Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | |||||
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Cover from the original 1999 release
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Film score by John Williams | |||||
Released | May 4, 1999 (Original release) November 14, 2000 (Ultimate Edition) March 14, 2014 (Vinyl Reissue) |
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Recorded | February 1999 | ||||
Studio | Abbey Road Studios, London | ||||
Genre | Classical | ||||
Length | 74:23 | ||||
Label | Sony Classical, I Am Shark | ||||
Producer | John Williams | ||||
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Re-release cover | |||||
Ultimate Edition re-release cover (2000)
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Singles from Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (soundtrack) | |||||
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Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the film score to the 1999 film of the same name released by Sony Classical on May 4, 1999, two weeks before the film's theatrical release. The music was composed and conducted by John Williams, and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and London Voices. In anticipation of the long-awaited film, the soundtrack was certified Platinum in the United States and Gold in the United Kingdom, where it entered the UK album charts at number eight.
Three formats were available, and a new one was released in February 2012:
None of the releases contain the entire score. Currently, no complete release has been made. The Album and Ultimate Edition each contain music not featured on the other release. Both sets also contain alternate takes of cues, while neither present some of the alternate takes only heard in the film.
Recorded in Abbey Road Studios over a week, starting on February 10, 1999 performed by the London Voices and London Symphony Orchestra, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace was the first Star Wars score Williams had composed in over 16 years. Williams produced the recording sessions himself with Shawn Murphy recording and mixing the score. Kenneth Wannberg returned as music editor, having fulfilled this task on the previous three Star Wars scores. Several source cues were also composed by Williams' son, Joseph.
The scores of the following two films would rely heavily upon tracking from this score, a decision that Williams and George Lucas had decided upon early into the film's production.
No complete score has ever been released, but the majority of unreleased pieces can be heard in various LucasArts video games.