Ben Kenobi's Death/TIE Fighter Attack
Wow, it's been way too long since I've written one of these and I apologize...even though I doubt a soul is still looking in on this blog. Nevertheless, I hate leaving things incomplete, so I'm going to make an effort to get this going again.
I've already professed my love for Star Wars and the music of John Williams, but that fanaticism goes far beyond the standard theme or "The Imperial March." I own the soundtracks for every film and when it comes to the original trilogy, I can even quote dialogue to match what's happening in the movie to the music. Sad, huh?
Anyway, the sequence of music that comprises "Ben Kenobi's Death/TIE Fighter Attack" from Star Wars: A New Hope (the original film) is easily one of the most rousing and memorable. The piece opens slowly with a brief snippet of Luke's theme rolling into the shocking death of Ben "Obi-Wan" Kenobi at the hands of Darth Vader, prompting Luke to scream angrily, a quick firefight and our heroes escaping the Death Star after Ben's sacrifice. There is little time to mourn, though, as the Imperials launch four TIE Fighters to intercept and stop the heroes aboard the Millenium Falcon.
Dashing pilot Han Solo shakes Luke from his reverie to help him man the guns to take on the attacking ships. As they strap in to their gunner stations and anxiously await their pursuers, the music slowly builds (with strings and light percussion) again before the fighters come into view, guns blazing and the brass explodes throughout the tense and exciting dogfight, a theme that would recur several times in the saga and represent the triumphs of the Rebels over the Empire.
Meanwhile, I'm geeking out all over the place, no matter how many times I see and hear it...
37/365
I've already professed my love for Star Wars and the music of John Williams, but that fanaticism goes far beyond the standard theme or "The Imperial March." I own the soundtracks for every film and when it comes to the original trilogy, I can even quote dialogue to match what's happening in the movie to the music. Sad, huh?
Anyway, the sequence of music that comprises "Ben Kenobi's Death/TIE Fighter Attack" from Star Wars: A New Hope (the original film) is easily one of the most rousing and memorable. The piece opens slowly with a brief snippet of Luke's theme rolling into the shocking death of Ben "Obi-Wan" Kenobi at the hands of Darth Vader, prompting Luke to scream angrily, a quick firefight and our heroes escaping the Death Star after Ben's sacrifice. There is little time to mourn, though, as the Imperials launch four TIE Fighters to intercept and stop the heroes aboard the Millenium Falcon.
Dashing pilot Han Solo shakes Luke from his reverie to help him man the guns to take on the attacking ships. As they strap in to their gunner stations and anxiously await their pursuers, the music slowly builds (with strings and light percussion) again before the fighters come into view, guns blazing and the brass explodes throughout the tense and exciting dogfight, a theme that would recur several times in the saga and represent the triumphs of the Rebels over the Empire.
Meanwhile, I'm geeking out all over the place, no matter how many times I see and hear it...
37/365
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