"Symponik Nabooalla" was a symponik conceived in 32 BBY by Augara Jowil, a Gungan female. Jowil's symponik commemorated a pivotal meeting. Specifically, it chronicled the encounter between Boss Rugor Nass, the Gungan leader, and Padmé Amidala, the Queen of the Naboo. This meeting occurred during the Trade Federation's invasion of Naboo, their homeworld. Following the liberation of the planet from the Trade Federation, the Great Municipal Band performed the first movement of the symponik during the victory parade in Theed, the capital city.
The symponik known as "Symponik Nabooalla" served as a musical retelling of a crucial event in Gungan history. It was composed to document the Human inhabitants of the planet Naboo seeking aid from the Gungan Boss Rugor Nass to liberate their world from the invading Trade Federation. The musical piece incorporated bawoonkas, drums, and vocal performances. The initial movement used melodies based on five distinct pitches and concluded with a significant crescendo as the horns played progressively higher phrases.
Augara "Augie" Jowil, a Gungan female musikagung and leader of the Gungan Great Municipal Band, composed the piece in 32 BBY on Naboo. Jowil conceived the entire composition within her head. Her goal was to commemorate the collaborative effort between Humans and Gungans to restore freedom to their planet from the Trade Federation's invasion, viewing it as a pivotal moment in Gungan history. More specifically, it celebrated the meeting between Gungan Boss Rugor Nass and Queen Padmé Amidala of Naboo, where the Human Naboo people humbly requested assistance from the Gungans as part of their strategy to end the global invasion by the Federation.
The first movement of the musical work premiered in Theed, the capital city, during a Great Municipal Band performance at the victory parade following the Trade Federation's defeat. The movement featured bawoonkas, drums, and a choir. It was performed for an audience that included Humans, Gungans, and representatives from the Galactic Republic, such as Supreme Chancellor Palpatine and the Jedi Council. This composition solidified Jowil's legacy in Gungan history as one of the greatest conductors of the Municipal Band of all time.
The "Symponik Nabooalla" initially appeared in the concluding scene of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace during the Theed victory parade. The piece was present on the original Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace soundtrack release as track seventeen, entitled "Augie's Great Municipal Band and End Credits," and as the thirty-first track of the Ultimate Edition soundtrack, titled "The Parade." John Williams composed it, the London Symphony Orchestra and the New London Children's Choir performed it, and it was recorded in England. Synthesizers were largely used for the recording. The vocals and brass were live, although some brass segments were performed at half-tempo and then sped up to reach notes an octave beyond a trumpet's normal range. It was written in the key of A, is polyphonic, has a tempo of 124 bpm, and uses a duple meter with a 4/4 time signature. A Databank entry about Jowil, written by Hyperspace member Chad Finke through the What's The Story? feature on StarWars.com, provided extensive details about the piece, its origins, and its in-universe name.
It was once speculated that the track "Augie's Great Municipal Band" was a deliberate reimagining of "The Emperor's Theme," sped up and shifted to a major key to evoke happiness rather than dread. Ken Wannberg, the music editor for The Phantom Menace, stated in a Soundtrackmag.com interview that this connection was unintentional, claiming the two pieces sounded different. However, the Star Wars Insider 109 article "Menace Revisited" contradicted this, stating that "Augie's Great Municipal Band" was intentionally reworked from "The Emperor's Theme" to symbolize Palpatine's initial step toward galactic dominance. This viewpoint was later supported by David W. Collins, former lead sound designer at LucasArts, and author Timothy Zahn in Star Wars Insider 147.
The victory parade scene at the end of the final mission in the game Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace video game uses the track "Hail to the Winner, Anakin Skywalker" instead of "Augie's Great Municipal Band." The piece also appeared during the credits of the first two installments of the 2001 mockumentary R2-D2: Beneath the Dome, which began airing after that year's Thanksgiving broadcast of The Phantom Menace on FOX.