Bonus DVD Takes Viewers on a Musical and Visual Journey Through All Six Films
From the Most Popular Movie Saga of All Time and Features Scores From
Five-Time Oscar Winner John Williams
SOUNDTRACK RELEASED ON MAY 3, 2005
Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Opens in Theaters Worldwide on May 19, 2005
NEW YORK, March 15 /PRNewswire/ -- On Tuesday, May 3, 2005, Sony Classical
will release the original motion picture soundtrack of the last episode of the
massively popular Star Wars saga, Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith.
It features a new score by five-time Oscar winner John Williams, who is also
the composer and conductor of the score for each film in the six-chapter Star
Wars saga, and an exclusive collector's DVD -- Star Wars: A Musical
Journey -- an unprecedented bonus at no additional cost.
Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, written and directed by George
Lucas, is the most anticipated movie of the year and opens worldwide on
Thursday, May 19, 2005.
Created especially to accompany the CD release, the thrilling 70-minute
DVD features 16 brand-new music videos set to selections from all six of John
Williams' unforgettable Star Wars film scores and has been designed around a
timeline that will take the viewer chronologically through the entire saga.
Each movement is introduced by actor Ian McDiarmid (who plays Senator
Palpatine in the films) and features a spectacular montage of images, complete
with excerpts of the original dialogue and sound effects, set to Williams'
legendary music which has been newly remixed and remastered in 5.1 surround
sound. Williams' principal theme from the new score, entitled "Battle of the
Heroes," will be featured in a music video created by Lucasfilm.
The soundtrack packaging will also include liner notes from George Lucas
plus an exclusive fold-out poster featuring a montage of images from the film.
In Revenge of the Sith, the final and most dramatic chapter of the Star
Wars saga, the Clone Wars rage as the rift widens between Chancellor Palpatine
(Ian McDiarmid) and the Jedi Council. Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen),
the young Jedi Knight with an allegiance to Chancellor Palpatine, struggles to
keep his marriage to Padme' Amidala (Natalie Portman) a secret amid the
turmoil. Seduced by promises of power and temptations of the dark side, he
pledges himself to the evil Darth Sidious and becomes Darth Vader. Together,
Sidious and Vader set in motion a plot of revenge against the Jedi, leading to
a climatic lightsaber battle between Vader and his former master, Obi-Wan
Kenobi (Ewan McGregor), that will decide the fate of the galaxy.
With 43 Oscar nominations to his credit, Williams has composed a new score
for the film, utilizing the themes and musical motives that link it with his
earlier scores for the Star Wars films. The London Symphony Orchestra
(L.S.O), with the composer conducting, performs the original score. The
L.S.O. is the same orchestra that recorded Williams' original Star Wars score
28 years ago and has continued to perform the score for each successive
chapter of the saga.
In 1999, Sony Classical released the Grammy-nominated original soundtrack
recording of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace(TM), which was a
platinum-selling album in the U.S. and sold more than two million copies
worldwide, in addition to a specially packaged Ultimate Edition that featured
Williams' entire score for that film. In 2002, the label released the
original soundtrack recording of Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the
Clones(TM). Both are currently available.
In September 2004, Sony Classical became the home of all the Star Wars
soundtracks with the release of newly remastered editions of the soundtrack
recordings of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope(TM), Star Wars: Episode V The
Empire Strikes Back(TM) and Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi(TM).
The recordings are available individually and in a special boxed set with a
deluxe slipcover case.
The Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith soundtrack also continues
Sony Classical's long association with John Williams, who has recorded a
number of non-film projects for the label. Williams won the third of his five
Academy Awards for his score for the original Star Wars (1977) and received
nominations for his scores for The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of
the Jedi (1983). The soundtrack albums for Star Wars and The Empire Strikes
Back also won Grammy(R) Awards for Williams in 1977 and 1980, and he was a
nominee for Return of the Jedi in 1983 and Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom
Menace in 2000.
Information about the original motion picture soundtrack of Star Wars:
Episode III Revenge of the Sith is featured at
http://starwars.sonyclassical.com. Sony Classical is the trademark of Sony
Corporation. All rights reserved.
Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: Episode
I The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones and Star
Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith are trademarks of Lucasfilm Ltd. All
rights reserved.
SOURCE Sony Classical
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CONTACT:
Doreen D'Agostino of Sony BMG Masterworks,
+1-212-833-7576, doreen.dagostino@sonybmg.com
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