This animated take on the Star Wars films from producer George Lucas disappeared very swiftly from UK cinema screens during its summer release, begging that eternal question of Hollywood sequels: why not call it a day? On the evidence of this CD, it can’t come a moment too soon. There’s nothing new on this soundtrack that hasn’t featured in countless releases of music of this genre – except the mauling that’s been inflicted on the original score by John Williams, whose name shares equal billing with Kevin Kiner. The original Star Wars theme, from one of the most widely loved and admired film scores of the 1970s, is ironed flat, so that the underlying syncopated rhythms that were such a feature of the original disappear under an all-purpose beat. There are some 30 tracks to wade through before “Fight to the End”, when the music captures some of the aspirational lift that thrilled audiences a generation ago. I understand that further sequels are planned for television, so maybe this concept will find a warmer welcome there.