Duel of the Fates

Duel of the Fates is a musical theme recurring in the Star Wars movies. It was composed by John Williams.

Aside for its symphonic music, "Duel of the Fates" is played with choir that sings either the Celtic poem Gad Goddue or Battle of the Trees in Sanskrit. The lyrics translate into English as "Under the tongue root a fight most dread, and another raging behind, in the head."

The music is primarly played during a lightsaber battle between Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Maul, but it was also played while Anakin Skywalker was looking for his mother on Tatooine. "Duel of the Fates" is expected to be played sometime in Revenge of the Sith, because George Lucas noted the sense that everything is "in larger hands" plays very well into the third movie.

See also: Star Wars Imperial March