About the Imperial March#
John Williams introduced the Imperial March in The Empire Strikes Back in 1980 as the theme for Darth Vader and the Galactic Empire. It replaced the looser villain music of the first film with something colder and more mechanical, a stiff march in a minor key that has since become shorthand for menace almost anywhere it plays.
This is one of the wider tunes on the site: it spans a full octave, from a low E flat up to the E flat above, with several flats along the way. On a 6-hole ocarina that means moving confidently between the bottom and top of the range, so it rewards a player who already has the higher notes under control.
Imperial March (Star Wars) Ocarina Tab#
| G | G | G | Eb | Bb | G | Eb | Bb | G | ||
| D | D | D | Eb | Bb | Gb | Eb | Bb | G |