First 6 Star Wars movie soundtracks have been remastered for release
Walt Disney Records will release remastered soundtracks for the first six Star Wars films on May 4, 2018.
Each album has been remastered, features new artwork and a collectible mini-poster. They are: A New Hope (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Return of the Jedi (1983), The Phantom Menace (1999), Attack of the Clones (2002) and Revenge of the Sith (2005).
The soundtracks were reconstructed from new hi-resolution (24/192) transfers supervised by Shawn Murphy and Skywalker Sound. In addition to physical, each soundtrack is also available digitally.
The scores are composed and conducted by Academy Award winner John Williams, who has scored all eight of the Star Wars films and is expected to score the ninth film due out next year.
He earned an Academy Award for Best Original Score for Star Wars: A New Hope. His score for Star Wars: The Force Awakens was nominated for an Oscar and most recently, Star Wars: The Last Jedi received an Oscar nomination.
Williams has won five Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, seven British Academy Film Awards, five Emmy Awards and 23 Grammy Awards. With 51 Academy Award nominations, Williams is the Academy’s most nominated living person and the second most-nominated individual in history, after Walt Disney.
