Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (soundtrack)

The Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace score was composed and conducted by John Williams and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices and the New London Children's Choir with orchestrations provided by Conrad Pope and John Neufeld.

The original album was released by Sony Classical to accompany the film (May 4, 1999), two weeks before the film's theatrical release. It was released in three formats: a single CD containing 17 tracks from selections of the score, a cassette with 8 tracks from the film, and on Sony's MiniDisc. All three were meant to stand alone as a separate listening experience and not as one hears the score in the film. John Williams edited each track to present the score as one would hear it in a concert suite.

This album was also available on a two-LP set through specialized retailers such as Star Wars Insider.

Sony released a two-CD Ultimate Edition due to popular demand (November 14, 2000). This set presents the score predominantly as heard in the film (with most of the edits, loops, tracked music, and post-production changes in place). Although not exactly what is heard in the film, this set was meant to be listened to as one would hear the score in the film.

A special re-issue of the original album, to celebrate the film's 3D re-release on February 6, 2012, contains the "Duel of the Fates (Dialogue Version)" bonus track originally included on the Ultimate 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 high resolution (24/192). This remaster was newly assembled from the highest-quality tapes available, rather than sourced from the existing 1999 album masters.

None of the releases contain the entire score (although the back cover of the Ultimate Edition falsely claims that it contains "every note recorded"). Currently, no complete release has been made.

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