JOHN WILLIAMS: Star Wars Episode IV: Star Wars Brightened Edition

This is a test for Peeje, also no Distortion for this one.

Warning, the equalization I applied bumped up the waveform past "0db", so it might be a little loud, if its a problem, you might want to fix that with a non-re-encoding independent channel normalizer like MP3DirectCut.

Yep, while I did ROTJ I also did this one.

My goals are little different here, where with ROTJ and ESB I was trying to brighten it by quite a bit, here I added only a miniscule amount of brightness.

The main attraction will be the editing together of the film recordings so as to reconstruct the concert versions of several cues, as well as several alternate takes.

Disc 1

1 – Fox Fanfare (Short Version) (0:13)
2 – Main Title/Rebel Blockade Runner (2:14)
3 – Imperial Attack (6:42)
4 – Dune Sea of Tatooine/Jawa Sandcrawler (5:01)
5 – The Moisture Farm (2:25)
6 – Hologram/Binary Sunset (4:08)
7 – Landspeeder Search/Attack of the Sand People (3:20)
8 – Tales of a Jedi Knight/Learn About the Force [#] (4:28)
9 – Burning Homestead (2:50)
10 – Mos Eisley Spaceport (2:16)
11 – Cantina Band (2:46)
12 – Cantina Band, No 2 (3:54)

Disc 2

1 – Princess Leia’s Theme (4:27)
2 – Millennium Falcon/Imperial Cruiser Pursuit (3:51)
3 – Destruction of Alderaan (1:32)
4 – Death Star/The Stormtroopers [#] (3:34)
5 – Wookiee Prisoner/Detention Block Ambush (4:01)
6 – Shootout in the Cell Bay/Dianoga (3:47)
7 – The Trash Compactor (3:06)
8 – Tractor Beam/Chasm Crossfire (5:18)
9 – Ben Kenobi’s Death/Tie Fighter Attack (3:51)
10 – The Battle of Yavin (9:06)
11 – Throne Room/End Titles (5:36)
12 – Fox Fanfare (Long Version) (0:20)
13 – Main Title Recording Sessions (11:59)
14 – Main Title (Concert Version) (5:25)
15 – The Little People Work (Jawa Sandcrawler Concert Version) (4:52)
16 – Binary Sunset (Alternate) (2:20)
17 – Shootout in the Cell Bay (Alternate Take) (4:51)
18 – Here They Come! (Tie Fighter Attack Concert Version) (2:07)
19 – The Final Battle (The Battle of Yavin Concert Version) (6:28)
20 – The Throne Room/End Titles (Alternate Take/Concert Version) (7:57)

Videos:

Restoring the Score: Star Wars Episode IV: Star Wars Video 1 – YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2r7IZuJCac)

Free File Hosting – Online Storage; Upload Mp3, Videos, Music. Backup Files (http://www.peejeshare.com/files/363353814/4SWEP4ANHRE.zip.html)

This sound very nice. Thanks for your work!

I just listened to this. I love the bright sound, makes it three times better listen for me with the headphones I use (Sony MDR-F1’s). Maybe on a home stereo system it would sound harsh but I love this. Enjoyed this like your Return of the Jedi mix you shared. Thanks for sharing.

Nice!
Thank you very much.

Thank you! Great!

thank you so much

I don’t understand… you pushed the volume ABOVE 0db & yet it somehow has no distortion? Unless I’m mistaken, that sounds impossible?

usually a normalisation at -3db are correct (0db may cause distortion)

Thanks!

Any chance of a mirror? The download slots for this file are always filled.

Any chance for a re-upload?

Re-upload please?

Re-Up please 🙂

Yes, re-upload please, for I can’t wait to hear cues that were not used in the original film.

hey hey can we have a reup ?

Reup, please?

Yes, re-upload please, for I can’t wait to hear cues that were not used in the original film.

Curious to hear this one!

so am I, still down

Here’s another request for a re-up, Mr. Faleel! I’m quite interested to hear this, especially your versions of the concert suites. I had the same idea myself a while back…

……sounds interesting. If possible I would also be interested in a reup

Reup please