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| ARTIST: John Williams |
| ALBUM: Star Wars Trilogy Soundtracks |
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In a word, brilliant. By rejecting the rock-infused or synthesizer-heavy musical tropes that characterized most science fiction ... oops, we mean space fantasy soundtracks of the day, John Williams created one of the most memorable and well-loved movie themes in cinematic history.
Grandiose, populist, optimistic and instantly recognizable, Star Wars' "Main Title" not only helped catapult audiences onto a rollercoaster ride of a movie, the piece -- along with the rest of the soundtrack -- helped lift the film far above its humble Saturday morning serial beginnings.
No, with this music space wasn't cold, distant and dangerous, it was alive with adventure, strange new worlds and the kind of trouble you could handle if you had a blaster at your side. Or the Force.
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