The scene chosen for this analysis is from the third movie where, Padme giving birth to Luke and Leia, and at the same time, Anakin is being operated on and transformed into Darth Vader. It is a scene that parallels life and death both visually and sonically. The “film music engages its listeners in important processes of producing and reproducing, meanings and ideologies.”(Kassabian, 2001, p.7) This is important in Star Wars for the audience to produce and reinforce, the understanding of who is a part of the ‘dark side’, and who is a part of the ‘light side’; through music connecting certain musical themes with certain characters or events, the audience is given another nuance to their understanding of the film.
