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Sep 21, 2004 · The original Star Wars is a great B-movie. Maybe the best, but it is still a B-movie. For all of the accolades tossed at the films, the fact that Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back are so uniquely successful is, in the end, a happy alignment of the people involved. George Lucas is often revered as a great filmmaker when in truth I believe he ...
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"The Throne Room" is a theme written by John Williams and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. After its first appearance in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, it was transformed into a leitmotif.
In the movies
The Walton-esque piece is played during the medal ceremony at the end of Episode IV. John Williams develops it into a set of chromatic variations during the scene in Return of the Jedi in which the Rebel fleet takes off into hyperspace. A longer rendition was written and recorded later (heard on the Skywalker Symphony album). This extended version was also recorded for the album version of the end credits for Episode III.
On television
The theme is also played in The Star Wars Holiday Special by the end of the show along with archive footage from A New Hope.
In video games
"The Throne Room" is played in the end credits of Star Wars: The Old Republic: Onslaught.
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The first score to Star Wars was composed and conducted by John Williams and orchestrated by Herbert Spencer (who orchestrated all three films of the original trilogy). Recorded over fourteen sessions[2] at Anvil Studios in Denham, England from March 5, 8–12, 15 and 16, 1977[3] , the score was performed by the 87-piece London Symphony Orchestra.[2] The film premiered on May 25, 1977 and by ...
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