The Flag Parade

"The Flag Parade" is a theatrical motif written by John Williams for the 1999 film Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace and its respective soundtrack. It was composed between October 1998 and February 1999 and recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) during the month of February. The piece has a majestic style at a tempo of 92 bpm, with a time signature of 4/4 in the beginning and 2/4 during the main melody. The composition is one minute fourteen seconds long and is in the key of C major. The theme is used during the scene that shows the flag ceremony before the Boonta Eve Classic podrace near Tatooine's Mos Espa settlement. The composition is also used in the Mos Eisley "heroes versus villains" Assault Mode in the video game Star Wars: Battlefront II and again during the first cut scene in "Chapter 5: Mos Espa Podrace" of "Episode I" in LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game.

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