Star Wars (soundtrack)

Star Wars: A New Hope (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film score by John Williams
Released	1997
Recorded	1977
Genre	Classical
Length	1:45:09
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	John Williams; Nick Redman; Michael Matessino;
Star Wars soundtrack chronology

Star Wars Trilogy – The Original Soundtrack Anthology: "Star Wars"
Film score by John Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra
Released	1993
Genre	Classical
Label	Arista
Producer	Nick Redman

Star Wars (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
	Cover of the original 1977 release.
Soundtrack album by John Williams
Released	June 1977
Recorded	March 1977
Studio	Anvil Studios, Denham
Genre	Classical
Length	74:58
Label	20th Century
Producer	John Williams; George Lucas;
John Williams chronology
Star Wars soundtrack chronology

Star Wars (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to the 1977 film Star Wars, composed and conducted by John Williams and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. Williams' score for Star Wars was recorded over eight sessions at Anvil Studios in Denham, England on March 5, 8–12, 15 and 16, 1977. The score was orchestrated by Williams's frequent associate Herbert W. Spencer, who also later orchestrated the scores for The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. The score was recorded by engineer Eric Tomlinson and edited by Kenneth Wannberg, and the scoring sessions were produced by Star Wars director George Lucas and supervised by Lionel Newman, head of 20th Century Fox's music department.

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The soundtrack album was released by 20th Century Records as a double-LP record in the United States in June 1977. The album's main title peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, with a disco version of the film's theme by Meco becoming a number one single hit in the United States in October 1977. The soundtrack album itself went on to become certified Gold and Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, and won numerous accolades including Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award, and Grammy Awards in the categories of best film score and soundtrack album. In 2004, it was preserved by the Library of Congress into the National Recording Registry, calling it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In 2005, the American Film Institute named the original Star Wars soundtrack as the most memorable score of all time for an American film.[1]

In 2016, the album was re-released by Sony Classical Records on vinyl, CD, and digital formats alongside Williams' other Star Wars soundtracks. The vinyl release is pressed on 180g vinyl, and features the original 20th Century Records logo. Unlike all of Sony Classical's previous releases, however, the vinyl version is a remastered version of the original 1977 release, not the Special Edition. Walt Disney Records remastered and reissued the soundtrack on vinyl LP on December 1, 2017, and on CD and digital formats on May 4, 2018.[2][3]

Original 1977 release

The original 1977 release of the soundtrack, entitled Star Wars - Original Soundtrack, included a poster of a painting by science fiction artist John Berkey, depicting the final battle over the Death Star from the film's end.[4] The album was released as a double LP which was formatted for an autochanger record player; one disc had sides one and four with the other having sides two and three. This allowed a person to stack sides one and two on the player, then flip the stack over for sides three and four, allowing the listener to have over half an hour of uninterrupted music before they needed to flip the discs over.[5]

Track listing

First release on LP by 20th Century Records. For the original soundtrack, Williams selected 75 minutes of music out of the 88 minute score. To provide musical variety, it did not follow the film's chronological order.

This track listing is also shared by Sony Classical's LP release in 2016, and Walt Disney Records' LP and CD releases in 2017 and 2018, respectively.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Main Title"	5:20
2.	"Imperial Attack"	6:10
3.	"Princess Leia's Theme"	4:18
4.	"The Desert and the Robot Auction"	2:51

Side two
No.	Title	Length
5.	"Ben's Death and TIE Fighter Attack"	3:46
6.	"The Little People Work"	4:02
7.	"Rescue of the Princess"	4:46
8.	"Inner City"	4:12
9.	"Cantina Band"	2:44

Side three
No.	Title	Length
10.	"The Land of the Sandpeople"	2:50
11.	"Mouse Robot and Blasting Off"	4:01
12.	"The Return Home"	2:46
13.	"The Walls Converge"	4:31
14.	"The Princess Appears"	4:04

Side four
No.	Title	Length
15.	"The Last Battle"	12:05
16.	"The Throne Room and End Title"	5:28

Total Time: 74:58

Personnel

1st Violins

Neville Taweel (Leader), Robin Studt (Principal), Irvine Arditti (Principal), B. Thomas (Sub-Principal), Stanley Castle, Sydney Colter, Dennis Gaines, Robert Retallick, C. Reuben, Norman Freeman, Max Weber, Robin Brightman, Brian Gaulton

