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1999 single by John Williams
"Duel of the Fates"
The cover of the one-track promotional release of "Duel of the Fates"
Single by John Williams
from the album Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (soundtrack)
Released
1999
Recorded
February 1999 Abbey Road Studio 1, London
Genre
Film soundtrack
Length
4:14
Label
Sony Classical
Songwriter(s)
John Williams
"Duel of the Fates" is a musical theme recurring in the Star Wars prequel trilogy and the Expanded Universe. It was composed by John Williams and recorded for the film soundtrack of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace by the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) and the London Voices. This symphonic piece is played with both a full orchestra and a choir. The lyrics are based on a fragment of an archaic Welsh poem Cad Goddeu (Battle of the Trees), and are sung in Sanskrit.[1] The piece debuts during the final lightsaber duel in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. With the music video for this theme, the LSO became the only classical group to ever have a video debut on MTV’s Total Request Live. "Duel of the Fates" lasted 11 days on the countdown.[2]
^Dyer, Richard (March 28, 1999). "Making 'Star Wars' sing again" (PDF). Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Globe, L.P. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 5, 2009. Retrieved December 6, 2009.
^"The TRL Archive - Debuts". ATRL. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved October 30, 2008.
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