Ultimate Star Wars Soundtracks Set for January Release.
The iconic soundtracks for the first six Star Wars movies, all scored by John Williams, have been beloved by fans for decades. On January 8 2016, the definitive collection containing his Star Wars music from the Prequel and Original Trilogies will be released on Vinyl, CD, and Digital formats.
From the official Star Wars website:
- Star Wars: The Ultimate Vinyl Collection includes each of the six film soundtracks in deluxe gatefold sleeves faithfully replicating the original artwork.
- Star Wars: The Ultimate Soundtrack Edition includes the original six soundtracks in mini-album jackets, plus a bonus CD featuring audio interviews with Harrison Ford and John Williams. Also included is the DVD Star Wars: A Musical Journey, a one-hour special highlighting select musical themes alongside key sequences from the films. Rounding out the set are a fold-out poster and three collectible stickers.
- Star Wars: The Ultimate Digital Collection features a bundle of the six original soundtracks available for the first time as high-definition downloads.
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COMPLETE soundtracks?
JW isn’t allowed to die until 2019 now
2020 by the way. That is when the last spin off movie comes out.
He’s not scoring the spinoffs.
JW is only doing the Episode films. The spin-offs are by other composers. Rogue One will be composed by Alexandre Desplat
He hasn’t been officially confirmed for Ep VIII and IX yet. If able I’m sure he’d do them though.
John Williams only does proper Star Wars films. If Williams does the score, it can be considered canon, in my books.
Never. But you can die right now.
Well.. i know what i am asking for for my Birthday 🙂
Suprised they’re not including the Episode VII soundtrack with this.
Love how the vinyl sleeves have the original artwork 🙂
Exai!
This set is not complete set like previous OT box set. Substantial lack of score from OT is disturbing.
I find it still funny that people complain about even the soundtrack releases..
is criticism limited to cinema releases?
When you get hateful comments on every single product they release that’s not criticism
At least for me, it’s disappointing they aren’t taking the opportunity to release the PT in a more complete form, like the Indiana Jones box set in 2008.
agreed! slap the name Star Wars on something and some people will not only buy it, but complain when someone else criticizes it. Its NOTHING new, save your money and they will get the point, and maybe offer us something NEW
I have preordered the score for TFA! 😀 Can’t wait to listen to what will become as iconic a soundtrack as the rest of John Williams works! 🙂
a very disappointing set. nothing new. it’s all been out before in this form.
Yes it’s all been out before, but that’s the point isn’t it? It’s a re-release of high quality Star Wars vinyl for people who don’t want to hunt for the original prints. I wouldn’t expect a box set to have new music, it’s for people who don’t have these. Just curious, would you have wanted in this set to make it less disappointing?
These aren’t even the complete scores. They’re the “original soundtracks,” so roughly 13-15 tracks from each film. Track listing here:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/star-wars-ultimate-digital/id1041511949?app=itunes
The 1997 set was better for the OT, and it looks like you’ll still have to look for bootlegs if you want complete scores of AotC or RotS.
so what’s new if you already have the cds?
nothing. it’s all been available multiple times before. if you are a vinyl junkie I’d still recommend tracking down original vinyl copies as they would be cheaper!
What I want is a complete, 12 disc anthology of every minute of recorded Star Wars music, with a full remaster of the original 3 scores. That would be an “ultimate edition” in my book.
I also want the Prequel scores done the way the SE scores for the OT were handled back in 1997. No hack job editing that ravaged the soundtracks in the movie.