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ARCHIVE ON 4: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 16th May 2020
40 years ago George Lucas risked all on the creation of the first Star Wars sequel, The Empire Strikes Back. Or rather Episode V in what is now the middle trilogy of the Star Wars saga. On this the fate of the Star Wars universe rested. Having your first screen writer die on you whilst the ink had barely dried on the first draft was an inauspicious start. Then came fire and ice. Elstree studios endured conflagration as Stanley Kubrick's The Shining went up in smoke. The first weeks of filming in Norway (a.k.a. Hoth) were a white out and the film went over schedule & over budget,. But in May 1980 the world was treated to a space opera classic that for many remains the defining film of the Star Wars universe.
Mark Burman returns to a snowbound Finse, Norway to hear from some of the veteran crew, draws on his own archive of key personnel from director Irvin Kershner to the hands and face behind Yoda. Stuart Freeborn. Listen to this you must.
Featuring the voices of Dave Barclay,Christian Berrum, Jim Bloom, Leigh Brackett, Stuart Freeborn,Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Nilo Rodis Jamero,, Gary Kurtz, George Lucas ,Peter MacDonald, Frank Oz, Ken Ralston, Peter Suschitzsky, Phil Tippett, Robert Watts & John Williams.
Producer: Mark Burman
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 19th December 2015
With the release of "Star Wars - The Force Awakens", Matthew Sweet looks back on John Williams's music for the celebrated movie franchise.
John Williams - Star Wars - A New Hope (1977) - Imperial Attack [RCA]
Alfred Newman - 20th Century Fox Fanfare [RCA]
John Williams - Star Wars IV - A New Hope (1977) - Main title/Road Block Runner [RCA]
Gustav Holst - The Planets Suite - No.1: Mars [LSO LIVE]
John Williams - Star Wars IV - A New Hope (1977) - Princess Leia's Theme [RCA]
John Williams - Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - The Imperial March [RCA]
John Williams - Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - Rebel Fleet/End Titles [RCA]
John Williams - Star Wars - The Return of the Jedi (1983) - Jabba's Baroque Recital [RCA]
John Williams - Star Wars - The Return of the Jedi (1983) - Parade of the Ewoks [RCA]
John Williams - Star Wars - The Phantom Menace (1999) [Sony Classical]
John Williams - Star Wars - The Phantom Menace (1999) - Duel of Fates [Sony Classical]
John Williams - Star Wars - Attack of the Clones (2002) - Across the Stars [Sony Classical]
John Williams - Star Wars - Revenge of the Sith (2005) - A New Home and End Credits [Sony Classical]
John Williams - Star Wars IV - A New Hope (1977) - Cantina Band 1 [RCA]
John Williams - Star Wars - The Force Awakens (2015) - The Jedi Steps [Walt Disney]
John Williams - Star Wars - The Force Awakens (2015) - March of Resistance [Walt Disney]
