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Oct 21, 2014 - 6:03 PM
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Don Norman
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Love reading these posts! 
I agree with the OP, and think a good 50% of the reason I love Star Wars so much (and have done since the late 70s) is John Williams' amazing music. The first score in particular is mother's milk to me - my comfort album. ANYtime I feel low, to this day just playing that album cheers me up! I heard so much of it in the Star Wars Radio Drama (which I used to record onto reel to reel tape & replayed endlessly. Still have it!) aired here in the UK on Radio One 1981. I had the RSO cassette of the first score too, then the Story of The Empire Strikes Back cassette which of course expanded my love of the Star Wars scores. I owe John Williams so much - these scores turned me onto classical music; Holst, Stravinsky, Mussorgsky, Vaughan-Williams etc. Anything that sounded vaguely similar to Star Wars I wanted to hear! Mint condition UK, US & Japanese pressings of the soundtrack LPs are my most prized soundtrack possessions, along with Arista's Anthology box set. I never tire of these scores & not a week goes by when I don't listen to at least parts of one of them. They're part of my dna at this point! It's the score I'm most excited about for the impending Episode VII. I have a feeling the participation of the original cast, a script with large input by Kasdan, a Director & Producer (not to mention Disney!) who know full well this film HAS to be good, will hopefully give Williams something to get fired up about again, and invested in emotionally, which will of course enhance the film ten-fold. I'm also hoping we'll get decent audiophile remastering of all the scores too of course 
John.
I think part of the strong affect that the score had on audiences is the great sound or presence of the soundtrack. To me, it had an almost visceral impact which was a result of the way the music was recorded and mixed. I hope that J.J. Abrams feels the same way and will try to replicate that sound in the next Star Wars film.
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