Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk

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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.

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

Personnel

• Drasan Thims (Sandra Smith), Harold Wheeler, Pat Rebillot: Keyboards
• Suzanne Ciani: Special Musical and Sound Effects (as created on a Buchla synthesizer)
• Tony Bongiovi: Studio tape effects, guitars
• Cliff Morris, David Spinozza, John Tropea, Lamer Murhab, Lance Quinn, Simm Tenaj: Guitars
• Neil Jason, Bob Walters, Will Lee: Bass
• Allan Schwartzberg, Dor McBrene, Jimmy Young: Drums
• Anthony Eversley, Dave Carey, John Purcell, Kendall Turner, Kirk Parson, Nor Thornaring, Meco, Rubens Bassini, Solomon Smith, Thomas Simons, Timothy Thompson, Vincent Lilly: Percussion
• Jon Faddis, Alan Rubin, Lew Soloff & Randy Brecker: Trumpets

Charts

Album

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

Singles

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

Production

• Recorded at MZH Studio in New York, New York.
• Electronic musical effects were created on a Buchla synthesizer by Suzanne Ciani.

External links

• Allmusic link with chart positions.