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Following the success of the Korngold album, the Classic Film Scores series was extended through thirteen additional discs, including a second Korngold collection. These records have been credited with inspiring the revival of symphonic music in films, most prominently in the Star Wars series, which features prominent allusions to Korngold's style.
Kings Row is considered one of Korngold's more popular compositions. The White House requested the original orchestral score for Ronald Reagan's presidential inauguration. Academy Award winning film composer John Williams drew inspiration from the film's soundtrack for his famous Star Wars opening theme. [18]
In 1979, Gerhardt conducted the National Philharmonic Orchestra in Korngold's score for the Warner Brothers' 1942 film version of Kings Row, also produced by the composer's son George. This was an early digital audio recording available on the Chalfont Records label, subsequently available on CD through Varèse Sarabande.
In fact, George Lucas wanted Williams to use the scores of Steiner and Korngold as influences for the music for Star Wars, despite the rarity of grandiose film music and the lack of use of leitmotifs and full orchestrations during the 1970s. [65] [24]: 293 [29]: 521, 543
[14]: 50 Modern-day epics such as the Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogies similarly included original symphonic scores. [14]: 50 Composer John Williams has cited Korngold as his inspiration in scoring the Star Wars series. [17]: 717 The love theme of Robin and Marian went on to become a celebrated concert piece.
The composition draws influence from Erich Wolfgang Korngold's score for the 1942 film Kings Row [1] and Gustav Holst's Jupiter from his orchestral suite, The Planets. The B side featured the original movie score of "Cantina Band". "Star Wars (Main Title)" was the lesser of two hits featuring music from Star Wars.
The original Star Wars trilogy concluded with Return of the Jedi, for which Williams provided the "Emperor's Theme", "Parade of the Ewoks", and "Luke and Leia". Both scores earned him Academy Award nominations. [46] In 1999, Lucas launched the first of three prequels to the original Star Wars trilogy.
John Williams, composer of the music of all nine Skywalker Saga films. The music of the Star Wars franchise is composed and produced in conjunction with the development of the feature films, television series, and other merchandise within the epic space opera multimedia franchise created by George Lucas.