Star Wars: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

With all the new movies, the spin-offs, the TV commercials and remixes, sometimes it's hard to remember just how powerful the very first, original movie's music was. This was a grand, epic soundtrack, doing an excellent job of conveying just how grand the universe was, and just how powerful each individual within it could be.

You have the sweeping power of the main theme. You have the haunting longing of Tattoine, with Luke desperately wanting to have something more in his life. You have the most famous song of all - the Cantina band's tune from the 'dive' bar in Tattoine. Each song has texture and meaning built into each note.

A true classic - a must-have for any classical music fan, and of course any Star Wars fan!

This is the way the album was originally released in 1977, with the same artwork and songlist as it was intended, before being butchered and shuffled around for the 1997 special edition release.
If you can find this CD, get it!

With all that George Lucas has done to profane and destroy the Star Wars of my youth, I'm thankful this soundtrack exists -- sans tacky "special edition" repackaging. In my opinion, John Williams never topped his work here with the possible exception of Superman, which is more nostalgic and sentimental.