The soundtrack is decent.

 Let's whip some llama ass and do this from Archive.org instead of Youtube.

https://archive.org/details/StarWarsShadows?webamp=default

1. Main Theme from Star Wars - Leia's Nightmare : Yep, that's the main theme alright. (These speakers suck, I might regret this.) And then a bit of a generic medley afterwards.

2. The Battle of Gall : McNeely does a great job of evoking a John Williams feel here. It opens with some "Droids on Tatooine in ANH", before transitioning into a bit of droid-army. Kind of impressive since this is three years before TPM. Not sure about an 8 minute track on a 10 track -- 50 minute album. (More than half the total length comes from this and 2 other tracks.)

3. Imperial City : At this point, besides the movie Imperial March and Emperor themes, there's also all several video game tracks for Coruscant. This sounds like none of them. Besides some vocal sections, there's a string part that's way to upbeat. This is really more of a Star Trek piece to my ears.

4. Beggar's Canyon Chase : A little more on theme. Some strong Disney vibes (the strings are very "there's a big storm and the villain is about to fall off something"). McNeely did a lot of Disney, so not surprising.

5. The Southern Underground : Wackydroidshenaningans.ogg

6. Xizor's Theme : Starts off with a cool atmospheric thing, then shifts into chanting, then into the Disney, "Oh no bad things!" (wildebeest stampede) motif, before trying to hit some Star Wars brass. It's all over the place, and doesn't really feel Xizor to me.

7. The Seduction of Princess Leia : Oh my god Star Wars is a Disney Property. I'm getting some drunk Dumbo/Pinocchio vibes here, so that fits.

8.  Night Skies : Tiny Star Wars medley?

9.  Night Skies : This is probably the best track on here in terms of being original, but also hitting the Star Wars style.

10. The Destruction of Xizor's Palace : If the Shadows soundtrack is "Disney does Star Wars" this is the piece that hits that the best.

Also, fullscreen that sweet Winamp visualizer for this one.

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