The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra - Music from the Star Wars Saga [Sand]

John Williams wrote the themes, and The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra brings them roaring back on Music from the Star Wars Saga, a limited sand coloured vinyl edition.

Since 1977, the music of Star Wars has been as central to the saga as lightsabers and the Millennium Falcon. Williams' scores revived the grand symphonic film soundtrack for a whole generation, and this collection gathers highlights from across the original and prequel trilogies into one satisfying listen. Based in the Czech capital, the orchestra has built a long reputation for recording film music, and it brings real muscle and polish to these familiar cues.

Cantina Band brings its jaunty, off-world swing, and The Imperial March stomps in with all of Darth Vader's menace intact. Duel of the Fates hurtles forward with relentless drive, while Across the Stars, the love theme from Attack of the Clones, offers a lush and sweeping counterweight to all the battle music around it.

For fans who hum the Imperial March under their breath on the way to work, this is a handsome way to bring a galaxy far, far away into the living room. Played loud, it makes a fine reminder that some of the most thrilling orchestral writing of the last fifty years was composed for a space opera.