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"The Arena" is a minor theatrical theme written by John Williams for the 2002 film Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and its respective score to represent the executions in the Geonosis Petranaki arena and, later, the Grand Army of the Republic. "The Arena" was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) in 2002 and included in the track "Love Pledge and The Arena" on the Attack of the Clones soundtrack. The theme features many different sections of the LSO and contains references to "Across the Stars" and the "Force Theme." The theme appears in the films Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith; the video game expansion pack Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns; the video game Star Wars: Bounty Hunter; and the MMORPG Star Wars Galaxies. The theme is mainly polyphonic, is in the key of A minor before it modulates to C major, has a tempo of 88 bpm, and a duple meter with a time signature of 4/4. The sheet music for the piece was included in the Attack of the Clones music book. The Attack of the Clones soundtrack was released on CD April 23, 2002, and as an MP3 download on May 16, 2002.