Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Comment: This is a truly remarkable soundtrack. John William's "Love Across the Stars" is absolutely beautiful and makes one actually feel the love that Anakin felt for Padme. I highly recommend this soundtrack for all Star Wars fans.

Comment: Following on the heels of the comparatively peaceful, serene minor themes of PHANTOM MENACE, John Williams decided it was time to start quickening the musical pace as bounty hunters, assassins, forbidden love affairs, and ever-increasing lightsaber clashes began abounding more and more.

"Anakin's Theme" from the first soundtrack is absent as are the many periods of peaceful melodies that accompanied the re-initiation into the Star Wars universe. Instead we are given the fast-paced (and sometimes out-of-place) musical machine gun of "Zam the Assassin and the Chase Through Coruscant". This was the first -- and, thank goodness, the only -- time we hear an electric guitar incorporated with the orchestra (a stunt which was pulled a year before on Steven Spielberg's AI: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE).

I've seen many complaints that the love theme is a recycling of one of the main theme's of Steven Spielberg's 1991 film HOOK. It is a very similar theme, but not identical. And if it can be called "recycling," then it's still no different from other composers and scores which have done the same thing -- and usually accomplishing a fine score in the process. Examples would include Hans Zimmer who composed THE POWER OF ONE and THE LION KING and James Horner who has always made a habit of using the same melodies over and over.

The thing I love most about ATTACK OF THE CLONES is that there is much more of a return to the classic Star Wars themes we've known and loved throughout the years, as well as the incorporating the new with the old. I was especially intrigued by the linking of Luke Skywalker's theme (or the Jedi theme) with "Duel of the Fates" on track 11, "The Tusken Camp and The Homestead." And I thought it ended much better than its predecessor by interweaving "Across the Stars" and "The Imperial March," another example of the old and the new coming together.

Comment: star wars episode II attack of the clones was a awesome movie a true classic best movie of 2002 and the soundtrack was just as good buy this soundtrack you wont be sorry

Comment: Powerful music. As always John Williams is brilliant! A must for every Star Wars fan.

Comment: This soundtrack is a great mix of classical music of the Star Wars variety. The love theme, while a bit dour, is a beautiful score and very slow and methodical compared to the other good tracks on the album. Main Title and Ambush on Coruscant is also another more moderated track on the album. The strongest track is Love Pledge and the Arena which starts off with the melancholy love theme again, but then switches over to a determined, paced, action sequence sound, like what you hear during an invasion. It's very powerful. Two other powerful tracks that are much faster are Jango's Escape and Bounty Hunter's Pursuit. Jango's Escape is probably the best track on the album. Full of energy, it just runs with you. Next time you watch the film pay attention to when this track is played. Bounty Hunter's Pursuit starts off with a bright uptempo and finishes, after a quiet period, with a take on Droid Invastion from The Phantom Menace. The last noteworthy song is Return to Tatooine, which mixes different tempos and pulls the various moods of the film together nicely. If you loved The Phantom Menace soundtrack, you'll enjoy this one a great deal also.