Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (soundtrack)
2005 soundtrack album by John Williams
The original motion picture soundtrack for the 2005 film Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith was released by Sony Classical on May 3, 2005, more than two weeks before the film's release. The music was composed and conducted by John Williams, and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and London Voices in February 2005, with orchestrations provided by Conrad Pope and Eddie Karam. The score was Williams' sixth score in the saga. Shawn Murphy recorded the score. Ramiro Belgardt and Kenneth Wannberg served as music editors; Wannberg served as music editor for the previous Star Wars scores. A remastered version of the soundtrack was released by Walt Disney Records on May 4, 2018.
The album would be Williams' final Star Wars score to be recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra and as of 2025, the most recent score composed by Williams to be recorded outside of Hollywood with one exception in Lincoln, which was recorded in Chicago with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
A music video titled A Hero Falls was created for the film's theme, "Battle of the Heroes", featuring footage from the film. In the UK, "Battle of the Heroes" was released as a CD-single and reached No. 25 in the UK Singles Chart in June 2005.
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