Episode III Soundtrack

I'm currently listening to the John Williams score to Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith. Yeah, that's right, the one that doesn't release until May 3rd. The one that my friend here in the Copyright department illegally downloaded and saved to our network so that we could listen to it here at work, in the copyright department of a Gospel Music Company. :P

First of all, Wow. It's really good. Williams has done it again.

Secondly, don't worry, I'm going to buy it when it comes out. Furthermore, you should, too. The music is great, BUT WAIT - THERE'S MORE!! A second disc will be included that will have 70 minutes of Star Wars music videos featuring music, dialogue, and images from all six films in the saga. This DVD, featuring 5.1 surround audio would be worth the purchase price alone, but is included in every copy of the Episode III soundtrack CD.
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Matchstick Men (2003) dir. by Ridley Scott
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• Agenda #1: Create an opportunity to overtly deal with the issue of Porter's homosexuality, something that, not surprisingly, wasn't even mentioned in the 1946 version.
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