Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back – The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture

Summary

Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back – The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture is an album^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (345 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back – The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture's instance of is recorded as album^[3].
• Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back – The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture's genre is classical music^[4].
• Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back – The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture's genre is stage and screen^[5].
• Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back – The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture was produced by John Williams^[6].
• Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back – The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture was performed by John Williams^[7].
• Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back – The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture was performed by London Symphony Orchestra^[8].
• Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back – The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture's record label is recorded as RSO Records^[9].
• Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back – The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture's place of publication is recorded as United States^[10].
• Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back – The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture is part of John Williams' albums in chronological order^[11].
• Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back – The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture's language of work or name is recorded as no linguistic content^[12].
• Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back – The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture was distributed by 2 × LP^[13].
• Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back – The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture was distributed by music streaming^[14].
• Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back – The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture's review score is recorded as 4^[15].
• Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back – The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture was released on May 16, 1980^[16].
• Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back – The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture's tracklist is recorded as The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme)^[17].
• Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back – The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back'}^[18].
• Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back – The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture'}^[19].
• Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back – The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+17'}^[20].
• Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back – The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture's form of creative work is recorded as soundtrack album^[21].
• Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back – The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture's media franchise is recorded as Star Wars^[22].

Product Details

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• Release type: Album^[23]

• Secondary type(s): Soundtrack^[24]

• First release date: 1980-04-16^[25]

• Genre(s): classical, orchestral, western classical^[26]

• Community tags: classical, contemporary, film, film score, orchestral, score, should be public domain, soundtrack, western classical^[27]

• MusicBrainz ID: 55c39842-1d28-3951-9f8e-36a2ebc6066a^[28]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include John Williams^[7] and London Symphony Orchestra^[8]. Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back – The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture was produced by John Williams^[6].

Publication

Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back – The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture was released on May 16, 1980^[16]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States^[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as no linguistic content^[12]. Genres include classical music^[4] and stage and screen^[5]. It is part of John Williams' albums in chronological order^[11]. Recorded distribution format include 2 × LP^[13] and music streaming^[14].

Reception

Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back – The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture's review score is recorded as 4^[15].

Why It Matters

Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back – The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (345 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]