Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi (soundtrack)

The Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi score was recorded at the Abbey Road studios in January and February 1983 by the London Symphony Orchestra. The score won another Oscar nomination for John Williams. Herbert W. Spencer, Thomas Newman and Gordon Langford served as orchestrators. Because of the decrease of popularity for the vinyl format, Return of the Jedi, which has the longest score of the original trilogy, was only released on one LP instead of two like the scores for its predecessors, A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back.
==Media==
===Cover gallery===
File:Jedi LP 83.jpg|The 1983 original RSO Records vinyl LP release
File:SWT Original ST Anthology.jpg|The 1993 Arista Records Soundtrack Anthology release
File:Ep6 OST.png|The 2004 Sony Classical release
File:Ultimate Soundtrack Edition.jpg|The 2016 Sony Classical Ultimate CD Soundtrack Collection release
File:Ultimate Digital Collection.jpg|The 2016 Sony Classical Ultimate Digital Soundtrack Collection release
==Complete Score: cue list and breakdown==
Cue # 	Cue Title 	Length	Notes
1m2 	Main Title 	 	
1m3 	Approaching the Death Star 	 	
1m3x 	 	 	
1m4 	Vader Contacts Luke 	 	
1m5 	The Iron Door 	 	
1m6-2m1 	To Jabba's Throne 	 	
2m2 	Jabba Source #1 	 	
2m3 	My Favorite Decoration 	 	
 	 	 	Jabba source. Called "Lapti Nek" on OST and Anthology.
Multiple versions exist:
*The version used in the original movie, sung by Annie Arbogast is unreleased but can be heard in From Star Wars to Jedi.
*Instrumental of film version, unreleased but can be heard on the Return of the Jedi radio drama
*The English version "Fancy Man" is unreleased but can be heard in two documentaries (From Star Wars to Jedi and Classic Creatures)
*The album version is a complete rerecording, this time sung by Michele Gruska
2m5 	Jabba's Prisoners 	 	
 	 	 	unreleased and unused source music
3m2 	The Big Thaw 	 	
3m2x1 	 	 	
3m2x2 	Jabba More Sinister 	 	
3m3 	A Strange Visitor 	 	
3m4-4m1 	Fight in the Dungeon 	 	
4m1a 	The Sentence 	 	
 	 	 	unreleased Max Rebo sail barge source cue
4m3 	The Sarlacc Pit 	 	
4m4 	Jabba's End 	 	
4m4r 	Jabba's End 	 	
4m5 	The Emperor 	 	
4m5x1 	 	 	
4m5x2 	 	 	
5m1-6m1 pt. 1	Yoda's Scene 	 	
5m1-6m1 pt. 2	Luke and Ben 	 	
6m2 	Battle Plans 	 	
6m3 	Faking the Code 	 	
6m3x 	 	 	
6m4 	Jungle Encounter 	 	
7m1 	After the Bike Chase 	 	
7m2 	Enter the Ewok 	 	
7m3-8m1 	More Trouble 	 	
7m3-8m1x 	 	 	
8m2 	More Ewoks Appear 	 	
8m3 	 	 	Ewok source music
8m4 	Using the Force 	 	
8m4x 	 	 	
8m5 	Bedtime Stories 	 	
8m6-9m1 	 	 	Ewok source music
9m2 	Brother and Sister 	 	
9m3 	Son Meets Father 	 	
9m4 	Finding an Entrance 	 	
9m5 	The Fleet Enters Hyperspace	 	
9m6-10m1 	Heroic Ewok 	 	
10m2 	The Emperor Confronts Luke 	 	
10m3 	Into the Trap 	 	
10m4 	Rebel Forces Captured 	 	
10m5-11m1 	First Ewok Battle 	 	
10m5-11m1x 	 	 	
11m2 	Fight with TIE Fighters 	 	
11m3 	The Ewoks Retreat 	 	
11m4 	The Emperor Provokes Luke 	 	
11m5 	The Ewok Battle 	 	
11m5x 	 	 	
11m6-12m1 	Leia is Wounded 	 	
11m6-12m1x 	 	 	
12m2 	The Battle Rages 	 	
12m3 	Vader Stalks Luke 	 	
12m4 	The Explosion 	 	
12m5 	The Emperor's Death 	 	
12m6-13m1 	Space Battle 	 	
13m2 	Vader's Death 	 	orchestrated by Thomas Newman
13m3 	Through the Flames 	 	
13m4 	Leia Breaks the News 	 	
13m4 New 	 	 	
13m4r 	The Force Theme 	 	
13m5 	 	 	known as "Yub Nub"
13m5a 	 	 	orchestral ending of "Yub Nub", recorded separately
 	End Titles 	 	
Concert Suites:
Cue #	Cue Title 	Length	Notes
 	Jabba the Hutt 	 	
 	Parade of the Ewoks 	 	
 	Brother and Sister 	 	
 	The Battle in the Woods	 	
 	 	 	album version of Ewok celebration music ("Yub Nub"), different from film cue
New music recorded for Special Edition:
Cue #	Cue Title 	Length	Notes
 	 	 	Known as "Jedi Rocks", replaced Lapti Nek
13m5r	New Finale	 	replaced "Yub Nub"
==Track listing for the first release on LP==
====Side one====
#Main Title (The Story Continues) – 5:09
#Into the Trap – 2:36
#Luke and Leia – 4:44
#Parade of the Ewoks – 3:25
#Han Solo Returns (At the Court of Jabba The Hutt) – 4:10
#Lapti Nek (Jabba's Palace Band) – 2:49
====Side two====
#The Forest Battle – 4:01
#Rebel Briefing – 2:22
#The Emperor – 2:41
#The Return of the Jedi – 5:02
#Ewok Celebration and Finale – 8:00
Total Time: 44:59
==Track listing for the first release on CD by Polydor==
#Main Title (The Story Continues) – 5:09
#Into the Trap – 2:36
#Luke and Leia – 4:43
#Parade of the Ewoks – 3:24
#Han Solo Returns (At the Court of Jabba The Hutt) – 4:07
#Lapti Nek – 2:48
#The Forest Battle – 4:01
#Rebel Briefing – 2:19
#The Emperor – 2:40
#The Return of the Jedi – 5:00
#Ewok Celebration and Finale – 7:57
Total Time: 45:40
==Star Wars Trilogy: The Original Soundtrack Anthology==
In 1993, Twentieth Century Fox Film Scores released a four-CD box set containing music from the original Star Wars trilogy. Disc three in the set was devoted to Return of the Jedi, with further tracks on disc four.
