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• Ternian's MF SOUNDTRACK SPY REPORT • The Story
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01 - Star Wars and The Revenge Of The Sith 7:31

The normal opening crawl is short-lived, unlike other episodes. Whereas normally the scroll fades into infinity, the last part is cut off by a very adventurous yet dangerous motif – the space battle over Coruscant. After this brief motif, we are first introduced into the one of the most constant Themes on the soundtrack - The Force Theme (which is under-scored with a militaristic beat similar to the Droid Invasion Theme from EPISODE I) which continues for quite a while; no doubt following a long camera shot into battle. The rest of the track continues in this fashion.

02 - Anakin's Dream 4:46

A beautiful Viola solo accompanied by a harp opens Anakin’s Dream. Across the Stars soon can be heard underneath the solo before the darker string section hits, and uncertainity arises, only to once again fall into the Love Theme. After more dark cues, the Force Theme echoes things to come.

03 - Battle Of The Heroes 3:42

The new major Theme for Star Wars. The theme consists of a busy bass line with choral pieces intertwined.

04 - Anakin's Betrayal 4:04

Sections of the Love Theme again can be heard with strings and horns interwoven.

05 - General Grievous 4:07

A 'congo' sounding piece that no doubt will sound fantastic on screen.

06 - Palpatine's Teachings 5:25

This track reminds one of the soundtrack from The Dark Crystal. A deep male voice 'chants' with a metallic sound over the top. It then moves into the Love Theme which flows into Vader's Theme. Followed is a variation on the Force Theme - kinda interesting. After some more dark music, a brilliant Arrival at Coruscant theme from EPISODE I ends the piece.

07 - Grievous and the Droids 3:28

Standard fight music here. Very much reminiscent of the EPISODE I 'Droid Invasion' piece.

08 - Padme's Ruminations 3:17

Deadly eerie. It doesn't sound like it should be in Star Wars. A long note held on a double bass glides as Amazonian-like flutes and a synthesised female's solo flows over top. This is just very eerie.

It is soon followed by a movement in the lower strings section that reminds one of Palpatine's Chambers in RETURN OF THE JEDI. Horns pulse every now and then.

09 - Anakin vs. Obi-Wan 3:57

Battle of the Heroes starts off this piece before we quickly get into Vader's Theme. Back to Battle of the Heroes; first solo, then the string section picks it up. There is then another familiar theme (the one which was played during the teaser trailer as Vader rises). We then have a busy string section before more Vader's Theme - followed again by that 'familiar' theme. Enter the Chorus and another section of Battle of Heroes that crescendos into strings and soon the Force Theme with a pumping base raises its head, followed again by Battle of the Heroes.

10 - Anakin's Dark Deeds 4:05

Begins quietly then leads to a wall of chorus. After some 'fight-like' music, the piece enters on a really soft section that echoes the way Padme is represented in this score. The ending is so sad to the track before before brass finishes it off.

11 - Enter Lord Vader 4:14

A soft introduction is soon met with variations of the Battle of the Heroes Theme. There is a small part of this that reminds of the music from the Rebels in the Original Trilogy. A miliatristic section soon ends with Vader's Theme and another playing of the Force Theme which is followed by the Emperor's Theme.


12 - The Immolation Scene 2:42

A dark and omnious piece.

im·mo·late

1. To kill as a sacrifice.
2. To kill (oneself) by fire.
3. To destroy.

immolation

n : killing or offering as a sacrifice


13 - Grievous Speaks to Lord Sidious 2:49

Most have heard this on Starwars.com. The end of this piece is a variation on the Love Theme which is dark.

14 - The Birth Of The Twins and Padme's Destiny 3:37

A lilting bass line from Across the Stars is over-scored by a harp and glockenspiel. It is then followed by a majestic version of Qui-Gon's Funeral Theme (which may have just become the Naboo Funeral Theme) and is played about three times in total.

15 - A New Hope and End Credits 13:06

This is the longest piece of music on the soundtrack. A beautiful segue into Leia's Theme is followed by the Force Theme. The Force Theme is repeated and grows (but don't expect a big finale) before we enter the End Credit sequence.

Leia's Theme follows the standard Star Wars End Credit Theme. Battle of the Heroes takes off where Leia's Theme finishes. The Throne Room Theme then hits in at the end of BotH. The middle section of the The Throne Room is extremely legato compared to the ending in A NEW HOPE. After this part is finished its back into the main section.

It sounds like it is about to finish as in A NEW HOPE when it suddenly enters a really delicate version of the Force Theme. The Theme then shifts up and plays again before entering the Throne Room Theme once more. This plays out until the finale Star Wars Theme.

You are a God

I love you. In a non homo sort of way

dude, you rock!

Impressive, MOST impressive.

I see that you are becoming the most powerful of all admin.

Open the floodgates!

