The_Imperial_March_(Star_Wars_-_The_Empire_Strikes_Back,_Finale).ogg (Ogg Vorbis sound file, length 30 s, 592 kbps, file size: 2.12 MB)
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Summary
| Description | This is a brief clip of The Imperial March from Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, Finale (end credits). |
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| Author or copyright owner |
John Williams / London Symphony Orchestra |
| Source (WP:NFCC#4) | Original publication: Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Immediate source: 192 KHz / 32-bit FLAC of the original soundtrack |
| Date of publication | 1980 |
| Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) | The Imperial March |
| Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) | A small clip to illustrate one use of The Imperial March as heard in one of its original settings |
| Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1) |
The musical work is subject to copyright, so any freely produced version would still not be free, and be an unauthorized reproduction, depriving the reader of hearing an accurate representation of the work as its creators intended it to be heard |
| Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) | One file, of a length that would not be sufficient for reuse, for use with only one article, in a lossy quality level that does not lend itself to alteration without further degradation. |
| Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2) |
The segment is 30s (seconds) out of one track that is 6m 23s in length (the full soundtrack length is 1h 13m 22s) and is being uploaded in a lossy format. |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of The Imperial March//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Imperial_March_(Star_Wars_-_The_Empire_Strikes_Back,_Finale).oggtrue | |
Licensing
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File history
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| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
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| current | 21:14, 19 June 2022 | 30 s (2.12 MB) | <bdi>Locke Cole</bdi> (talk | contribs) | tweaked slightly, moved the beginning forward by about a second, reduced fade in/out to 250ms | |
| 05:33, 19 June 2022 | No thumbnail | 30 s (2.11 MB) | <bdi>Locke Cole</bdi> (talk | contribs) | Uploading a non-free file using File Upload Wizard |
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File usage
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Transcode status
Update transcode status| Format | Bitrate | Download | Status | Encode time |
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| MP3 | 222 kbps | Completed 02:07, 28 June 2022 | 2.0 s |
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This page was last edited on 28 September 2022, at 16:27