John Williams: Throne Room and Finale from Star Wars

Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel

[texashunter]

Star Wars would not be close to what it is without the music of John Williams

[tfmaster]

There are no other words to describe this, other than masterpiece.

[darrenharker]

A an old trumpet player, I still find that anyone who had the ability to compose this is unearthly. John Williams is the modern day musical LEGEND

[PacesIII]

The Throne Room score brings me to tears. Every. Time.

[johanlagerqvist]

Throne Room and Finale, which was played at our wedding in 2007 when we walked in.

[judibickford]

My husband and I walked into our reception hall to The Throne Room Theme/ Finale for our 2005 wedding.
Every time I hear it I think of that magical day.

[luismasse]

Some day John Williams will be considered as big as Mozart, Beethoven, Bach or Tchaikovsky. some day....

[huzzzer]

That 1 dislike is from an Imperial soldier.

[yampieviljotape]

I think this is one of the best music pieces ever created

[WhkFinatic]

It doesn't matter what your favorite movies are, what stories you like or hate. What unites us all as Star Wars fans is the music.

[BillofRights]

I had the pleasure of seeing Star Wars at the 70MM Coronet Theatre in San Francisco, the summer of 1977, one of the country's premier movie houses at the time and one of the few that had the then-revolutionary THX sound system. When Star Wars first opened, it wasn't a phenom for the first week or so(no social media back then)...and then the word got out and BOOM (I remember seeing the print ad prior to the opening and thinking it looked silly)! I was fresh out of college in the Bay Area and a buddy of mine called me, beside himself, about this AMAZING film he just saw! Could NOT stop raving about it. We waited a month to see it, and still had to stand in line for TWO showings to run before we got in. The crowds were insane. I have never experienced such anticipation in a theatre for a film to start. When the 20th Century Fox fanfare (which had been shortened and depleted of bass in recent years) came crashing forth in full dramatic length and deep sound, the place went nuts...only to be surpassed when Williams' masterpiece of a score erupted. The collective audience experience in the theatre that day for me has never been matched: wildly cheering but not unruly, and sustained applause and whoops of joy at the end. Great days of a cohesive populace loving life, long gone.

[greenjedi]

A lot of films have a recognisable piece of music. The original Star Wars has about 20 different pieces of music that is in instantly recognisable and all the film's combined have over 100 different tunes that are instantly recognisable!

[alittlebitofeverythingve]

Did anyone else cried listening to this masterpiece? 🥲

[ShadowHyena]

0:21 “For my ally is the force, and a powerful ally it is.”

[EricaEchos]

Lucas: "I'm making this weird science fiction movie that's probably gonna be a huge flop."

Williams: "in that case I'll compose one of the greatest scores of the 20th century and my career, suitable for an Academy award.

Result: A miracle.

[joebanish]

I’m a cellist, and we played the entire suite in my high school orchestra. The Throne Room was always my favorite movement, because of how cello heavy it is.

[GreenTwix]

When you get an A+ on a hard test and the nerd got a b.

[jsxr]

Cant wait for the day this randomly gets put on people recommended pages.

[rohanmarkjay]

I must say the Los Angeles Philarmonic Orchestra is pretty good. It sounds like it in the original movie soundtrack.

[jonathanmcauliffe]

The runs at 5:04 will never not give me chills. John Williams truly can do no wrong with music