Star Wars: The Story Continues... [Import, Original recording remastered]

John Williams (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: John Williams
• Audio CD (June 6, 2005)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: IMC Music
• ASIN: B0009NVRLO
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #443,996 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

The complete original soundtrack of Star Wars. Music of the 6 episodes - composed by John Williams.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The Force is NOT strong with this one..., July 11, 2005

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J. Reiner "JMReiner83" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Star Wars: The Story Continues... (Audio CD)

My friend loaned me these CD's recently, and let me say they are nothing compared to the original soundtracks.

The recordings sound actually half decent for synthesized instruments, but after hearing the superb London Symphony Orchestra in the original recordings, any artificial orchestra (and even some real orchestras!) is a real let-down. Especially painful are the sequences which call for lots of brass; the LSO was so great at delivering a theme at full blast in an intense action scene, and the MIDI brass just sounds cheesey. The interpretation is poor in a few key sequences as well, too.

Star Wars fans really deserve better than this; get the re-mastered trilogy set:
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3.0 out of 5 stars Cool Sdtk...But..., October 3, 2006

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Itani Mullik "Redd" (Decatur,GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Wars: The Story Continues... (Audio CD)

I'm gonna keep this one short & sweet...I'm a lifetime fan of Star Wars, loved the music as much as I've loved the movies themselves, sought to buy the original scores, had to choose between the real deal and this one, saved 20 bucks buying the Story Continues, and loved it from day one. However, once listened to a few times from start to finish one can't help but spot the obvious, while this is an awesome production and re-recording of the original scores, the Global Stage Orchestra relies solely on synthesized instruments and you can feel the absence of REAL instruments. But it's still a keeper...especially for the Imperial death march. ~*REDD*~

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Actually a decent re-recording of classics, September 30, 2006

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Bigfoot "Bigfoot" (NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Wars: The Story Continues... (Audio CD)

Let me start out by saying that this album isn't nearly as bad as many people are saying. I bought it about a year ago at a store up here when the initial album I was looking for was sold out. Not wanting to leave empty handed, I glanced around and found this totally by chance (maybe the force made me find it, who knows:)) and decided to give it a shot.

I wasn't entirely sure of what to expect when I put it in once I got back. Initially after the first fifteen minutes of listening to it, I started to feel as if I maybe should have bought something else, BUT at the same time it was still catchy enough to leave in until the end of the first disc. Before I knew it, I listened to all three discs in one sitting while working on a paper and I must say, it was definitely worth whatever I payed for it.

The music is different enough where if you're getting tired of listening to the same things over and over, you can put it in and not worry about listening to something you've heard millions of times over. However the music is similar enough where if you're in a Star Wars mood, you can put it in and still be satisfied.

The "sythnesized" Star Wars sound is very catchy after a while and a very good addition to any hard core Star Wars fans' collection, or just to anyones collection of music in general. It's interesting to hear how the music is still able to catch all of the emotion that is in the original soundtracks (especially in Episode III) and still sound different. I will admit that the tracks seem to be a bit out of "order". While episodes 4, 5 and 6 come first (which is fine) episode 2 is next, followed by 1, then episode 3, and then back to episode 2 again. Not sure why this is, but it's not a real big deal, just a little odd. Definitely worth buying if you're into collecting all things Star Wars.