Across the Stars " Across the Stars " is the primary of . The piece was composed by John Williams to accompany the romance between Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala , and is used frequently throughout the and its sequel , . Conception and development . John Williams wrote the musical score for the 2002 film , as had been the case for the four previous " Star Wars " films . He used the London Symphony Orchestra and London Voices to perform the music . Only the orchestra was used for " Across the Stars " , the motif used to represent the romance between Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala . The " Attack of the Clones " soundtrack was released on CD April 23 , 2002 and as an download on May 16 , 2002 . Symbolism . Accompanied by triplet arpeggios , this love theme illustrates the bond between the queen - turned - senator Padmé Amidala and the slave - turned - Jedi - Knight Anakin Skywalker slowly strengthening and blossoming into love . The forbidden love is sealed in matrimony and continues until it slowly crumbles when Anakin turns to the dark side . Summary . The theme starts off with a slow , emotional part performed by the , which play long notes , and the , which plays repeating triplets . As this continues , a solo comes in with the primary melody . After the oboe finishes half of the melody , the strings finish the other half and end the first section . Next , the strings join the harp in playing eleven sets of triplets before the violins commence with the main melody , which was played by the oboe prior to the triplets . This is backed by short riffs . The continue a short section of the melody before climaxing into an emotional and climactic part by the violins and horns . The violins then go into two descending phrases , the second higher in pitch than the first . The piece then turns darker into F minor as the low strings repeat a ten sixteenth note riff and the low brass and woodwinds repeat a march - like phrase . The violins then come in to back the low strings . The oboe then hints at the main melody while the low voices continue their phrases , followed by a horn phrase . This is succeeded by numerous pieces of the melody played by , an oboe , and the horns , each followed by two beats played by horns and trombones , and trumpets respectively , with the horns having no phrase after they play the melody . The theme then crescendos into a violin part accented by staccato and legato phrases from the low strings . Next the horns take over the melody while the low strings play more staccato notes . The motif revisits the point toward the beginning where the horns and violins shared the melody , a half - step lower in E minor . However , this time the trumpets play small background phrases consisting of one note per phrase , excluding the last phrase . The horns and oboe then take over with the descending part the violins played earlier . The horns play the first , lower one , and the oboe plays the second , higher one . These two phrases are complemented by several ascending violin parts . The strings then crescendo leading into another run - through of the darker part of the theme . The violins drop out , followed by the tubas and low strings , which leads into the finale of the theme : a harp solo of the main theme succeeded by an English horn solo ending in a long note . Use . In the soundtracks . It is available from Sony Classical on the , as the second track entitled " Love Theme from " Attack of the Clones " . " It is used another nine times in five other tracks on the soundtrack . The first appearance after track two is forty - five seconds into " Yoda and the Younglings . " The second is three minutes and twenty - four seconds into the same track . The track " Anakin and Padmé " contains the theme fifty - nine seconds in and again two minutes and eleven seconds in . " The Meadow Picnic " features it at one minute and thirty - six seconds . Track number twelve , " Love Pledge and The Arena , " utilizes the motif three times . The first occurrence is from twelve seconds in to one minute and forty - eight seconds in . The second and third are at six minutes and nine seconds and seven minutes and eleven seconds respectively . The composition makes its final two " Attack of the Clones " appearances three minutes and fifty - eight seconds and five minutes and thirty - six seconds into the last track , " Confrontation with Count Dooku and Finale . " The theme is reused in , notably twenty - five seconds into . " Anakin ' s Dream . " In the movies . The piece appears in both and . In " Revenge of the Sith " it appears for a final time as Padmé is in contemplation upon landing on Mustafar . In the Expanded Universe . " Across the Stars " can also be heard in the trailer for " " , as well as in Chapter 1 of the " " microseries . The piece makes appearances in both " " and " " . The theme is also used in the title screen of the game " " . It is once again used in the end credits of " " . , and in the first level ' s cutscenes of " " . In other merchandise . The theme ' s sheet music appears in the from Bantha Music . The book was released for the following instruments and editions : trumpet , , easy piano , , , and . In popular culture . Alan Silvestri included a brief homage to the theme in his score for " Night at the Museum II : Battle of the Smithsonian " , which appears towards the start of the track " On Your Toes " .