Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Main Menu music (recreated with ESB OST)

wampa stompa

[@stevemc6010]

The nostalgia when this plays during a Hoth loading screen in the new Battlefront....

[@AllGamingStarred]

Stephen mc he's flatlined out of pure joy...he's dead dave

[@dustintaber]

Steve mc exactly!

[@Nulltank]

omfg forreal!

[@Lord-Nevahlus]

Same!!

[@trevorphilips4925]

hell yeah

[@DarthChehiko]

This intro screen used to scare me as a kid especially when the title hit the screen and made that noise

[@TehAwesomeLeetSauce]

Yep

[@imustbeames3727]

BOOP ... BOOP... BOOP... **MODIFIED STAR WARS GUITAR NOISES**

[@cyrusjameskhan]

@MythsQueue creepy and amazing. always got spooked out loading it up. truly felt like the empire was a dark and menacing force.

[@NaldinhoGX]

Me too!

[@TheAspieGamer66]

I consider this canon to the movies

[@gnostic.1]

It may be the one Star Wars storyline in a game that matches the movies weight.

[@RandoGrunt]

Lucas thinks so too - that's why he threw in numerous Shadows of the Empire references in A New Hope's special edition

[@thomaslozano4135]

I really wish we got a film adaptation of this classic Star Wars story. 🤞

[@mi6300m]

I hope you read the book. The book was so good! Matched the movies and the Game so well!

[@regpett3730]

Don't forget, you can see his Corellian Freighter take off in the backround of "A New Hope" when they land on Tatooine

[@rebelfleettrooper9881]

This track sounds so mysterious and very creepy. It's like you're about to enter dangerous territory and what's beyond is nothing you'd think or expect.

[@immortal_jairo88]

Mmmm not really. I love this theme is nostalgia to me.

[@jexgaudet]

Also you have xizors creepy smile to complement the music

[@rebelfleettrooper9881]

Yeah@@jexgaudet

[@enjoixander]

Oh definitely the vibe I get. Scouting out enemy territory. Mystery, fear, struggle. Wild how music can generate such thoughts and feelings.

[@pierangelobaldassarre9479]

agree

[@michaelcowie837]

As a kid, this music actually made me quite nervous before playing this legendary game!

[@Praster89]

This song has an epic evil feeling to it. Love this piece

[@cybergothika6906]

Not evil at all, just threatening.

[@OmegaRedFan]

@@cybergothika6906 you make no sense

[@MrPreacha1]

​@@OmegaRedFan he makes perfect sense , this track does sound menacing like Its made for a villain

[@ZA-7]

It suits perfectly to "Shadows of the empire"

[@user-rv5ve8cf8p]

Best starwars game for an old system.

[@Pokey_Puni_]

I remember back in the early 2000's my dad had a Nintendo 64 and a bunch of games with it, and Shadows of The Empire was one of them, and as a big Star Wars fan he was, he introduced me to it at a young age, through the Prequels at the time, the video games and the Original Trilogy on DVD, but I remember this and Rouge Squadron on the N64 being the only Star Wars games we had, and even after he'd passed away, I'd always be reluctant to play this one just for it's challenging game play and haunting but amazing score, hell, the death screen always scared me as a kid and I would cry to my mom about the game being scary. Those were the times. Now I'm glad I'm actually good at video games. And thank my Dad especially for getting me into an amazing series that is still apart of my life, as it was his.

[@twobirdsstonedatonce]

If you never got traumatized by IG-88 or the creatures in the sewer level, did you even really live? lol

[@mansharker8]

I got the game when it first came out since it was an N64 launch title, fond memories :)

[@harloxzz1990]

The good old times of videogames i miss them

[@sbentsen2714]

absolutely

[@phatmatt885]

The sound at the very beginning is so delightfully eery and sinister

[@marquissheats9639]

I agree.

[@Bauglir100]

It plays in ESB when the Wampa captures Luke and drags him off to its lair. In fact the track itself is also from the official soundtrack, but it never got used in the movie itself.

[@QuiGonJinn1993]

​@@Bauglir100Its The Alternate Version Of The Song The Heroics Of Luke And Han but Video Game Wise Its Called From Smuggler To Smuggler.

