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Ewoks – Original Soundtrack is the film score to the television films Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor composed by Peter Bernstein. The score also includes brief reprisals of John Williams' Ewok theme from Return of the Jedi. A soundtrack album containing Bernstein's music from both films was officially released as a 12-inch LP record by Varèse Sarabande on December 8, 1986.

Ewoks – Original Soundtrack
Film score by Peter Bernstein
Released	December 8, 1986 (1986-12-08)
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	35:50
Label	Varèse Sarabande[1]
Producer	Peter Bernstein Richard Kraft
Peter Bernstein chronology
Bolero (1984) Ewoks – Original Soundtrack (1986) Hamburger: The Motion Picture (1986)

Overview

At the request of George Lucas, Dorothée recorded a theme song entitled "Les petits Ewoks" (Little Ewoks) for the French release of Caravan of Courage.[2]

The LP was later bootlegged onto CD in 1999 and retitled Star Wars: Ewoks.[3] The bootleg has a number of discrepancies including an incorrect track arrangement, incorrect track names, and incorrect track times. Tracks labeled as "Additional Material" on the bootleg were never officially sanctioned by Lucasfilm and are in fact made up of music assembled from various releases of the Return of the Jedi soundtrack.

Reception

The musical score has received mixed reviews. In a review specifically regarding Caravan of Courage, John J. O'Connor of The New York Times praised Bernstein's score in "transforming rather ordinary scenes into settings of foreboding".[4] In a retrospective review of the soundtrack album, Seth Cole of Film Divider said, "There are heroic fanfares and marches reminiscent of those heard in Return of the Jedi, and definite hints of Williams-like string ostinatos as heard in the saga episodes, but the music fails to lift off in the same way."[5]

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adopted from liner notes:

• Peter Bernstein – composer, conductor, producer
• Richard Kraft – producer
• Tom Null – executive producer
• Christopher Palmer – orchestration
• Harry Rabinowitz – conductor (Caravan of Courage)
• Michele Stone – mastering engineer
• Jim Limbean – matrix
• Ric Hancock – matrix
• Karen Stone – production coordinator
• The Munich Philharmonic Orchestra – orchestra

Additional music

Additional music featured in Caravan of Courage and The Battle for Endor:

Title	Musician(s)	Key Scenes/Notes
"Parade of the Ewoks"	John Williams	Credited as "Wicket's Theme", this composition is reprised throughout Caravan of Courage.[6]
"My Star"	Jeff Moss	Performed by Cindal (Aubree Miller) and Charal (Siân Phillips) during separate parts of The Battle for Endor.

References

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