Synopsis:

An edit of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace that condenses the film into a 50-minute, score-only version with subtitles. This format allows the score to be played with the narrative beats as a sort of visual soundtrack.

Intentions:

To create a version of the film that primarily uses score to convey the broad story of the original film, while also slimming down and trimming out certain elements.

Change List:

-Jar Jar's presence is toned down and only used for the parts where he is absolutely necessary to the story. Many of his comedic bits are removed from scenes to not be as much of a disruption tonally. -The planet core monster scene is removed altogether. -Coruscant scenes involving the Jedi Council and Queen Amidala have been switched around and paired to accommodate the structures of their respective pieces of music. Dialogue is also adjusted to account for this as it's not technically chronologically correct. -Some action scenes are omitted such as R2 fixing the ship during the blockade and the Gungans fighting the droids. The only reason I removed these, is because the music in both of these sequences is heavily recycled in "Attack of the Clones." As to not use the music repetitiously, I opted to remove the majority of both of these sequences to account. Changes like this may happen for the following films as music has been recycled a lot for the prequels. -Added a percussion cue for Darth Maul vs Obi-Wan as there is no score for this sequence in the original film. -Anakin blowing up the Trade Federation center is removed as I personally found it silly and also did not have enough music from the sequence to make it work anyways. Rather, using the music from that section to some miscellaneous pilots during the space battle and eventually the ship blowing up.

Additional Notes:

-Much of the dialogue is condensed/adjusted to account for the new pace of this cut, which means it may not always lip-sync. However, most of it pulled directly from the film with some sillier stuff removed.

Other Sources:

-The Phantom Menace (Official Score) by John Williams

Special Thanks:

Thanks to the prior listed sources!