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"In Love And War," A Narrative Suite for Orchestra from ATTACK OF THE CLONES Music by John Williams

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Star Wars prequel trilogy, The Legacy of John Williams presents a 3-part video tribute featuring editorially-created visual tone poems enhancing the storytelling qualities of John Williams’ brilliant scores composed for the three films written and directed by George Lucas through the combination of music and concept artwork Part Two: “IN LOVE AND WAR” – A Narrative Suite for Orchestra from STAR WARS: EPISODE II – ATTACK OF THE CLONES (2002) “When we think about love stories, I think of Romeo and Juliet, or Tristan and Isolde, or these kinds of things where the lovers are separated by rank, or by religion or family or class, and that's the case here also–that forbidden aspect that prevents the lovers from being completely together until they share love eternal, if you like, the idea of love beyond time. So it's a love theme, but it also has a tragic aspect to it that extends it into time beyond death.” – John Williams For the second episode of the STAR WARS prequel trilogy, ATTACK OF THE CLONES, director George Lucas asked composer John Williams to write a love theme that would accompany and support the romantic relationship of Anakin Skywaker and Padme Amidala as star-crossed lovers, torn between the duty towards their respective public life and an intense inescapable romance, while turmoil in the galaxy becomes more urgent as forces of evil are gathering strength and young Skywalker slowly begins to be lured by the power of the Dark Side… John Williams supports ATTACK OF THE CLONES with a new stirring symphonic score, for the first time based almost completely around a single new theme, called “Across The Stars,” to enhance the passionate love story of the two protagonists. While not the first love theme of the STAR WARS series (a love theme for the romance between Han Solo and Princess Leia appears in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK), “Across The Stars” is closer to the tradition of the “liebestod” by opera composers of the 18th and 19th century (mainly Richard Wagner), as it recurs several times throughout the film narrative punctuating the key moments of the relationship, but at the same time augmenting the chemistry between Anakin and Padme, with an approach that echoes also film scores of early Hollywood films from the 1930s and ‘40s. “In earlier films, love stories may have been more idealistic,” said John Williams in 2002. “We can now have passionate scenes that are very explicit physically, but in the earlier decades all that had to be imagined. So the task and opportunity for the composer might have been to provide the erotic aspects that couldn’t be shown.” In addition to the romantic aspect of the story, Williams also supports the action and the drama, again writing intense “kampfmusik” for the climactic battle sequences. In this regard, the score of ATTACK OF THE CLONES is a unique element in the canon of STAR WARS music, balancing some of Williams’ lushiest love music with highly dramatic battle music. This suite has been created editorially by juxtaposing and conjoining some of the cues as presented on the various soundtrack releases, as if to present it as a coherent concert suite; it focuses on the key moments of the story to create a symphonic musical narrative that can be appreciated also as “pure” music. The visuals are designs and illustrations done by some of the concept artists who worked on the film (Doug Chiang, Iain McCaig, Ryan Church, Erik Tiemens) and they’re used here to create a sort of “visual tone poem” in the style of classical works such as Pictures at an Exhibition. The music is splendidly performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Williams ------------------------------------------------------ STAR WARS: EPISODE II – ATTACK OF THE CLONES "In Love and War" - A Narrative Suite for Orchestra from the Lucasfilm Ltd. Production "Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones" (2002), written and directed by George Lucas I. Across The Stars (Love Theme) II. The Meeting of Anakin and Padme III. The Courtship and Forbidden Love IV. Love Pledge and The Arena Battle V. Confrontation with Count Dooku and Finale Music Composed and Conducted by JOHN WILLIAMS Performed by the LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA and the LONDON VOICES Choir Director: Terry Edwards Scoring Mixer: Shawn Murphy Recorded in January/February 2002 at Abbey Road Studios, London, UK -------------------------------------------------------------------- Video Conceived and Assembled by Maurizio Caschetto Concept Art by Doug Chiang, Iain McCaig, Ryan Church, Erik Tiemens Dedicated with admiration and gratitude to JOHN WILLIAMS, GEORGE LUCAS and all the musicians of the London Symphony Orchestra, who continues to inspire generations of musicians, filmmakers and creative people around the world. Star Wars and all its related trademarks and names is property of Lucasfilm Ltd. All Rights Reserved. No copyright infrigement is intended.