2nd Violins

Warwick Hill (Principal), Neil Watson (Co-Principal), Samuel Artis, William Brown, Thomas Cook, Terry Morton, Jack Steadman, Donald Stewart, Thomas Swift, David Williams, R. Clark, G. Creese, D. Llewellyn

Violas

Alexander Taylor (Principal), Brian Clarke (Co-Principal), Peter Norriss (Sub-Principal), Patrick Hooley, Michael Mitchell, David Hume,William Sumpton, Patrick Vermont, William Krasnik, Eric Cuthbertson

Cellos

Douglas Cummings (Principal), Maurice Meulien (Co-Principal), Ray Adams (Sub-Principal), Jack Long, Ken Law, Douglas Powrie, Francis Saunders, Clive Gillinson, Tom Storer, K. Glossop

Double Basses

Bruce Mollinson (Principal), Arthur Griffiths (Sub-Principal), John Cooper, Gerald Newson, Pashanko Dimitroff, Goelson Neal

Flutes

Richard Taylor (Principal), Lowry Sanders, Francis Nolan

Oboes

Roger Lord (Principal), Anthony Camden (Principal)

Clarinets

J. Brymer (Principal), Ronald Moore, R. Jowitt

Bassoons

Robert Bourton (Principal), Peter Francis

Horns

David Cripps (Principal), John Rooke (Asst. Principal), Anthony Chidell, Graham Warren, James Quaife, James Brown, S. Reading, J. Butterworth

Trumpets

Maurice Murphy (Principal), William Lang, Norman Archibald, R. Izen

Trombones

D. Wick (Principal), Eric Crees (Principal), Frank Mathison

Tuba

J. Fletcher (Principal), Steven Wick

Timpani

Kurt-Hans Goedicke (Principal)

Percussion

Michael Frye (Principal), Ray Northcott

Harp

Renata Sheffel-Stein (Principal), J. Marson

Piano/Celeste

Robert Noble (Principal), M. Round

Subsequent releases

Release history


Title	U.S. release date	Label	Format
Star Wars–Original Soundtrack	June 1977	20th Century	Double-LP
Star Wars–Original Soundtrack	1986	Polydor	CD
Star Wars Trilogy: The Original Soundtrack Anthology	1993	Arista	CD
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	1997	RCA Victor	Double CD
	2004	Sony Classical	Double CD
The Music of Star Wars: 30th Anniversary Collector's Edition[6]	November 6, 2007		CD
Star Wars: The Ultimate Soundtrack Collection[7]	January 8, 2016		CD, LP, digital
Star Wars: A New Hope–40th Anniversary Box Set[2]	December 1, 2017	Walt Disney	Remastered 3-LP
Star Wars: A New Hope (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)[3]	May 4, 2018	Walt Disney	Remastered CD, digital

1986 release

First release on CD by Polydor Records in 1986. It is identical in content and packaging to the LP release.

Disc one

"Main Title" – 5:21
"Imperial Attack" – 6:16
"Princess Leia's Theme" – 4:22
"The Desert and the Robot Auction" – 2:52
"Ben's Death and TIE Fighter Attack" – 3:46
"The Little People Work" – 4:01
"Rescue of the Princess" – 4:46
"Inner City" – 4:13
"Cantina Band" – 2:45

Disc two

"The Land of the Sandpeople" – 2:49
"Mouse Robot and Blasting Off" – 4:01
"The Return Home" – 2:45
"The Walls Converge" – 4:32
"The Princess Appears" – 4:03
"The Last Battle" – 12:06
"The Throne Room and End Title" – 5:27

Star Wars Trilogy: The Original Soundtrack Anthology

In 1993, 20th Century Fox Film Scores released a four-CD box set containing music from the original Star Wars trilogy. This release marked the first time that the complete contents of the original double-LP releases of the scores from the first two films became available on CD. Disc one in the set was devoted to Star Wars, with further tracks on disc four.

Since every cue is recorded several times, usually with varying orchestral differences, the final decisions on what takes of cues are used and/or how they are edited to create the tracks was decided by the music editor Kenneth Wannberg. In the time between the original LP release and the Anthology's release, this breakdown was lost. Because of this, many takes of cues used on the Anthology are not the same. This is most obvious on the cue "The Throne Room". Also, the tracks were re-arranged to better follow their chronological order in the film.

