Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back [Original Soundtrack]

• Artist: John Williams
• Rating:
• Release Date: 1980
• Total Time: 44:55
• Type: Soundtrack
• Genre: Soundtrack

Review

Here is an album that includes what are probably some of the most overplayed, overused themes in the history of film scores. However, if you can get past the familiarity and actually listen to what's there, you'll find another well-written score from John Williams. ~ Tavia Hobart, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme)	John Williams		(3:03)
Yoda's Theme	John Williams	John Williams	(3:29)
The Asteroid Field	John Williams		(4:12)
Han Solo and the Princess (Love Theme)	John Williams		(3:28)
Finale (Lyrics)	John Williams		(6:28)
Star Wars (Main Theme)	John Williams		(5:49)
The Training of a Jedi Knight	John Williams		(3:08)
Yoda and the Force	John Williams		(4:05)
The Duel (Lyrics)	John Williams		(4:06)
The Battle in the Snow	John Williams		(3:48)
City in the Clouds	John Williams	John Williams
Rebels at Bay	John Williams	John Williams
Yoda and the Force	John Williams	John Williams
Duel	John Williams	John Williams
Magic Tree	John Williams	John Williams
Lando's Palace	John Williams	John Williams
Finale	John Williams	John Williams

Credits

Denzil Floyd (Horn), Paul Marrion (Double Bass), David Earle Johnson (Percussion), Peter Norris (Viola), Renwick (Violin), Leslie Pearson (Piano), Rod McGrath (Cello), Renata Scheffel-Stein (Harp), John Williams (Conductor), Michael Davis (Violin), John Ford (?), Brian Smith (Violin), Neil Watson (Violin), Geoffrey Browne (Oboe), David Williams (Violin), Alex Taylor (Viola), Terry Morton (Violin), Anthony Chidell (Horn), Pashanko Dimitroff (Double Bass), Michael Reeves (Piano), Paul Willey (Violin), Bruce Mollison (Double Bass), Jack Long (Cello), Ian Macintosh (Trumpet), James Anderson (Tuba), James Brown (Horn), Thomas Swift (Violin), David Powrie (Cello), Robert Bourton (Bassoon), Ray Northcott (Percussion), Donald Stewart (Violin), Michael Reeves (Piano (Electric)), Stanley Woods (Trumpet), Patrick Vermont (Viola), Anthony Camden (Oboe), Jeffrey Bryant (Horn), John Williams (Composer), Martin Robinson (Cello), Brian Clarke (Viola), Deith Milar (Percussion), Clifford Lantaff (Harp), Edward Barry (Violin), James Watson (Trumpet), Kurt Hans Goedicke (Timbales), Warwick Hill (Violin), Roger Welch (Viola), Robert Noble (Piano (Electric)), Michael Mitchell (Viola), Graham Warren (Horn), Themla Owne (Harp), Eric Cuthbertson (Viola), Roger Lord (Oboe), Norman Archibald (Trumpet), John Rooke (Horn), Richard Holttum (Viola), Maurice Meulien (Cello), David Cripps (Horn), London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), James Quaife (Horn), Brian Gaulton (Violin), Gerry Ruddock (Trumpet), John Fletcher (Tuba), Patrick Harrild (Tuba), Douglas Cummings (Cello), Peter Lloyd (Flute), Francis Nolan (Flute), Stanley Castle (Violin), Russell Jordan (Percussion), William Lang (Trumpet), David Hume (Viola), Samuel Artis (Violin), John Williams (Conductor), John Lawley (Oboe), David Ellis (Violin), Nuala Herbert (Harp), Nigel Broadbent (Violin), Peter Fransic (Bassoon), Paul Kegg (Cello), Simon Hetherington (Double Bass), Cyril Reubens (Violin), Terry Johns (Horn), Lennox Mackenzie (Violin), David Llewellyn (Violin), John Cooper (Double Bass), John Orford (Bassoon), Clive Gillinson (Cello), Irvine Arditti (Violin), Robert Retallick (Violin), William Sumpton (Viola), Lowry Sanders (Flute), Nicholas Hunke (Bassoon), Maurice Murphy (Trumpet), Dennis Gaines (Violin), Francis Monkman (Synthesizer), Robin McGee (Double Bass), William Krasnik (Viola), Jack Steadman (Violin), Martin Gatt (Bassoon), Malcom Hall (Trumpet), Nicholas Maxted-Jones (Violin), Gerald Newson (Double Bass), Michael Jeans (Oboe), Robert Noble (Piano), David Goodall (Violin), Alan Merrick (Violin), Geoffrey Creese (Violin), Jack Lees (Percussion), Brian Gascoigne (Synthesizer), Ann Odell (Synthesizer), Thomas Cook (Violin), John Stenhouse (Clarinet), Ken Law (Cello), Nigel Pinkett (Cello), Sydney Colter (Violin), Francis Saunders (Cello), Richard Taylor (Flute), Leslie Pearson (?), Michael Frye (Percussion), Ralph Izen (Trumpet), John Hill (Double Bass), Steve Henderson (Percussion), Patrick Hooley (Viola), Robert Clark (Violin), John Williams (Producer), Arthur Griffiths (Double Bass), Ray Adams (Cello)