[@nj5374]

Whoever decided to use this theme (originally meant for the opening scene of TESB) for the game was a genius.

[@Xmarquise]

I can just imagine being in Dash’s position as he’s being debriefed about his missions. Shadows of the Empire is the best Star Wars game. I hoped it would have been made into a movie. Looking back, I’m glad it never hit the box office.

[@sambridgers9543]

What makes you happy that it never hit the box office?

[@Xmarquise]

@@sambridgers9543 For starters, look at some of the game to cinema flops: - Super Mario Bros - Resident Evil - Alone in the Dark - Silent Hill - DooM Though one can mention that Shadows of the Empire was never a game to begin with since it was part of the Star Wars lore. Need I mention more video game to cinema flops?

[@sambridgers9543]

@@Xmarquise Ah, the video game movie curse. However, Shadows of the Empire was more an experiment to do all merchandise possibilities for a feature film without actually making a movie.

[@garrettrains3916]

It's definitely not the best Star Wars game. But Im glad you enjoyed it. I did too when It came out in 1996. A lot has changed since then.

[@dakidvision]

I remember when my dad bought me this game when I was 8

[@darthdestructoid1462]

I was like 8 too lol it was waiting for me in my Easter basket.

[@Daniel-dw3pi]

My godmother got it for me, about 9 or 10yo...at that time tho I wasn't specifically into Starwars, but the tittle music stuck with me.

[@xeronylloyd21]

Lol I never liked this game. My father was a real deal in it tho. I liked Rogue Squadron

[@CALISUPERSPORT]

Dude used to play this non stop everday. My dad would to send me to bed and I would hear him and his friend playing it XD

[@DimasShkrebets]

LOL happy 1993 borned people

[@UltimateFeudEnterprise]

This theme is so fitting, unused piece of music and it fits so perfectly with the name shadows of the empire

[@junidelgadocolon-elchicogamer]

It was used in Empire Strike Back but the beginning part only

[@gregsassone8996]

Correct. You can hear it when Luke is being dragged by the Wampa. I’m glad they used it for SOTE. It fits so well with the mood of it all.

[@MercenaryZack]

What I like about this game the most is that, we who played it as children got exposed to a more sinister and creepy version of the Star Wars Universe, Shadows of the Empire really is the perfect title for this game. I remember being so freaked out by those Yeti like things (Wampa's) the AT-ST boss making me run and sprint for my life, IG-88 traumatizing me for life, Boba Fett causing me to panic and feel overwhelmed since he was such a small and agile foe. This game had such a serious and sinister feel about it. Really grateful to have experienced it and to have a unique perspective of Star Wars.

[@Rose-yq5rs]

Yes!!! The music along with the loniness of the levels was awesome.

[@thedude76555]

Shadows of the empire , rogue squadron, jedi outcast and lego star wars 1 and 2 were my budding star wars fan childhood and the prequel films

[@Kevbro180]

Til this day Sewers of Imperial City scares the shit outta me lol how da hell they make a water level so damn scary?!?!?!?

[@TrojanVirgin]

Probably because of all the shit monsters

[@TehAwesomeLeetSauce]

Ig88 level made me have anxiety as a kid as well...pretty sure I didnt breath in both of those levels

[@Rodimus1138]

Dinogas

[@okamijubei]

Probably the largest sewer system in the galaxy

[@lethalbox909]

I never got to beat this game because I got stuck in this section. The massive scale of the sewers completely overwhelmed me. I had no idea where to go.

[@Ost6891]

hey Disney can we get a Dash Rendar movie?

[@Ollision]

This. Bring back the Rendar!

[@SemiProHawk707]

Don't mind my two sense but...isn't Star Wars already, you know, great?

[@ScurvyMcGruff]

ost66 Nope. Unless Dash decides he's a woman trapped in a mans body, it will never happen.

[@SemiProHawk707]

Oh boy, here we go....

[@smileydog5941]

Scurvy McGruff Also hahahaha

[@fernandokuzunoha8844]

Love this Star Wars dark atmosphere

[@garrettrains3916]

Such a shame that this wasn't used in the theatrical film release. Its on the ESB soundtrack and of course Shadows of the Empire!

