The Don Ellis Orchestra

June 26th, 1977
Unknown Studio
Commercial Recording for Atlantic

Personnel:

Don Ellis, trumpet, firebird; Glenn Stuart, Gil Rathel, Jack Coan, trumpets; Alan Kaplan, Richard Bullock, trombones; Ann Patterson, Ted Nash, Jim Coile, Jim Snodgrass, woodwinds; Sidney Muldrow, french horn; Jim Self, tuba; Pam Tompkins, Laurie Badessa, Jimbo Ross, Paul Hochhalter, strings; Randy Kerber, keyboards; Darrell Clayborn, bass; Dave Crigger, Mike Englander, drums; Chino Valdez, latin percussion; Ruth Ritche, percussion; Israel Baker, Alan Harshman, Dick Nash, George Doering, additional personnel

Tracks:

1. Star Wars (Main Title Theme)
2. Arcturus [Get Closer]
3. Princess Leia's Theme
4. Orion's Sword
5. Pegasus [Off and Running]

Notes:

• It seems unlikely to me that the tunes were recorded in the same order in which they appear on the album, Music from Other Galaxies and Planets, but given the hastiness with which the album was assembled, this may be the case.

Releases:

Track 1:

7" 45 rpm: Atlantic 3409 or ST-A-33772 (1977)
10" EP: Atlantic, catalogue number unknown [Brazil] (1977)
12" LP: Atlantic SD 18227 (1977)
12" LP: Atlantic 50393 [Europe] (1977)
CD: Wounded Bird WOU-8227 (2006)

Track 3:

7" 45 rpm: Atlantic 3409 or ST-A-33772 (1977)
10" EP: Atlantic, catalogue number unknown [Brazil] (1977)
12" LP: Atlantic SD 18227 (1977)
12" LP: Atlantic 50393 [Europe] (1977)
CD: Wounded Bird WOU-8227 (2006)

Track 5:

10" EP: Atlantic, catalogue number unknown [Brazil] (1977)
12" LP: Atlantic SD 18227 (1977)
12" LP: Atlantic 50393 [Europe] (1977)
CD: Wounded Bird WOU-8227 (2006)

All tracks:

12" LP: Atlantic SD 18227 (1977)
12" LP: Atlantic 50393 [Europe] (1977)
CD: Wounded Bird WOU-8227 (2006)