DESCRIPTION:
Action music returns in Shootout in the Cell Bay, notable for the passing of themes and phrases from one group of instruments to another in a way that suggests competing rivals. This is particularly evident in the passing of the Rebel Fanfare from oboe/trumpet to French horn and in the two-note phrases that lead to the faster action music of the shootout itself. At cue's end, the Imperial theme is passed from French horn to trumpet, and then descending orchestral chords accompany the escape of the Rebels into a refuse duct. Dianoga was written for the scene where Luke is nearly killed by a beast inhabiting the garbage room, but it was decided that the sequence played better with no scoring. (For the Special Edition, however, a portion of this cue underscores the establishing shots of Mos Eisley spaceport).