[@rsalceda]

If Disney made a spin off between episode 3 and 4. They should really make Shadows of the Empire and Tom Hardy or Chris Pratt as Dash Rendar.

[@TheGZA5700]

I was hoping they would introduce our boy Dash in Star Wars Rebels, since his ship (at least the make & model) made it for Season 3.

[@orinanime]

my vote is for Scott Eastwood, Diego Klattenhoff, or Chris Pine.

[@smileydog5941]

Aaron Nicewonger What up mah, boy. I think Scott Eastwood would be a good choice too, but I think I would have to give the role to Chris Pratt

[@saeedafyouni619]

Yes, soon it will be a reality, 2021....shhh!!!!! don't spread the word. Darkest of all the Star War's chapters. Stay tuned!!!! Not Tom Hardy nor Chris Pratt fyi......

[@BrightOranje]

Nah. They will just create there own bullshit between ESB and ROTJ and call it "canon". I won't watch it.

[@MrKajithecat]

Disney should of adapted this game as a movie.

[@thehoodedman4640]

I was hoping they would as an animated feature.

[@somacruz7759]

It actually was originally going to be a movie.

[@RayVal53]

No... They would ruin it.

[@SuaveSpyMojo]

It was meant as one interquel

[@blueboat9581]

Disney should give everything back to George Lucas and apologize.

[@jeremyschiesser6730]

One of the best pieces of music and it wasn’t even in the movie. Sad

[@Indurok]

The very beginning part of it was in the movie, though, as Luke is being dragged away by the wampa.

[@ZA-7]

​@@Indurokyes 6 seconds dude.... Nothing....

[@JeriDro]

I don't understand why they didn't make more movies in the 90s from the Star Wars universe. They had loads of comics and books to pull from...

[@jdl9679]

Yeah the late 80s and 90s would of been gold for Star Wars as they could of went wild with the EU stuff. I can picture a 90s Kurt russel staring as dash rendar and having a epic gritty 90s film with full of that cheesy action that was prominent in like commando and stuff it would of been epic

[@JeriDro]

@@jdl9679 holy shit....Kurt Russel as Dash Rendar?? Now I'm really mad that didn't happen! that would have been so badass. Shadows of the Empire would have been an excellent film.

[@Bauglir100]

George Lucas was spending all that time writing the Prequel Trilogy, and he wanted to wait until he had the technology to make the Star Wars movies he wanted. By the time it happened though, he was just too old to keep the series going after Revenge of the Sith.

[@Ollision]

As a kid I always thought Kevin Costner should be Dash Rendar if a movie ever came to be (in the 90's).

[@patrickdumas224]

Good point. He kinda favored the looks of dash back then.

[@hdrprofilefortv4977]

Naw, Kurt Russel, in the 80s. Kurt auditioned for Han Solo back in the day anyways, and he looks and acts like Dash pretty much anyways.

[@Ollision]

@@hdrprofilefortv4977 yeah, I think that's even better.

[@ScheffCity]

Sounds like you're about to fight a demented sounding IG88, a sewer monster that sounds scarier than Godzilla, and a killer robot that still haunts me in a dark edgy space castle

[@CALISUPERSPORT]

I never remember hearing this in the movies. They could bring Dash into a film and use it! :)

[@Agent1W]

+Norcal One of the worst things Disney did was declare this non-canon.

[@SemiProHawk707]

Agent1W This story doesn't really contradict anything in the new canon (As far as I know), so you could still consider this canon if you wanted.

[@Agent1W]

+Spenser Ianniello I'm not rich enough to buy the rights to Star Wars, but the first thing I do after buying them, is set the production for an ACTUAL FULL FEATURE FILM TITLED SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE.

[@samuellofgren4957]

This piece of music was composed for The Empire Strikes Back, but was never used in the movie. Later Lucasarts used it as the theme song for Shadows of the Empire. SoTE is without a doubt the best expanded universe storyline EVER...

[@saeedafyouni619]

Yes, soon it will be a reality, 2021....shhh!!!!! don't spread the word. Darkest of all the Star War's chapters. Stay tuned!!!!

