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Editorial Review:
With George Lucas' Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones impressively showcasing rich drama beyond the customary eye-popping spectacle, long-time franchise collaborator John Williams' score follows suit with a rewarding and compelling mix of tragedy-tinged romance and epic action, enveloped in a pervading air of approaching doom. Dispensing with The Phantom Menace's exuberant, youthful orchestrations, more at home in E.T., Attack of the Clones pleasingly mirrors Williams' work on franchise zenith The Empire Strikes Back.
Fans will delight in the increased appearance of the series' classic themes, underlining the wider saga and tantalisingly foreshadowing future events while, like a Bond score, retaining the series' beloved musical signature. Williams frames the film's tragic romance with a beautiful love theme, "Across the Stars". A sweeping epic with a melancholic edge, it's the strongest track, the "threatened romance" theme further showcased in "Anakin and Padme" and "The Meadow Picnic". Yet, the action cues find Williams on equally glorious form. "Jango's Escape" and "Bounty Hunter's Pursuit" are thoroughly exciting fare while "Zam the Assassin" is a breathless 11-minute epic, with Williams exploring new ground, with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon-esque percussion and, surprisingly, electric guitar. The forbidding atmosphere reaches a deliriously thrilling crescendo with "Return to Tatooine", "The Tusken Camp" and "Love Pledge and the Arena", a heart-rending collision of romance, action and inescapable dread, interwoven with a plethora of the series themes. When "The Imperial March" makes a full-blown appearance in "Confrontation with Count Dooku"--as a victorious fanfare, no less--it recalls the best heart-stopping moments of Williams' original Star Wars orchestrations.
Coming so far in to such a distinguished career, this is an impressive, memorable work that once again showcases Williams' virtuoso affinity with cinema and, beyond that, a magnificent fifth segment in his eventual Magnum Opus. --Danny Graydon
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Is there anything better than a williams soundtrack?? A brilliantly crafted soundtrack, nicly produced and recorded.I love the feeling of tension the soundtrack creates by itself -it does'nt need visuals! And you get some rather nice packaging to boot!
It Gets Better and Better and Better! Yet again John Williams has shown why George Lucas has entrusted him with the soundtrack to the Star Wars Saga and after the excellent Phantom Menace soundtrack which gave the world the fantastic Duel of The Fates, which makes a welcome return in Attack of The Clones, yet again another song has been selected and given a music video to accompany it in Beyond The Stars (the lovetheme). In the film, I was pleasantly surprised when The Imperial March, my personal favourite of all Star Wars tracks returned along... more info
A Vast Improvement on 'The Phantom Menace' It could be argued that the quality of the scores in the Star Wars saga has a direct correlation to the quality of the films themselves. 'The Empire Strikes Back' is the clear champion, both in terms of the soundtrack and the movie, whereas 'The Phantom Menace', barring the excellent 'Duel Of The Fates', was a disappointment on both fronts. The encouraging news for fans is that this CD, whilst not reaching 'Empire's' dizzy heights, is a vast improvement on Episode I. The obvious standout is the haunting,... more info
The Saga Continues...... I finally got to hear this long awaited soundtrack recently and enjoyed it very much. Initially I felt there was some justification in some criticisms about the tracks lacking the uniqueness of some of John Williams' other music, but having not seen the film yet and experienced the whole movie experience, I personally cannot say how well this music works with the new movie. Lucas has often commented on how the whole saga should work as a silent movie using sound and visuals alone. John Williams is a very... more info