Disc One
No.	Title	Length
1.	"20th Century Fox Fanfare with CinemaScope Extension"
2.	"Main Title"
3.	"Imperial Attack"
4.	"The Desert/The Robot Auction"
5.	"The Little People Work"
6.	"The Princess Appears"
7.	"The Land of the Sand People"
8.	"The Return Home"
9.	"Inner City"
10.	"Mouse Robot/Blasting Off"
11.	"Rescue of the Princess"
12.	"The Walls Converge"
13.	"Ben's Death/TIE Fighter Attack"
14.	"Princess Leia's Theme"
15.	"The Last Battle"
16.	"The Throne Room/End Title"

Disc Four
No.	Title	Length
1.	"20th Century Fox Fanfare with CinemaScope Extension"
2.	"Star Wars Main Title" (Alternate)
4.	"A Hive of Villainy"
5.	"Destruction of Alderaan"
10.	"Cantina Band"
12.	"Cantina Band #2"
15.	"Standing By"

The alternate version of the Star Wars Main Title can be heard in the end credits for Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, and is included in the film's soundtrack.

1997 and 2004 Special Edition reissues

The 1997 release includes the complete film score, including expanded and unreleased tracks.

Disc One
No.	Title	Length
1.	"20th Century Fox Fanfare" (Alfred Newman, 1954)	0:22
2.	"Main Title/Rebel Blockade Runner"	2:14
3.	"Imperial Attack"	6:42
4.	"The Dune Sea of Tatooine/Jawa Sandcrawler"	5:01
5.	"The Moisture Farm"	2:25
6.	"The Hologram/Binary Sunset"	4:08
7.	"Landspeeder Search/Attack of the Sand People"	3:20
8.	"Tales of a Jedi Knight/Learn About the Force"	4:28
9.	"Burning Homestead"	2:50
10.	"Mos Eisley Spaceport"	2:16
11.	"Cantina Band"	2:46
12.	"Cantina Band #2"	3:54
13.	"Binary Sunset" (Alternate) (contains hidden track "Star Wars Main Title" [take 19] (complete recording session version; takes 16-20))	16:59
Total length:		57:33

Disc Two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Princess Leia's Theme"	4:27
2.	"The Millennium Falcon/Imperial Cruiser Pursuit"	3:51
3.	"Destruction of Alderaan"	1:32
4.	"The Death Star/The Stormtroopers"	3:35
5.	"Wookiee Prisoner/Detention Block Ambush"	4:01
6.	"Shootout in the Cell Bay/Dianoga"	3:48
7.	"The Trash Compactor"	3:06
8.	"The Tractor Beam/Chasm Crossfire"	5:18
9.	"Ben Kenobi's Death/TIE Fighter Attack"	3:51
10.	"The Battle of Yavin" I. "Launch from the Fourth Moon" II. "X-Wings Draw Fire" III. "Use the Force"	9:06 1:11 3:22 4:33
11.	"The Throne Room/End Title"	5:37
Total length:		48:16

2017 and 2018 Disney reissues

Walt Disney Records reissued the original 1977 soundtrack album in digital formats and streaming services on January 1, 2017, and on LP record on December 1, 2017, to coincide with the film's fortieth anniversary that same year. The LP reissue featured a remastered soundtrack, hand-etched hologram art, and a 48-page book containing production photographs, liner notes, and essays on John Williams and the music of Star Wars.[2]

Disney released a newly-remastered edition of the original 1977 album program on CD, digital download, and streaming services on May 4, 2018. This remaster was newly assembled by Shawn Murphy and Skywalker Sound from the highest-quality master tapes available, rather than sourced from the existing 1977 album masters.[3] On these reissues, the final track ("The Throne Room and End Title") is presented at the correct speed and pitch, having been sped up slightly on the original LP, CD, and 2016 Sony releases.

Accolades

Academy Award for Best Original Score (1977)
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (1977)
BAFTA Award for Best Film Music (1978)
Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (1978)
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition (1978) – for Main Title
Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance (1978)
Saturn Award for Best Music (1977) – tied with Close Encounters of the Third Kind
AFI's Greatest American movie score of all time (2005)

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[8]	Platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[9]	Gold	100,000^{^}
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

Original recording log

The score for Star Wars was recorded over the span of eight days in the month of March 1977. The 1997 Special Edition soundtrack release by RCA Victor included a detailed look at the recording log for all the cues in the film.

