Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope Original Soundtrack

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), Alexander Courage, Angela Morley, Arthur Morton and Albert Woodbury. The score was recorded by engineer Eric Tomlinson and edited by Ken Wannberg. the scoring sessions were produced by Star Wars director George Lucas and supervised by Lionel Newman, head of 20th Century Fox's music department. Recorded over fourteen sessions at Anvil Studios in Denham, England from March 5, 8–12, 15 and 16, 1977 , the score was performed by the 87-piece London Symphony Orchestra.

The film premiered on May 25, 1977 and by late summer a disco version of the Star Wars Theme performed by Meco became America's number one song. Williams received three Grammys in February 1978 and his third Academy Award (second for Best Original Score) in April.

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