STAR WARS MUSIC BY JOHN WILLIAMS part 1

[gtrst26]

john williams is the greatest composer of our century.

[cajandro]

wow

[MadHighway]

You can hear how the romantic theme from 'Empire' fits right between his work on 1977 on 'Close Encounters' and 'Star Wars' and 1981's 'Raiders'.

'Empire' had an evemn more powerful score than 'Star Wars'. 'Return' was a weaker movie in all respects.

[RogueRotting360]

@MadHighway Disagree there. "Return" had by the finest score of the original trilogy. Truly haunting.

[TheMagicviolet]

the lord of music

he is a magician

[StarWarsFan786]

Great to see him sitting at the piano, and seeing recording sessions footage!

[Arceuszilla]

R.I.P Irvin Kershner

[TheJamezMan]

@Arceuszilla Yeah RIP

[smt2542]

@Arceuszilla i cried when i found out :(

[mdstalla]

I think "Jonny" was responsible for at least 1/3 of the genius that made these films the success that they became. These scores laced within these films are masterpieces; up there with the very greats of classical-music! I only wonder what Beethoven or Mozart would have composed if they had a visual story to mold their work around! Your work hasn’t left me for 25 years and I don’t see that changing anytime soon.

[SuperNickmitch]

ho thanks for telling me

[SuperNickmitch]

i love your work on the star wars film it was better then the real movie of the empire strikes back

[Robkizzy]

@SuperNickmitch Hi, I think that you have your words wrong. I didn’t work on any of the star wars films. I just love STAR WARS and the Soundtrack to The Empire Strikes Back.

[DarthMessias]

@Robkizzy

Aah, don't be so shy. We love your work on the Star Wars music! :D

[Throwmethewhip]

Good post! And 2 people are tone deaf.

[20metalhead10]

The star wars score is amazing in itself, but being with the movies just makes it a masterpiece.

[thisisverytrue]

Fantastic. You are indeed a star! This is the BBC Documentary that went out in early May 1980. I have a sound tape made at the time. It really is a superb look at the man, some of his 'back catalogue' and how he works. Well done. Thanks for posting. Takes me back....

[chrisman737]

Thanks. I am fan of both the film and the score. By far, the best score John Williams ever composed.

[jediking12]

2 People were Star Trekkies

[emmyymichelle]

JOHN WILLIAMS IS THE MAN!

[mrfruit]

I find 2 people's lack of faith disturbing.

[wookieproductions]

truly amazing

[JM4EDR]

John Williams, THE GREATEST film composer of all time.

[MrWhamma]

Amazing that star wars was about to lose it's contract agreement in 1977. Now, it's 1977 billion people in each country all over the WORLD that love it.

[CHRISTMASBASTARD]

John Williams is kinda under rated

[reformedfruit]

This is incredible. Thanks for sharing this. I love seeing Williams at the piano, performing that brief musical piece from the carbon freeze sequence.

[Pattty3]

Great video .

[talcy]

This is an amzing find! Thank you so much! Next monday marks 30 years to the day since I saw Empire.

[corysyourman]

so many planets based on one planet i mean whenyou think about it

[KalelClarkKent82]

Wow

[RedSunCZE]

Legend Soundtrack GOD + Basil Poledouris.

[gracer99]

empire was his masterpiece

[TankGun90]

Thanks for the upload mate :)

[BuddhaMaster84]

the best music is Rescue from Cloud City / Hyperspace, where Luke gets rescued with the Millenium falcon, he's hanging from the antennae. And when they catch him the best music stars! that driving bass-line towards a climating end

Score-Sheets or midis are nowhere to be found from this track on the whole inet, why?, its a masterpiece :(

[sillychad18]

A look at history at it's finest, my friends

[stikowsky]

I found one of the starwars themes in an old german army movie (original sound track). Don't know how to post the link to this movie, if I paste it here the post shows 'error' but if you search for

'german wehrmacht military parade(1937-2)'

on youtube, you will find it. (maybe someone can help me post the link). The music in this 1937 video starts with one of the themes from starwars. Anyone know the connection to the starwars music?

[pjkorab]

@stikowsky quote: "Anyone know the connection to the starwars music?"

Yeah, I know: there is none. Well, apart from it being a march. I'm guessing You mean th Force theme (as in "17. The Throne Room And End Title" from the "New Hope"), but the similarity is pure coincidence. It's just one of hundreds of nazi marches written and I don't think John Williams knows a lot of them. Hope I helped ;)

[peterSclarke]

@stikowsky It's an arrangement of Siegfried's theme from Wagner's Ring der Nibelungen.  Similar opening phrase but nowhere near plagiarism.