[@simonwillis1529]

1997 in uk when the 64 arrived playing shadows for the first time and being a Star Wars fan Man it was such fun and pure euphoria

[@Gaelitro]

This short track is from Empire Strikes Back, it's part of many pieces of themes inside the movie by John Williams one of the best cinema composer.Thanks

[@samuelbarrett5701]

I always like how this game had different things in it from platforming, shooting, exploring, challenges, and flight missions. I also like how dark it was - it wasn't overplayed but you got the sense of how dire things were for the rebellion at this time. The soundtrack is just the icing on the cake.

[@dumplings4mee]

there's a great documentary on yt about the making of SOTE, and one bit talked about how the conductor only had a month or so and still churned out these masterpieces

[@lostinlife8033]

They need to make a rated R star wars with dash rendar main character. shit would be so sick if they did it right. Show how how crazy the star wars galaxy gets

[@youhartley]

This main menu is better than TLJ.

[@Ragitsu]

The game itself is better than The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi combined.

[@BlyUehara37]

and better than the prequels

[@jdl6881]

Kedovil 53 no

[@BlyUehara37]

jdl 68 yes

[@epsilon1572]

There are a lot of things you could say are better than The Last Jedi And honestly I agree

[@skullkid9449]

Bro the ig88 boss traumatized me

[@quadnodsarelife]

i love this game

[@jsoucy420]

Goosebumps...

[@OctoberOmicron]

SOTE, this game in particular, is what initiated me into the Star Wars fandom at age 15. I was fortunate that just months after this game came out, the special edition of the OT was released in theaters. Really weird way to get into it since both Episode V and VI served to help me understand why Han was in the condition he was in in the game, and how he got out of it. Not long after I read the novel and look forward to reading it again. More specific to this video, I had always thought this theme was composed specifically for the game since it doesn't appear in any of the films. Years later it was a joy to discover that it was a part of the TESB score all along, titled The Ice Planet Hoth. So beautiful! And forever the essence of Star Wars to me.

[@RaikenXion]

Luv this tune, its original piece of music and it still sounds like Starwars too, great job to the composer and thanx for putting this up Nepharax.

[@Whatsyournumber1404]

This is still John Williams btw, this track in particular wasn't used in The Empire Strikes Back unfortunately

[@darthdestructoid1462]

This a great song to the menu music! I noticed the very first part comes from episode 5 and then they just totally added way more to it for the menu music to shadows of the empire for n64 and pc. The cutscenes are way cooler and realistic on pc but I like the n64 version because it reminds me of a comic.

[@averageyoutubeviewer6156]

I love how this doesn’t even sound like a Star Wars song, it’s so interesting and somehow deep and mysterious. I just love it so much but if freaks me out

[@voyagerfilms]

this is an unused cue from the empire strikes back, part of the main title (to be used after Luke and his tauntaun are mauled)

[@xeronylloyd21]

This was actually a track for Hoth indeed but got cut

[@spotlight1677]

Supremacy on Hoth in new canon Battlefront 2 plays this and I get hyped up everytime

[@ronlewis8601]

Though this song was never used in a Star Ward film, if you watch Empire Strikes Back, when Luke is attacked by the snow creature and carried off, you can hear the beginning harp of this song as the scene transitions to another scene!!!

[@Shocknfunk]

my first Star Wars game ever played

[@Bauglir100]

Mine was Rogue Squadron, but I did play Shadows of the Empire shortly afterwards.

[@cyrusjameskhan]

Thank you for this remake :)

[@gaming_bigfoot]

There was once an entire recreation series of this music. Don't know what happened to it but can take a guess; it was really high quality and wondrous to listen to. Closest I can find to it is your video here. Kudos.

[@StephEWaterstram]

This Main Menu Theme was one of My favorite compositions and the Theme of "Shadows of The Empire"! There is of course the obligatory Main Saga Title!

[@bassgxx15]

Disney should make this game a mini series with each chapter being an episode. Live action or animated (because of classic characters/faces). Huge opportunity being missed

[@Antihero297]

This music is so good, for years I thought it was actually used in a Star Wars movie.

[@smileydog5941]

It's from a deleted scene in empire's strike back. Its on the official soundtrack. There was supposed to be a scene of Luke getting dragged to the Wampa cave but it was deleted. I wish it was kept in cuz this song is awesome

[@Bends95]

My older brothers and I got this with the N64 on Christmas Day 1996..still to this day such a blast despite its flaws!

