Hello and welcome to this week's installment of Cue by Cue.
Today we're going to be listening to 6m2 Yoda's Teaching.
This cue is 37 bars long and was orchestrated by Herbert Spencer.
Here's the tops of the sketch and orchestrated score:
Now let's listen to the cue together:
At 0:00 the cue begins with a soft, almost magic intro with the vibraphone and harp, accompanied by high pitched violin.
This leads into a beautiful rendition of the Force theme when Obi-Wan speaks at 0:08, which flows directly into a lower-pitched rendition of Luke's theme at 0:27, climaxing when he hits his head at 0:38.
Yoda's playful B theme kicks in as he starts to move at 0:45, ending when he turns and squints at Luke.
A powerful brass transition at 0:54, and then Yoda's A theme begins at 0:59. Each phrase plays on a different set of instruments, leading into another rendition of the Force theme at 1:27.
One more rendition of Luke's theme plays at 1:49, and is followed by some ascending clarinets which lead into one final held note. Thus, the cue ends...
This cue appears to have been used exactly as intended in the final cut; no visual or music edits were made after scoring.
Since I don't have a recording log I'm unsure what day this cue was recorded, but based on the take numbers written in the sketch it was likely recorded in early-mid January. I'm also unsure how many takes were recorded, but according to the sketch the performance edit uses takes 139 and 141.
This cue has been officially released on four different albums:
1) In 1980 on RSO Records' OST album
2) In 1993 on Arista Records' 4-CD Anthology box set
3) In 1997 on RCA Victor's 2-CD Special Edition set
4) In 2018 on Walt Disney Records' Remastered album (remastered OST rebuilt from scratch from the session masters)
More specifically, 6m2 Yoda's Teaching can be heard:
From 0:00-2:07 of track 11 "The City in the Clouds" on the 1980/2018 albums
From 0:00-2:07 of disc 2 track 15 "The City in the Clouds" on the 1993 album
From 0:00-2:12 of disc 1 track 10 "Jedi Master Revealed/Mynock Cave" on the 1997 album.
All albums have the clean opening, but none have the clean ending. The 1993 release is the only one with the film mix, every other set is remixed.
Additionally, most releases of this cue play at the wrong pitch/speed, although this can easily be corrected in an audio editor:
1980: has to be sped up by 0.800 to match film
1993: has to be slowed down by -0.389 to match film
1997: has to be sped up by 0.460 to match film
2018: speed is correct
For the edit above I used the 1993 set for most of the cue, and for the clean ending I used the ESB radio drama - there's a clean ending for this cue at ~17:25 in episode 6.
That's all I have for today, thanks for reading! Feel free to leave any comments or questions.
Next week we'll be listening to 6m3 This Is Not A Cave. See you then!