Star Wars
by John Williams
- Type: Album
- Released: 1 January 1977
- Label: 20th Century
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:15:05
- Community rating: 4.32/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Williams recorded the score with the London Symphony Orchestra at Anvil Studios in Denham, reviving the symphonic idiom of Golden Age Hollywood. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Score and became one of the best-selling orchestral albums ever released.
Genres
Descriptors: orchestral, majestic, bombastic, melodic, classic, film
Tracklist
- Main Title (5:24)
- Imperial Attack (6:18)
- Princess Leia's Theme (4:23)
- The Desert and the Robot Auction (2:52)
- Ben's Death and TIE Fighter Attack (3:53)
- The Little People Work (4:08)
- Rescue of the Princess (4:47)
- Inner City (4:14)
- Cantina Band (2:44)
- The Land of the Sand People (2:55)
- Mouse Robot and Blasting Off (4:03)
- The Return Home (2:51)
- The Walls Converge (4:36)
- The Princess Appears (4:07)
- The Last Battle (12:09)
- The Throne Room and End Title (5:34)
Credits
- John Williams - primary artist, composed by, conductor [conducted by]
- Sue Mallet - administrator
- Brian Mollinson - bass [principal]
- Arthur Griffiths - bass [sub-principal]
- Robert Bourton - bassoon [principal]
- Maurice Meulien - cello [co-principal]
- Douglas Cummings - cello [principal]
- Ray Adams - cello [sub-principal]
- George Lucas - producer, screenwriter [written by], film director [directed by]
- Eric Tomlinson - engineer [recording engineer], recorded by [recording engineer]
- John Neal - engineer [remixing engineer]
- Gary Kurtz - film producer [produced by]
- Charles Lippincott - liner notes
- B. Campbell - management [accountant]
- J. Duffy - management [personnel manager]
- M. Kaye - production manager [managing director]
- W. Strutte - promotion [promotions manager]
- S. Salpeter - tour manager [concerts manager]
- Eric A. Tomlinson - recording