And with that, mf.com slams down the exclamation point on ROTS spoilers.

Amazing!

Old faithful...

Fantastic work work there DP. Thank you.

And they said Darthy's days would be over after April 2.

Thank you for showing them who the man still is!! Thank you!!

What a terrific, terrific end titles seg.

My jaw dropped.

Excellent! You're wonderful, DP.

Battle of the Heroes is fucking great!

Awesome, awesome stuff.

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I must say, it is so pleasant to just be a sheep again.

Oh man and I've had a BAD fucking day too. I was telling myself(being a firm believer in yin and yang), there's gotta be a bright spot, something really good has to happen to counter balance my bad day.

Thanks, DP.

The End Title and Credits mp3 is nice. They way the different themes change is awesome. Episode 3 to me has the best music from what ive heard so far

The quick and short string work completely makes Battle of the Heroes, imo.

was there ever any doubt...?

Thanks a million DP!

Many thanks.

O_O Thx a lot to all the staff of MF for all the spoiler you share ... now the circle is complete ! Thx a lot

You rock

Now I wait for the Ani vs Obi track !

I'm in tears listening to the end credits. I am just overwhelmed.

Yes, the music is fucking brilliant.

Me too...

Thank you DP!

I honestly don't know what to think about the slowing down of the fanfare and Throne Room.

I like it!

Awesome shit. Huge thanks to everyone. And of course DP

My God, this stuff is awesome!

Kudos to that brother!

I am sooo happy.. I knew something good was coming tonight.. that is why I am still awake when I got work in 6 hrs.... is there hope for any more?? This is amazing shit!!! I am getting goosebumps and that last track has me almost in tears

Whoa...the finale of the End Title is actually the ROTJ version, isn't it?

dimming lights. here we go...

MF (ROTS) is going out like a bomb !

hrmm...my first disapointment...

Duel of Fates > Battle of Heros...

thanks for the leak though (posting ysi...1 sec)

Ok so what are the odds this full end credits is going to be in the film unedited? AOTC got butchered and it would be a crime to do that to this one are the credits generally long enough to use all of this music?

Battle of the Heroes > DOTF x100

BOTH is different they compliment eachother nicely.

I love Battle of the Heroes because it is more epic in it's scale seriously. It tells the tragedy of Anakin Skywalker.

As much as I love Duel of the Fates, I disagree. DOTF covers the harsh inevitabilty, the higher hand we can say. BOH seems to just cover the emotion of the combatants, perfect for this fight. The chorus is amazing. Both tracks cover two different feels.

It will be interesting to see them juxtaposed against eachother in the two final duels.

Awesome work, DP.

I think that's going to far...

I tend not to compare tracks per say, but judge them on their own merits or lack there of.

BOTH is awesome. Just awesome. It represents a fight between friends and brothers, and it fits perfectly. DOTF is much different. It's more of a Jedi v. Sith theme less personal than BOTH.

DOTF has been heard enough, we didn't need it in the end-all duel as well. Battle of the Heroes will be incrediable...plus, it is a much more polished track anyway, IMO

Exactly.

That's why DOTF will be used in Yoda VS Sidious. It fits there much better, while this more personal track works for Anakin VS Kenobi.

I think an important factor if we wanna compare tracks is context. We have a context for Duel of the Fates, the Asteroid Field, Clash of the Lightsabers, the Dark Side Beckons and all the other epic SW tracks.

We have no true contest for Battle of the Heroes just yet. Watch the images on the screen, let this amazing music surround you and combine the two sensations. Then, we'll be able to compare and contrast.

I think that the first chorus would have been better in BOTH if it ended with only one "ahhh" instead of two.

I too agree that Duel of the Fates is better, at least for now. DOTF sounds much more diverse, and contains more catchy spots. But, I say again, the (???-I can't identify instruments for shit) in BOTH are damn cool at 0:54~.

Speaking whichly, didn't Tern say the Darkside Beckons cue appears in BOTH? I really don't hear it.

Some guy (wish I could remember his name) over on the Hellboy MB, posted a link to a test animation he had done that he was sending to Mignola, hoping to get a job doing the DVD menus for the movie. I turned it into a gif.

He did an amazing job, hard to see in the gif but HB is surounded by the undead.

BOTH sounds like a rearranged version of Dark Side Beckons, extended into a full piece.

I figured out what battle of hero's is missing, it doesn't build like dotf does. it's more of a dramatic bro vs bro kinda feel which fits I guess. it like degrades the epic level by like 1000 try watching the end of pixelmagic's trailer of the duel, or any duel footage. it's better with dotf imo w/e i'm sure it'll be fine.

thanks again dp

I like Pearlmen, but didn't really like him as HB, I fely like the missed all the quiet intelligence that comes across in the books, and just went for the grumpy HB... The guy who made the animation really captured the feel of Mignola's style.