[@commandhtf]

This game is so unintentionally scary. Especially IG88 and that giant Dianoga...

[@TheGZA5700]

This is fantastic

[@CodyRayy119]

The best Star Wars game ever!

[@codman4372wx]

This theme is in the new lego star wars game when escaping hoth. The outrider also features as a drivable ship. However Dash himself is absent

[@Bauglir100]

That’s because it isn’t the Outrider specifically, just a generic YT-2400 freighter. Probably because the ship happened to be included in the Special Edition of A New Hope and the developers wanted to stick with Canon material only.

[@codman4372wx]

@Bauglir100 I'm aware, but it still would've been nice. They included some other obscure characters too, so a man can drea.

[@Bauglir100]

@@codman4372wx Obscure *Canon* characters. As in Disney Canon. I would’ve loved if The Skywalker Saga had included Dash Rendar, as well as Prince Xizor, Guri, Mara Jade, Kyle Katarn, Delta Squad, Starkiller, and the various KOTOR characters as well. But Disney clearly didn’t care for that stuff. Grand Admiral Thrawn only made it in because he was recanonized in Star Wars Rebels.

[@RancidRage94]

I remember fighting IG-88 in the Ord Mantel Junkyard frekken scared me back in the day especially the noises he made

[@EyeShotFirst]

One of my favorite pieces of music from ESB, and it was cut from the film.

[@RaoulDuke1776_]

Childhood memories right here!!!!

[@blueboat9581]

This is absolutely underrated

[@1skSlade]

This song fuels me when hoth loads up on the new BF2. Which then always leads me back to this video.

[@rickyibarra]

Qué épocas 1998 qué recuerdos!!!

[@daniskicker]

My dad bought this for us when it came out. No reviews, just excitement about an N64 Star Wars game.

[@QuiGonJinn1993]

This Song Is An Alternate Version Of The Song The Heroes Of Han And Luke From ESB However In The Shadows Of The Empire Song Version From Smuggler To Smuggler.

[@thedogmaticdirector]

This theme always, ALWAYS unsettled me as a kid, and I could never figure out why. Could have something to do with the Wampa in the original movie always scared me, and finding them in the game always made me shut it off right there.

[@AndrewKesler]

What's really interesting is from an orchestral perspective, it's quite light, with woodwinds featured as the main melody which isn't common at all these days. Something about this is still unsettling to me all these years later. Very tense chords and unique textures

[@Indurok]

The wampas were scary to me too. I would always hesitate to open their cages. But they weren't nearly as bad as the dianogas. Screw those things. A few years ago, I played Dark Forces for the first time, and those water-dwelling bastards still scare the hell out of me.

[@CALISUPERSPORT]

That tells you how great the music is. It does exactly what it should by evoking some sort of emotion. For me it was mystery and danger, and because the game kinda scared me as a kid and was difficult, eventually it just instilled fear, lol.

[@MasterChris666]

love this game so much

[@Steventhe2nd]

wished you could remaster the astroid field from the n64 version, that was one of my personal faves

[@jyatsko89]

Steventhe2nd My favorite was always "Gall Canyon", that level later in the game where you're tracking Boba Fett, culminating in an epic final battle vs. Fett and his personal ship, the Slave IV...did I mention you have to fight his ship *as Dash on foot, not using the Outrunner?* Yeah, badass fight.

[@markmellon3727]

It's on the Empire Strikes Back, "Asteroid Field" 👍

[@tumtum7584]

My favourite level was the asteroid field, gall spaceport & xixor’s palace

[@mrodd3440]

The memories

[@AllGamingStarred]

0:00 scared me as a kid but now, i want a SOTE movie so bad

[@skids_97]

The Game Over part too

[@clutchtastic_]

"Only for N64" should say "Only for those with balls" this game used to scare the crap outta me as a kid. Just this title theme alone still brings back to the horrors of IG-88.

[@gronndar]

Sewer part and that giant boss underwater was unnerving

[@a-aron87]

A true classic

[@MasterChris666]

bring back Nostalgia

[@AllGamingStarred]

(Imperial city sewers, sees dianoga) me: Nope nope (Sees giant Dianoga) GMTFOOH!