==Track listing for the Special Edition release==
The two-CD expanded edition on RCA (1997) and Sony (September 21, 2004) contained the 1997 remix of the score. (It was falsely advertised with the legend "Now available on RCA (1997) and Sony Classical (2004) presenting the complete score.")
====Disc one====
#20th Century Fox Fanfare (Alfred Newman, 1954) – 0:22
#Main Title/Approaching the Death Star/Tatooine Rendezvous* – 9:21
#*contains the hidden track "Death Star in Disarray" (source music counterpart to "Darth Vader's Death") at 5:04–5:38
#The Droids Are Captured* 1:21
#Bounty for a Wookiee* – 2:50
#Han Solo Returns** – 4:01
#Luke Confronts Jabba*/Den of the Rancor/Sarlacc Sentence* – 8:51
#The Pit of Carkoon*/Sail Barge Assault – 6:02
#The Emperor Arrives/The Death of Yoda/Obi-Wan's Revelation* – 10:58
#Alliance Assembly* – 2:13
#Shuttle Tydirium Approaches Endor – 4:09
#Speeder Bike Chase*/Land of the Ewoks* – 9:38
#The Levitation*/Threepio's Bedtime Story* – 2:46
#Jabba's Baroque Recital* – 3:09
#Jedi Rocks* – 2:42
#*only heard in the Special Edition of the film
#Sail Barge Assault (Alternate) – 5:04
Total Time: 73:16
====Disc two====
#Parade of the Ewoks – 3:28
#Luke and Leia – 4:46
#Brother and Sister/Father and Son*/The Fleet Enters Hyperspace**/Heroic Ewok – 10:40
#The Emperor's Throne Room – 3:26
#The Battle of Endor I – 11:50
##Into the Trap – 2:30
##Forest Ambush* – 2:00
##Scout Walker Scramble – 2:04
##The Prime Weapon Fires – 5:16
#The Lightsaber*/The Ewok Battle – 4:31
#The Battle of Endor II – 10:03
##Leia Is Wounded – 1:02
##The Duel Begins – 1:51
##Overtaking The Bunker* – 1:00
##The Dark Side Beckons – 3:33
##The Emperor's Death – 2:37
#The Battle of Endor III – 6:04
##Superstructure Chase* – 1:53
##Darth Vader's Death – 2:34
##The Main Reactor – 1:36
#Leia's News/Light of the Force – 3:24
#Victory Celebration*/End Title – 8:34
#*Victory Celebration is only heard in the Special Edition and subsequent releases of the film
#Ewok Feast*/Part of the Tribe* – 4:02
#The Forest Battle (Concert Suite) – 4:05
Total Time: 74:47
*previously unreleased
**contains previously unreleased material
==Track Listing for The Remastered Edition==
A remastered version of the soundtrack was released by Walt Disney Records on May 4, 2018. supervised by Shawn Murphy and Skywalker Sound, this version was transferred to a new hi-resolution (24/192). This remaster was newly assembled from the highest-quality tapes available, rather than sourced from the existing 1983 album masters.
#Main Title (The Main Story Continues) - 5:09
#Into The Trap - 2:36
#Luke And Leia - 4:44
#Parade Of The Ewoks - 3:25
#Han Solo Returns (At The Court Of Jabba The Hutt) - 4:10
#Lapti Nek (By Jabba's Palace Band) - 2:49
#The Forest Battle - 4:01
#Rebel Briefing - 2:22
#The Emperor - 2:41
#The Return Of The Jedi - 5:02
#Ewok Celebration And Finale - 8:00
Total Time: 44:59
==Notes and references==
==External links==
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*Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi Soundtrack at Discogs
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