Who composed the score for the 1977 film "Star Wars"?

John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. Widely regarded as one of the greatest American composers of all time, he has composed some of the most popular, recognizable, and critically acclaimed film scores in cinematic history in a career spanning over six decades.

Spielberg recommended Williams to his friend and fellow director George Lucas, who needed a composer to score his ambitious 1977 space epic film "Star Wars". Williams delivered a grand symphonic score in the fashion of Richard Strauss, Antonín Dvořák, and Golden Age Hollywood composers Max Steiner and Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Its main theme, "Luke's Theme", is among the most widely recognized in film history, and the "Force Theme" and "Princess Leia's Theme" are well-known examples of leitmotif. Both the film and its score were immensely successful. It remains the highest grossing non-popular music recording of all time and Williams won another Academy Award for Best Original Score.

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hector tubens

The legendary John Williams. 😎👍

silrem

More about his accomplishments, like how many Oscars he's won, etc.

Russell Ipson

One of the first 8-track albums I bought was Star Wars with John Williams and the London Philharmonic. That and Saturday Night Fever. That was 1978

Mary Evens

Chrissy Krainock Luders, At the end of Revenge of the Sith, when Bail Organa gives baby Leia to his wife, hearing Leia's theme played choked me up. I'm sure that was the reaction Williams wanted.

Cindy DeGraaff

Darth Vaders theme going thru my head now....

Carolyn Brior

My favorite composer. I generally like music written for the movies. John Williams is currently the best in my book.

Chrissy Krainock Luders

Thought some might like to know what a “leitmotif” is: a recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea, or situation. Williams is a genius at this, so by the music you kind of know what’s happening, or about to expect.