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Williams received three Grammys in February 1978 and his third Academy Award (second for Best Original Score) in April.Ī three-LP 40th anniversary box set was released on December 1, 2017. The film premiered on and by late summer a disco version of the Star Wars Theme by Meco became America's number one song. Recorded over eight sessions at Anvil Studios in Denham, England by Eric Tomlinson from March 5, 8–12, 15 and 16, 1977, the score was performed by the 87-piece London Symphony Orchestra.
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). " John Williams has a score of unstinting dimension, soaring string sections and thundering basses and brilliant horns, which performed by the London Symphony Orchestra for the superlative sound system, lifts you out of your seat." ― Charles Champlin