Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk

Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk is a disco album by Meco released in 1977. The album uses various musical themes from the Star Wars soundtrack arranged as instrumental disco music. A single from the album, "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band", reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on October 1, 1977, holding to that position for two weeks.

Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk
Studio album (Tribute album) by
Released1977
GenreDisco, space disco, film score, orchestral pop, funk, jazz
Length27:57
LabelMillennium Records
ProducerMeco, Harold Wheeler, Tony Bongiovi
Meco chronology
Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk
(1977)
Encounters of Every Kind
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic link

Track listing

  1. Star Wars (15:49) LP side 1
    • "Title Theme"
    • "Imperial Attack"
    • "The Desert & the Robot Auction"
    • "The Princess Appears"
    • "The Land of the Sand People"
    • "Princess Leia's Theme"
    • "Cantina Band"
    • "The Last Battle"
    • "The Throne Room & End Title"
  2. Other Galactic Funk (12:31) LP side 2
    • "Other" (4:07)
    • "Galactic" (5:02)
    • "Funk" (3:21)
  3. "Star Wars Theme – Cantina Band" (7" edit) (3:32) - bonus track on CD only
  4. "Star Wars Theme – Cantina Band" (12" disco mix) (7:34) - bonus track on CD only

LP Side 1 / CD Tracks 1, 3 and 4 - Composer: John Williams

LP Side 2 / CD Track 2 - Composers: Solomon Smith and Harold Wheeler [1]

Personnel

Charts

Album

Title Release
date
Chart positions
US Pop US R&B AUS[2]
Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk (1977) 13 8 19

Singles

Year Single Chart positions
US R&B US Dance US Pop AUS UK Pop
1977 "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" 8 6 1
(October 1, 1977)
3 7
(October, 1977)

Production

References

  1. "Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk (Meco)". Retrieved 2016-02-28.
  2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 196. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.


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