The Empire Strikes Back (soundtrack): version 1
Saved 2026-09-13 15:20 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added the wanted barcode 0827969295120 (old title "star wars episode v the empire strikes back"): Sony Classical's 2004 US two-CD reissue of John Williams's Empire Strikes Back score, catalogue S2K 92. This is the current version.
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# The Empire Strikes Back (soundtrack) <!--family-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: The Empire Strikes Back (soundtrack)
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## Variants <!--variants-->
| name | gtin | net_content | pack_format | market | source | note |
| -------------------------------- | -------------- | ----------- | ----------- | ------ | ----------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| Sony Classical 2-CD, US 2004 | 00827969295120 | | | US | ^discogs | S2K 92951 |
| Sony Classical 2-CD, Europe 2004 | 05099709295126 | | | EU | ^discogs-eu | S2K 92951; made in Austria; Discogs country Europe |
| Sony Classical 2-CD, Japan 2004 | 04547366018479 | | | JP | ^discogs-jp | SICP 675-6; limited edition released 2004-11-17 |
| Sony Classical 2-CD, China 2004 | 09787799419398 | | | CN | ^discogs-cn | CD-1811; sales restricted to mainland China |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | name | en | | |
| Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | name | en | | |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ----------- | --------- | --------- | ------------------------------------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| discogs-eu | https://api.discogs.com/releases/8867144 | Discogs release 8867144: Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (OMPS) (2xCD, Europe, 2004) | 2026-09-13 | Discogs | catalogue | | 8867144 | | | | |
| discogs-jp | https://api.discogs.com/releases/8403166 | Discogs release 8403166: Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (OMPS) (2xCD, Japan, 2004) | 2026-09-13 | Discogs | catalogue | | 8403166 | | | | |
| discogs-cn | https://api.discogs.com/releases/13049803 | Discogs release 13049803: Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (OMPS) (2xCD, China, 2004) | 2026-09-13 | Discogs | catalogue | | 13049803 | | | | |
| discogs | https://api.discogs.com/releases/1969733 | Discogs release 1969733: John Williams – Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2xCD, Album, US, 2004) | 2026-09-13 | Discogs | catalogue | | 1969733 | identifiers: Barcode 8 2796-92951-2 0 | | | |
| wiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Empire_Strikes_Back_(soundtrack) | Wikipedia: The Empire Strikes Back (soundtrack) | 2026-09-13 | Wikipedia | publication | | | History; Release history | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | |
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## About <!--about-->
John Williams's score for The Empire Strikes Back was first released by RSO Records as a double LP in May 1980, and later on CD by Polydor, in Arista's 1993 anthology, as RCA Victor's 1997 Special Edition, by Sony Classical in 2004 and remastered by Walt Disney Records in 2018.[^wiki] Sony Classical's 2004 two-CD edition was issued under separate barcodes in the US, Europe, Japan and China.[^discogs][^discogs-eu][^discogs-jp][^discogs-cn]
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