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Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk

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Released
  
1977

Artist
  
Meco

Label
  
Millennium Records

Length
  
27:57

Release date
  
1977

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Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk (1977)
  
Encounters of Every Kind (1978)

Genres
  
Disco, Pop music, Film score, Space disco, Easy listening, Orchestral pop

Producers
  
Meco, Harold Wheeler, Tony Bongiovi

Similar
  
Meco albums, Film scores, Other albums

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Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk is a disco album by Meco released in 1977. The album uses various musical themes from the Star Wars soundtrack arranged as instrumental disco music. A single from the album, "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band", reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on October 1, 1977, holding to that position for two weeks. The album was released on compact disc with two additional versions of the single.

Contents

Track listing

  1. Star Wars (15:49) LP side 1
  2. "Title Theme"
  3. "Imperial Attack"
  4. "The Desert & the Robot Auction"
  5. "The Princess Appears"
  6. "The Land of the Sand People"
  7. "Princess Leia's Theme"
  8. "Cantina Band"
  9. "The Last Battle"
  10. "The Throne Room & End Title"
  11. Other Galactic Funk (12:31) LP side 2
  12. "Other" (4:07)
  13. "Galactic" (5:02)
  14. "Funk" (3:21)
  15. "Star Wars Theme – Cantina Band" (7" edit) (3:32) - bonus track on CD only
  16. "Star Wars Theme – Cantina Band" (12" disco mix) (7:34) - bonus track on CD only

LP Side 1 / CD Tracks 1, 3 and 4 - Composer: John Williams

LP Side 2 / CD Track 2 - Composers: Solomon Smith and Harold Wheeler

Personnel

  • Drasan Thims (Sandra Smith), Harold Wheeler, Pat Rebillot: Keyboards
  • Suzanne Ciani: Special Musical and Sound Effects (as created on a Buchla synthesizer)
  • Tony Bongiovi: Special Studio Tape Effects, Guitars
  • Cliff Morris, David Spinozza, John Tropea, Lamer Murhab, Lance Quinn, Simm Tenaj: Guitars
  • Neil Jason, Bob Walters, Will Lee: Bass
  • Allan Schwartzberg, Dor McBrene, Jimmy Young: Drums
  • Anthony Eversley, Dave Carey, John Purcell, Kendall Turner, Kirk Parson, Nor Thornaring, Meco, Rubens Bassini, Solomon Smith, Thomas Simons, Timothy Thompson, Vincent Lilly: Percussion

    • Production

  • Recorded at MZH Studio in New York, New York.
  • Electronic musical effects were created on a Buchla synthesizer by Suzanne Ciani.

    • Songs

    1Star Wars: Title Theme
    2Imperial Attack
    3The Desert & The Robot Auction

    References

    Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk Wikipedia
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