Recording Date: March 5, 1977 – Day 1
Recorded Take	Cue Title	Selected Take	Film Order
1-7	Chasm Crossfire	5, 7	31
8-10	The Death Star	10	23
11-15	Ben Kenobi's Death	13, 15	32
16-20	Main Title	18, 19, 20	1
21-23	The Hologram	22	8

Recording Date: March 8, 1977 – Day 2
Recording Take	Cue Title	Selected Take	Film Order
24-27	Shootout In The Cell Bay	26, 27	27
28-40	Princess Leia's Theme	33, 40	N/A
41-50	Imperial Attack (Part 1)	44, 50	2
51-53	The Tractor Beam	53	30
54-55	Binary Sunset (Alternate)	N/A	N/A

Recording Date: March 9, 1977 – Day 3
Recorded Takes	Cue Title	Selected Takes	Film Order
56-58	Learn About The Force (Part 2)	58	15
59-63	Burning Homestead	62, 63	16
64-67	Wookiee Prisoner	67	25
68-72	Learn About The Force (Part 1)	72	14

Recording Date: March 10, 1977 – Day 4
Recorded Takes	Cue Title	Selected Takes	Film Order
73-80	Cantina Band	76	18
81-82	Cantina Band #2	81	19

Recording Date: March 11, 1977 – Day 5
Recorded Takes	Cue Title	Selected Takes	Film Order
83-86	X-Wings Draw Fire	85, 86	35
87-92	Landspeeder Search	92	10
93-94	Tales Of A Jedi Knight (Part 2)	N/A	N/A
95-97	Tie Fighter Attack	95, 97	33
98-105	The Trash Compactor	101, 102	29
106-109	Tales Of A Jedi Knight (Part 2)	109	13
110-114	The Stormtroopers	114	24
115-116	Dianoga	116	28
117-122	Tales Of A Jedi Knight (Part 1)	122	12
123-126	The Moisture Farm (Part 2)	126	7

Recording Date: March 12, 1977 – Day 6
Recorded Takes	Cue Title	Selected Takes	Film Order
127-133	The Throne Room	132, 133	37
134-143	End Title	136, 137, 142, 143	38
144-149	Dune Sea Of Tatooine	149	4
150-154	Detention Block Ambush	153, 154	26
155-162	Launch From The Fourth Moon	162	34
163-167	Imperial Attack (Part 2)	165, 167	3
168-172	Destruction Of Alderaan	172	22
173-175	The Millennium Falcon	175	20

Recording Date: March 15, 1977 – Day 7
Recorded Takes	Cue Title	Selected Takes	Film Order
176-180	Use The Force	178, 180	36
181-185	Mos Eisley Spaceport	184, 185	17
186-188	Jawa Sandcrawler	186, 187, 188	5
189-197	The Moisture Farm (Part 1)	194, 197	6
198-202	Binary Sunset (Revised)	202	9

Recording Date: March 16, 1977 – Day 8
Recorded Takes	Cue Title	Selected Takes	Film Order
203-209	Imperial Cruiser Pursuit	205, 206, 209	21
210-214	Attack Of The Sand People	213, 214	11
215-219	End Title (Crossover)	219	38

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"Disney Music Group Set To Release First 6 Remastered Star Wars Original Motion Picture Soundtracks On May 4". Burbank, California: Walt Disney Records. PR Newswire. March 21, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
"John Berkey Remembered". StarWars.com. Lucasfilm Ltd. 2008-05-13. Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
"John Williams (4), London Symphony Orchestra, The – Star Wars original soundtrack release". Discogs. discogs. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
"Sony Classical Celebrates the 30th Anniversary of Star Wars with an 8-CD Collectors Edition Featuring Three of Composer/Conductor John Williams' Original Soundtrack Recordings". Sony Music Masterworks. PR Newswire. November 7, 2007. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
"Sony Classical Reissues Star Wars Episodes I-VI In Newly Restored Audio Collections". Sony Classical. PR Newswire. January 8, 2016. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
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[:1-3] "Disney Music Group Set To Release First 6 Remastered Star Wars Original Motion Picture Soundtracks On May 4". Burbank, California: Walt Disney Records. PR Newswire. March 21, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2018.

[berkey-4] "John Berkey Remembered". StarWars.com. Lucasfilm Ltd. 2008-05-13. Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2009-04-08.

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[6] "Sony Classical Celebrates the 30th Anniversary of Star Wars with an 8-CD Collectors Edition Featuring Three of Composer/Conductor John Williams' Original Soundtrack Recordings". Sony Music Masterworks. PR Newswire. November 7, 2007. Retrieved March 21, 2018.

