , The London Symphony Orchestra	John Williams , The London Symphony Orchestra - Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (The Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture) ‎(LP, Album)	RSO	2394 257	Greece	1980
TRSS 023, 3216 257	The London Symphony Orchestra	Star Wars / The Empire Strikes Back ‎(Cass)	RSO, RSO	TRSS 023, 3216 257	UK	1980
825 298-2	John Williams / The London Symphony Orchestra	John Williams / The London Symphony Orchestra - The Empire Strikes Back ‎(CD, Album, RE)	RSO	825 298-2	UK, Europe & US	1985