[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzVBqBosf5w]
Some of my favorite pieces are built off the simplest concepts. The main pattern you hear through the background of this song (1& 2e& 3& 4e&) is what really makes it, and it's such a simple pattern. The way the longer, bigger notes flow over top of that sticcato pattern seal the deal. I've written on Williams twice before, covering the themes for Jurassic Park and Superman, both amazing pieces by Williams.
The lyrics you're hearing in "Duel" are being sung by the London Voices (the London Symphony Orchestra provides the music) and are being sung in Sanskrit. The words were taken from an archaic Welsh poem with a title that translates as Battle of the Trees. The piece appears throughout the Star Wars prequel trilogy several times, but it's most noted appearance is during Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi's lightsaber duel with Darth Maul during the finale of Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Outside of the SW universe, the song was used as the theme for the 2003 broadcast of the DCI World Championship on PBS. This was only one of several times it's heard outside SW use.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh4l39Lo194]
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