[7] "Sony Classical Reissues Star Wars Episodes I-VI In Newly Restored Audio Collections". Sony Classical. PR Newswire. January 8, 2016. Retrieved March 21, 2018.

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John Williams
Discography List of compositions Awards and nominations
Soundtracks	Jaws (1975) Star Wars (1977) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Return of the Jedi (1983) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) Empire of the Sun (1987) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Home Alone (1990) JFK (1991) Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) Jurassic Park (1993) Schindler's List (1993) The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) Saving Private Ryan (1998) Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) Angela's Ashes (1999) The Patriot (2000) A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) Catch Me If You Can (2002) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005) Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) Munich (2005) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Compilations	John Williams Greatest Hits 1969–1999 (1999)
Compositions	"Star Wars (Main Title)" "The Imperial March" "Ewok Celebration" "Duel of the Fates"
Songs	"Nice to Be Around"
See also	Music of Star Wars Music of Superman Music of Harry Potter
Category

Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
1959−1980	Duke Ellington – Anatomy of a Murder (1959) No Award (1960) Ernest Gold – Exodus (1961) Henry Mancini – Breakfast at Tiffany's (1962) No Award (1963) John Addison – Tom Jones (1964) Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman – Mary Poppins (1965) Johnny Mandel – The Sandpiper (1966) Maurice Jarre – Doctor Zhivago (1967) Lalo Schifrin – Music from Mission: Impossible (1968) Dave Grusin & Paul Simon – The Graduate (1969) Burt Bacharach – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1970) The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison & Ringo Starr) – Let It Be (1971) Isaac Hayes – Shaft (1972) Nino Rota – The Godfather (1973) Neil Diamond – Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1974) Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch – The Way We Were (1975) John Williams – Jaws (1976) Norman Whitfield - Car Wash (1977) John Williams – Star Wars (1978) John Williams – Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1979) John Williams – Superman (1980)
1981−2000	John Williams – The Empire Strikes Back (1981) John Williams – Raiders of the Lost Ark (1982) John Williams – E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1983) Giorgio Moroder, Laura Branigan, Keith Forsey, Irene Cara, Shandi Sinnamon, Ronald Magness, Doug Cotler, Richard Gilbert, Michael Boddicker, Jerry Hey, Phil Ramone, Michael Sembello, Kim Carnes, Duane Hitchings, Craig Krampf & Dennis Matkosky – Flashdance (1984) Prince and the Revolution – Purple Rain (1985) Marc Benno, Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey, Micki Free, John Gilutin Hawk, Howard Hewett, Bunny Hull, Howie Rice, Sharon Robinson, Danny Sembello, Sue Sheridan, Richard Theisen & Allee Willis – Beverly Hills Cop (1986) John Barry – Out of Africa (1987) Ennio Morricone – The Untouchables (1988) David Byrne, Cong Su & Ryuichi Sakamoto – The Last Emperor (1989) Dave Grusin – The Fabulous Baker Boys (1990) James Horner – Glory (1991) John Barry – Dances with Wolves (1992) Alan Menken – Beauty and the Beast (1993) Alan Menken – Aladdin (1994) John Williams – Schindler's List (1995) Hans Zimmer – Crimson Tide (1996) David Arnold – Independence Day (1997) Gabriel Yared – The English Patient (1998) John Williams – Saving Private Ryan (1999) Randy Newman – A Bug's Life (2000)
2001−present	Thomas Newman – American Beauty (2001) Tan Dun – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2002) Howard Shore & John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) – The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2003) Howard Shore, John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) & Peter Cobbin (engineer/mixer) – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2004) Howard Shore, John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) & Peter Cobbin (engineer/mixer) – The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2005) Craig Armstrong – Ray (2006) John Williams – Memoirs of a Geisha (2007) Michael Giacchino – Ratatouille (2008) Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard – The Dark Knight (2009) Michael Giacchino – Up (2010) Randy Newman – Toy Story 3 (2011) Alexandre Desplat – The King's Speech (2012) Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2013) Thomas Newman – Skyfall (2014) Alexandre Desplat – The Grand Budapest Hotel (2015) Antonio Sánchez – Birdman (2016) John Williams – Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2017) Justin Hurwitz – La La Land (2018) Ludwig Göransson – Black Panther (2019) Hildur Guðnadóttir – Chernobyl (2020)