[stikowsky]

I found this theme which sounds just like one of the star wars themes. Anybody know the connection?

[WolfNight75]

El mejor compositor de todos los tiempos. Es una lastima que no este subtitulado o traducido al español.

[therunningcats]

amazing film

LE GEN DA RY

see on our page our piano cover of 5 great themes of Star Wars and tell us what you think

cheers

[arisguitar]

This video is a trasure... thanks for upload this!!!

[queggy1]

This is movie history!

[Aeolis7]

This is seriously the most interesting thing I have discovered here in a long time. I am such a huge fan of Williams, and Star Wars. Thanks for sharing this.

[HarryPotter87]

I just watch it 'cuz it has the nation of Norway.

[chazmann95]

the vehicle at 1:11 has just been made into a lego set...but i never saw it in the movie!! :(

[biggbaddjohn]

This is fantastic !!! Thanks

[kerrykingslaya]

nah the empire strikes back was no real action just plot and story which i'm not a fan of i like the 4 and 6th ones.

[EyeShotFirst1]

Well, I really liked that. No other Science fiction film allowed the characters to settle down and find their footing. I really want to see somebody write a movie like that again.

[jennajune16]

did you actually WATCH the movie? if you did, how can you claim that there was no action in it? O.ó

[LLJtbone]

I don't know if this is the best one or not? I surely like the music for the later Star Wars movies. Phatom Menace-the music is totally awesome. Regardless of which movie it is, JW's music is amazing.

[DuckwalkSupreme]

They all had great music, of course. I think Attack of the Clones has the best music of the series, at least it has some of my favorite musical parts of the series.

[TheRealmsOfGold]

@DuckwalkSupreme: I have to wholeheartedly disagree. The nuance in the original score is at a whole different level, compositionally—the pitch collections are much more varied and subtle, the timbres are more exciting, each film is cued better. The new films sound like they were thrown together in five minutes. In fact, I've always been convinced that Williams, in a deliberate move to show secret distaste for the New Trilogy, deliberately wrote more derivative material!

[DuckwalkSupreme]

My brain hurts...

[animewar999]

@DuckwalkSupreme why?

[DuckwalkSupreme]

@animewar999 Because RealmsofGold had to show how smart he was with his comment after I gave my simple opinion of Episode II's music.

[Towmotorseth]

@TheRealmsOfGold Revenge of the Sith has a fantastic score, as well as certain segments of the other two originals. I think it fits the film very well and conveys the emotions we see in the original trilogy.

[SuperPokefreak100]

i think the music at the end of episode 4 is good but i also like the 1st movie music

[EarlyRave84]

so old & sooooooo good!

[artbyvince]

thanks to the internet we can revisit rare treats from the past! Thanks for posting!

[joeylodes]

incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!

[freeakinnstephanie]

niceee .

[AlexanderUvarov]

yea.... it's very interesting ... thank you Ribkizzy

[dnbpimaz]

AMAZING:D

[TheSweeJay]

john williams is epic sauce, star wars wouldn't even be far from where it's at without his genius.

[seiya209]

thats right, lucas said that, because all the movies has 82% of music!

[rasmus91]

in Norway :D:D<3

[FirebirdDude]

JOHN WILLIAMS IS GOD!!!!!

[queggy1]

This is history!

[engchi93]

Wow, this is a great find!

[Robkizzy]

Thanks, Stick around

[Robkizzy]

Your comments are all welcome. this is is my favourite soundtrack of al time

[willemkiewiet]

Great documentary

[johnthedarkwingduck]

This is one of the most informative documentaries I have ever seen, a pleasure to watch. You have my gratitude for posting this (even though it is annoyingly in PAL speed).

[marcusunlimited]

Oh my gosh a SW documentary I haven't seen? Wow thanks!:)

[MSolePique]

BANGARAAAANG!!!! Many, many thanks for posting this.

[greenemerald1]

Good to see documentaries like this, thanks. I think without his awesome music, Star Wars wouldn't have been as succesful.

[GGbreizh]

@greenemerald1 Lucas said himsel that without John Williams, the film would not have been sucessful.

We cannot see the film without music, it would be dead, but we can hear the music without images. After all, there is no differences between composing for a prince, or composing for a movie director.

Thanks for posting this wonerful video.

[SlapMonkeyG]

Awesome, thx dude!

[Robkizzy]

I dont know. Star wars took all us kids off guard. Williams is good though.

[hershism]

surprised there's not more comments... thanks for posting this super rare insight into JW"s process !

[CaptPorridge2]

Thanks!