John Williams - Star Wars "A New Hope' Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

UMC

£36.63

Format: 2LP
Catalogue No.: 8746246
Barcode/UPC: 0050087462468
Back in stock: 30 Apr 24
Genre: Soundtracks

Tracklists:
2LP
LP1 - Side A
Main Title
Imperial Attack
Princess Leia's Theme
The Desert and the Robot Auction
LP 1 - Side B
Ben's Death and TIE Fighter Attack
The Little People Work
Rescue of the Princess
Inner City
Cantina Band
LP2 - Side A
The Land of the Sand People
Mouse Robot and Blasting Off
The Return Home
The Walls Converge
The Princess Appears
LP2 - Side B
The Last Battle
The Throne Room and End Title

Gatefold double LP set for release on October 2nd, 2020

One of the most iconic soundtracks in movie history, the original motion picture soundtrack for Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: A New Hope is set for release as a gatefold double LP on 180g vinyl on 2nd October 2020.

This nostalgia-invoking soundtrack instantly transports listeners back to the scenes of what has become arguably the most iconic movie of all time. In the year of its release, the soundtrack won some of the most prestigious awards* in the movie business including the Academy Award® for Best Original Score and the BAFTA Best Film Music (1978). Also in the year of release, the ‘Main Title’ track of the album broke into
the Billboard Hot 100 at number ten, unheard of at the time for a classical music track and the album went on to sell over a million copies in the US alone.

Composed by John Williams, and performed by London Symphony Orchestra, the soundtrack has gone on to be the benchmark of original movie scores and is recognised as a gateway to the discovery of classical music.

In a career spanning more than five decades, John Williams has become one of America’s most accomplished and successful composers for film and for the concert stage. He has composed the music and served as music director for more than one hundred films, including all nine Star Wars films.

Williams has won five Academy Awards, four Golden Globe® Awards, seven British Academy Film Awards, five Emmy® Awards and 25 Grammy® Awards. With 52 Academy Award nominations, Williams is the Academy’s most nominated living person and the second most-nominated individual in history, after Walt Disney.

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* Award wins
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score (1978)
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (1978)
BAFTA Award for Best Original Music (1979)
Grammy Award for Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television
Special (1977)
Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Recording (1977) – for Main Title
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition (1977)
Saturn Award for Best Music (1977) – tied with “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”
AFI's Greatest American Film Score of All Time (2005)