John Williams winning Best Original Score for "Star Wars"

Johnny Green, Henry Mancini and Olivia Newton-John presenting John Williams with Best Original Score Oscar® for "Star Wars" at the 50th Annual Academy Awards® in 1978.

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[henrique88t]

He's so awesome he's his own rival.

[mrbrockpeters]

He should've won a decade's worth of Oscars for Star Wars score alone!

[Superphilipp]

Bah, the house orchestra butchered that.

[BeardleProductions]

Totally deserved it, he made the movie so much better with the music.

[WalletheWalrus]

JOHN WILLIAMS IS THE MAN!!!!!!!

[heartfire451]

I so remember that star wars score and close encounters score playing on my parents huge floor model magnavox Radio/8track? record player when I was a kid and hearing that music reverberate through our house. That music and those old players had a beauty all their own. Also those music and movies ended an era of crappy movies with shit music scores. Anyone here remember going to the show in 1977 and hearing this star wars score open up and jumping in their seats? I do.

[jjlichty44]

Hey, that first trumpet is off.

[ChrisZ70]

He should MOST DEFINITELY have won for his score for "The Empire Strikes Back," without question. Just think of "The Emperial March" as well as Yoda's theme and the ending credit medley. "Star Wars" should have won "Best Picture" for 1977 as well, but that's another story.

[MarauderOSU]

He should've won for Raiders of the Lost Ark as well.

[jayce79]

I have actually never seen this. Wow. Big Thanx.

[Volts48]

@lonelygnome1 Because he wanted to. (CSI "yeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh­hh!!!!!!!" is cued)

[lonelygnome1]

J.W. is the man.

[AzMiramontes26]

it may have been a Trojan who thought of Star Wars, but it was a BRUIN who made it rock!

[crwdfwtx]

Henry Manciini gives an Oscar to John Williams

[Fkouch]

@jg2904

Get out!

[ScrubmanLowell]

@theone225 My thoughts exactly!

[KayWildcat]

@MajCinematic Well, you can't, but I feel that Star Wars is a strong score in terms of thematic significance and the layers of symbolism within the notes of the themes. Close Encounters is a brilliant score, but Star Wars will still be a score which is a little more memorable.

[BlueBerry349]

oh my god, john williams is so great! 5 oscars!!!! 

[javilack]

he himself is a composed men...so contained and serene...like his music!

[jg2904]

I don't want to be the only devil's advocate... but can anybody say King's Row? There are really better scores, Star Wars is only the most recognized. Not that it's bad in any way, but methinks it to be a tad overrated...

[GGbreizh]

@horozcorc I LOVE when people proof themselves their stupidity or their ignorance. Thank you for this marvelous comment.

[DoctorEntertainment]

One question, why did they put John Williams all the way in the back!? 0:45

[UFOSPACE1999]

@theone225 Lion King? Is it better than Citizen Kane Score? Better than Jaws? Better than E.T. Better than Superman, Better than Wizard of Oz? Gone With the Wind? Better than Jurassic Park...and the list goes on and on..I can personally think of 300 scores better than that Hans ZIP shit.....

[theone225]

Star Wars - Greatest Movie of All Time

Lion King - Second Best, but Greatest Animation Of All time

[MrMisterbellamy]

@MountDoomPictures ...what are you talking about? The LOTR symphony isn't really anything, it's just the best parts from the scores played in a concert. The symphony came AFTER the movies, and the only reason it even exists is because of the popularity of the original film scores.

Also, @mhaze210, funny you should say that, because John Williams has actually said that Close Encounters is his favorite of all his scores! Rightly so, though, it's a true masterpiece.

[sadalite]

so gracious and humble, yet he could easily be the most arrogant man in Hollywood and no one would blame him for it

[WraithTheSlayer]

dude .... star wars is still chaging lot of generation of humans.. u can belive that? damn man ... it's so f... cking awesome. respect john w. & george L. !! they're real but real jesus and god. ty misters for you genious mind , ty ,ty ty.