The Complete Star Wars Collection

Meco | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 24, 2000)
• Original Release Date: March 24, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• ASIN: B00004T0XC
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #848,714 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Star Wars (A New Hope): Main Title Theme/The Land Of The Sand People Princess Leia's Theme...

2. The Empire Strikes Back: Darth Vader's Theme/Yoda's Theme

3. The Empire Strikes Back: The Battle In The Snow

4. The Empire Strikes Back: The Force Theme

5. The Empire Strikes Back: Finale

6. Return Of The Jedi: Lapti Nek

7. Return Of The Jedi: Ewok Celebration

8. The Phantom Menace: Duel Of The Fates/Augie's Municipal Band

9. The Phantom Menace: Cousin Jar Jar

10. The Phantom Menace: A Jedi Knight

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Somewhat Disappointing, December 22, 2000

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Darthjal "Darthjal" (North America) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Star Wars Collection (Audio CD)

I bought the "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" single as a kid. It skipped. So I returned it, and they gave me a new one. That one skipped too. Years later, I found a new copy of it as a re-issue and guess what... it skipped! No lie!

So when I got this CD, I fully expected (and had no reason to doubt) that I would finally, 23 years later, have a copy that didn't skip.

Well... it doesn't skip. But it's also not the same music. You can find bits of the old one in here, but it's intermixed with a lot of other... stuff. There are lots of unnecessary sound effects and bits of dialog that are spoken by people who don't sound like Han Solo, Princess Leia, etc. None of that needs to be there.

That part of the CD was disappointing. It wasn't clear when I picked out this CD that it had remixes rather than the original singles on it. I felt a little misled.

On the bright side, though, the Empire Strikes Back material sounds a lot closer to what I remember. I'm not thrilled with the way it was remixed, but the differences are pretty minor and I can live with them. I'm just not convinced that they're an improvement.

This was the first time I heard the RotJ material, and I liked it. I was also pleased by the Duel/Augie's piece, though it could have been longer.

I didn't like the Cousin Jar Jar and Jedi Knight songs at all; I have yet to hear a Star Wars song with lyrics that doesn't sound childish or corny. Which is fine for a kids' album -- I still listen to "Christmas in the Stars" -- but I expected this collection to be geared towards more adult tastes.

In summary, I think that whether or not you like this CD will depend on your expectations... if you aren't looking for the original singles, you'll probably enjoy it, but if you are, you might want to listen before buying. But at least it doesn't skip!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Uneven and incomplete collection, November 24, 2000

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"dalfina" (Kuala Lumpur, WP Malaysia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Star Wars Collection (Audio CD)

I've been a fan of MECO's music since the time of Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk. This latest CD was a disappointment. The fidelity of the album is poor, surprising when considering the tracks were digitally rerecorded and remastered. Case in point: The Empire Strikes Back tracks. The album title is a misnomer: Not all songs are complete as is the case with The Force Theme, Finale, and Ewok Celebration. And at a total CD time of 41:33, it wasn't due to lack of disk space. As for the new tracks, Duel of the Fates/Augie's Municipal Band stands out as the more interesting. But all in all, I found this a half-baked album. Meco should consider rereleasing some of his earlier LPs on CD, such as Encounters of Every Kind and Music from Star Trek and The Black Hole. As dated as disco may be, MECO was responsible for some excellent music.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dance Your Asteroids Of (The Remixes of the Star Wars Music), April 25, 2000

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Marco Snel (Hoofddorp, The Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Star Wars Collection (Audio CD)

For people who liked the original Star Wars music from Meco, this newly remixed album is a MUST to have, all the songs are remixed and there are three new songs on this CD from the latest Star Wars movie: The Phantom Mencace.