BURBANK, Calif., March 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Since the release
of the first Star Wars movie 40 years ago, the Star
Wars saga has had a seismic impact on both cinema and culture,
inspiring audiences around the world with its mythic storytelling,
captivating characters, groundbreaking special effects and iconic
musical scores composed by John
Williams.
On May 4th,
Walt Disney Records is set to
release the original motion picture soundtracks for the first six
Star Wars films: A New Hope (1977),
The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Return of the
Jedi (1983), The Phantom
Menace (1999), Attack of the
Clones (2002) and Revenge of the
Sith (2005). With scores composed and conducted by
Academy Award®-winning composer John
Williams, each album has been remastered, features new
artwork and a collectible mini-poster. The soundtracks were
reconstructed from new hi-resolution (24/192) transfers supervised
by Shawn Murphy and Skywalker
Sound. In addition to physical, each soundtrack is also
available digitally.
John Williams is well known for
scoring all eight of the Star Wars saga
films to date, beginning with 1977's Star Wars: A
New Hope for which he earned an Academy Award® for Best
Original Score. His score for Star Wars: The Force
Awakens was nominated for an Oscar® and most recently,
Star Wars: The Last Jedi received an Oscar nomination.
Williams has won five Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards,
seven British Academy Film Awards, five Emmy Awards and 23 Grammy
Awards. With 51 Academy Award nominations, Williams is the
Academy's most nominated living person and the second
most-nominated individual in history, after Walt Disney. In 2005, the American Film
Institute selected Williams' score to 1977's Star Wars as
the greatest American film score of all time. The soundtrack to
Star Wars also was preserved by the Library of Congress in
the National Recording Registry, for being "culturally,
historically, or aesthetically significant." Williams was
inducted into the Hollywood Bowl's Hall of Fame in 2000, and he
received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004, the National Medal of
Arts in 2009, and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2016.
Williams has composed the scores for eight of the top 20
highest-grossing films at the U.S. box office (adjusted for
inflation).
Pre-orders are available at:
A New Hope: http://disneymusic.co/ANewHopeCD
Empire Strikes
Back: http://disneymusic.co/EmpireStrikesBackCD
Return of the
Jedi: http://disneymusic.co/ReturnoftheJediCD
Phantom
Menace: http://disneymusic.co/PhantomMenaceCD
Attack of the
Clones: http://disneymusic.co/AttackoftheClonesCD
Revenge of the
Sith: http://disneymusic.co/RevengeoftheSithCD
The Star Wars: A New Hope 40th
Anniversary 3-LP Collector's Edition hologram vinyl is available at
Disney Music Emporium, http://disneymusic.co/SWNewHopeDME.
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