Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (soundtrack)


The soundtrack to Star Wars: [Episode II – Attack of the Clones] was released by Sony Classical on April 23, 2002. The music was composed and conducted by John Williams, and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and London Voices in January 2002, with orchestrations provided by Conrad Pope and Eddie Karam. Shawn Murphy recorded and mixed the score. Peter Myles and Kenneth Wannberg served as music editors. Williams himself produced the recording sessions.
The album had four alternate covers, each sold separately, that featured Anakin and Padme, Jango Fett, Yoda, and the theatrical poster art by Drew Struzan. For a limited time, a Walmart retail exclusive version of the CD had bonus enhanced multimedia CD-ROM content when inserted into a computer featuring a link to an exclusive PC screensaver. A Target-exclusive edition featured the bonus track "On the Conveyor Belt". Best Buy versions of the album included a limited edition Episode II Trading Card. A remastered version of the soundtrack was released by Walt Disney Records on May 4, 2018.

Track listing

For the US release, early album prints titled track 2 as only "Love Theme from Attack of the Clones" on the album's back and insert. Later releases re-named the track to "Across the Stars ". This was not the case for the international versions.
The Target-exclusive bonus track, "On the Conveyor Belt", is not included on the 2018 release by Walt Disney Records.

Recording Information

Certain cues used in the film contain inserts that replace a portion of the intended cue. Both the Main Title and End Credit introduction recordings were taken from The Phantom Menace. Due to the editing in the film, several effects were used to aid in transitions between edited cues. Several moments use a chime sound such as the transition from the Obi-Wan Kamino moments to the Anakin/Padmé Naboo scenes. "Entrance of the Monsters", for example, is almost completely tracked out and is instead replaced with "source" crowd sounds such as drums. Once the Battle of Geonosis begins, the editing becomes extensive, pulling from both Star Wars: [Episode I – The Phantom Menace|The Phantom Menace] and Attack of the Clones, utilizing all forms of editing and supplementing transitions with timpani rolls. The complete score with the inserts and edits has never been officially released.

Cue List

  • 1M1 Main Title
  • 1M2 The Arrival at Coruscant
  • 1M3 Thwarted Attempt
  • 1M4 The Meeting of Anakin and Padme
  • 1M5 She Hardly Recognized Me
  • 1M6 Zam's Dirty Trick
  • 1M7A Zam's Chase Pt. 1
  • 1M7B Zam in Pursuit
  • 2M1 Zam is Eliminated
  • 2M2 Palpatine's Plotting
  • 2M3 Departure
  • 2M4 Cafe Scene*
  • 2M5 The Library Scene
  • 2M6 Lunch and the Younglings
  • 2M7 Approaching Naboo Palace
  • 3M1 Finding Kamino
  • 3M1 Insert
  • 3M2 Visiting the Prime Minister
  • 3M3 The First Kiss
  • 3M4 Interior Tipoca City
  • 3M5 The Meadow Scene
  • 3M5R The Meadow Scene
  • 3M6 The Meeting With Fett
  • 3M7 The Dinner Scene
  • 3M8 Rainy Ramp and Anakin's Nightmare
  • 3M9
  • 4M1 The Jango Fett Fight
  • 4M2 Watto Describes Mothers Fate
  • 4M3 The Spare Canister Caper
  • 4M4 The Arrival at Tatooine
  • 4M5 Obi-Wan Eavesdropping
  • 4M6 Rescuing Mother
  • 4M7 Exacting Revenge
  • 5M1A Carrying Mother Home
  • 5M1B Anakin Changes
  • 5M2 Smee's Funeral
  • 5M3 The Commerce Guild Prepares For War
  • 5M4
  • 5M4
  • 5M5 Finding the Conveyor Belt
  • 5M6 The Conveyor Belt
  • 5M6 Insert
  • 5M7 The Senate Scene
  • 6M1 Love Pledge
  • 6M2 Entrance of the Monsters
  • 6M2 Sweetner
  • 6M3
  • 6M4
  • 6M5 Padme Falls
  • 6M5 Insert
  • 7M1 Dooku Versus Obi-Wan
  • 7M2 Yoda Strikes Back
  • 7M3 Finale
  • 7M3 Insert
  • End Credits
  • EC "Updated Gelb Version"
  • End Credits - CD Version
  • End Credits - Gelb Version
*Title from GEMA Repertoire
''**Title from BMI''

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