[@Lieutenant_Dude]

If you get one of the updated versions of the ost for the films, empire’s opening sequence has this in it.

[@xl9819]

back when i was stayin in b.r good old times😭

[@AllGamingStarred]

I had a dream last night that i was aboard the Falcon. A dianoga bit into han's neck as worms crawled out and another one began to bloat and chase after Leia. We escaped, but Han was exploded from the inside out. Weird dream, weirder still that this triggers it. I had tried to warn med bay but found that the pods were making more of them. Then i found Luke's dead body.

[@DarksaberForce]

Wow

[@AllGamingStarred]

to that end, I have made The Dead Star, a crossover with Star Trek, in an attempt to explain this. Fanfiction.net, look for superman42@@DarksaberForce

[@KibaRanger_Kou]

This and the 64 Rogue Squadron are the only canon pieces of EU for me. Full stop.

[@Bauglir100]

You've got to check out the Knights of the Old Republic games too. The original two games on Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and PC are masterpieces and a must have for any Star Wars fan. KOTOR 2 also dives into the dark, creepy atmospheric side of the franchise the way Shadows of the Empire does.

[@HyperspaceCafe]

The existential dread I would feel playing this as a 7 year old 😂

[@Sasethemagicman]

Dash Rendar and Kyle Katarn I shall spread these two names

[@roguesquadron521]

The two GOATs!

[@KombatFlix]

Canon Track

[@RA-VEN8]

This would make a great Klingon theme.

[@patrickbateman9410]

5 people are trolls...

[@eugenederry343]

This is the main menu song for Shadows of the Empire.

[@beeswax2182]

Reminds me of my dad and bro

[@jared4walsh]

Press Star.

[@AllGamingStarred]

would love to see a guitar cover

[@jasonstanley7326]

Lol i was scared of this game as a kid 😂

[@Shocknfunk]

Would really kill for this kind of Star Wars game then another Jedi hacknslash. Will always wonder about 1313 and visceral game’s game

[@rabidwolverine2789]

nostalgia

[@jeffbroadbent5072]

I FUCKING LOVE THIS SONG

[@Shadow_Revan]

Classic

[@melodiquest]

wampa stompa :)

[@animatedink2529]

Really wasted opportunity to have never made this into a movie. The multi-media project was very ambitious, it was cool to need to get all the pieces to understand the full story. Dash Rendar as the protagonist of the video game, see Boba Fett's whole journey to drop off Solo at Jabba's through the comics, and get the full meat of the story with the novel which remains my favorite from the SW EU.

[@Polskar1987]

How can I download this song in mp3 in good quality?? (Not the original song of TESB Main Title/The Ice Planet Hoth but that one)

[@fullofgrit]

i play this when i load up star wars galaxies restoration server

[@WestbustahSaucedo]

Was this song used in the original trilogy? Name of the song and who composed it?

[@Nepharax]

3:45 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHTdeIufdryopas

[@WestbustahSaucedo]

Thank you

[@Bauglir100]

It was recorded for The Empire Strikes Back, but wasn't used in the movie itself (apart from the first few seconds, when Luke is dragged by the Wampa).

[@plissken94th57]

Ya it is one of the songs I think that only appeared on the soundtrack and not the movie itself. Which is weird seeing that they never used it for any other media until 17 Years later for this game

[@Lieutenant_Dude]

No one said it yet, so I will. John Williams composed the music for the 6 main films. The composer for shadows of the empire was a student of his called Joel mcneely.

[@kretschmannjonathan6237]

imagine a horror zombie star wars game with this song it will be perfect. I'm sure that will never happen with ea

[@alluvialedaempfer962]

wampa stompa :D

[@cybergothika6906]

How did you recreated this so nicely?

[@Massiveactionradioshow]

Oh the childhood anxiety that this music has caused me...

[@skids_97]

😆

[@dr.robotnick1888]

Good news everyone, Dash Rendar is canon again!

[@theglitcher2855]

Whyyy disney don't do a movie with this game???? Best star wars game ever made!!! Nice theme!!!!

[@enforcerridley158]

Because Disney would fuck it up.

[@AllGamingStarred]

is there anyway to get the n64 music files into the pc version?