This resulted in several nods or homages to the music of Gustav Holst, William Walton, Sergei Prokofiev and Igor Stravinsky in the score to Star Wars. Williams, who was hired to consult and possibly work on the source music, advised to form a soundtrack with recurring musical themes to augment the story, while Lucas's choice of music could be used as a temporary track for Williams to base his musical choices on. Lucas originally wanted to use tracked orchestral and film music in a similar manner to 2001: A Space Odyssey, itself a major inspiration for Star Wars.
Indeed, Lucas maintains that much of the films' success relies not on advanced visual effects, but on the simple, direct emotional appeal of its plot, characters and, importantly, music. The reasons for this are known to involve George Lucas's desire to allude to the underlying fantasy element of the narrative rather than the science-fiction setting, as well as to ground the otherwise strange and fantastic setting in well-known, audience-accessible music. The scores utilize an eclectic variety of musical styles, many culled from the Late Romantic idiom of Richard Strauss and his contemporaries that itself was incorporated into the Golden Age Hollywood scores of Erich Korngold and Max Steiner. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
Ryan Shore serves as the composer for Star Wars: Forces of Destiny (2017–present).
Kiner continued his work with the franchise for the animated series Star Wars Rebels (2014), which also incorporates Williams' themes. A soundtrack album was released in 2014 by Walt Disney Records.
Kiner went on to score the TV series' entire seven seasons, which concluded in 2020. Kiner's own material for the film includes a theme for Anakin Skywalker's Padawan learner, Ahsoka Tano, as well as a theme for Jabba the Hutt's uncle Ziro. Both properties loosely use some of the original themes and music by John Williams. Kevin Kiner composed the score to the film Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008), the predecessor to the animated TV series of the same name. Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles (Han Solo Theme) John Williams (Han Solo Theme, Original Themes)
Released between 19, the music for the primary feature films was, in the case of the first two trilogies, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and, in select passages, by the London Voices chorus. These count among the most widely known and popular contributions to modern film music, and utilize a symphony orchestra and features an assortment of about fifty recurring musical themes to represent characters and other plot elements: one of the largest caches of themes in the history of film music. Williams' work on the series included the scores of nine feature films, a suite and several cues of thematic material for Solo and the theme music for the Galaxy's Edge Theme Park. The music for the primary feature films (which serves as the basis for the rest of the related media) was written by John Williams.
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 franchise created by George Lucas. John Williams, composer of the music of all nine Skywalker Saga films.