Star Wars Trilogy Collector's Edition Soundtracks

[Brie]

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Sony Classical brings Star Wars the all-new, two-disc collector's editions of the soundtrack recordings of all three films in the trilogy -- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi.

The heart of this collection is the original musical soundtrack, composed and conducted by John Williams and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. The recordings have been newly remastered using Sony Music's DSD (Direct Stream Digital) multichannel surround sound.

In addition, each movie's two-disc set comes complete with new exclusives. The packaging features dramatic 3-D lenticular images, as well as some never-before-seen images from each of the films. Each soundtrack comes with a movie poster foldout, created especially for these releases. The discs come loaded with screen savers featuring images previously available only in Japan -- rare book covers of The New Jedi Order and Clone Wars book series, long prized by collectors and fans.

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Sounds good, but at almost $60 it's a bit pricey in my opinion. I told you George was getting low on money!

[Col. Charybdis]

I tell you what, the soundtrack of Attack of the Clones is very good.

The Empire Strikes Back is probably my first choice followed by A New Hope. But I would rank Attack of the Clones a close third place on Star Wars soundtracks...

[Brie]

I agree that Empire has the best soundtrack. While there are some classic themes in there, my favorite is actually the music in the asteroid field. I can listen to that all day (and I have in the past).

I also like the new music for the Special Edition at the end of Jedi. It's better in the actual movie than on the sound track, but it's a lot better than Yub Nub.

My favorite thing about listening to the soundtrack for A New Hope is that I've seen that movie so many times that I can actually hear the dialog when I listen to the soundtrack. If I close my eyes I can picture the movie. (Yes, I need to get a life.)

In my opinion all five soundtracks are awesome. You can't go wrong with John Williams.