Star Wars score tops movie music poll
Not content with being one of the most loved sci-fi films of all time, Star Wars has now come top in a poll to find the best sci-fi movie music ever. Conducted by Total Sci-Fi Online, the poll asked members of the site to vote on their favourite soundtrack from a science fiction film. It’s no surprise it’s a favourite amongst fans since composer John Williams won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA and a Grammy for it, as well as working on all six Star Wars movies since 1977. He has also worked on amazing sci-fi soundtracks such as E.T.: Extra Terrestrial, Jurassic Park and Superman.
Matt McAllister, Total Sci-Fi editor, says: “With his score for Star Wars, John Williams created one of the most iconic and unforgettable soundtracks 
of all time. Most people could identify the movie from just a few bars of the main title music, and Williams’ work across all of the Star Wars movies really does create a palpable sense of intergalactic space battles and galaxy-spanning adventures. For many moviegoers, this is now the definitive sound of science fiction.” Coming second with a following of trekkies is Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan composed by James Horner, and third is the synthesised sounds of Vangelis’ Blade Runner soundtrack. Star Trek the Motion Picture came in fourth and Queens score for Flash Gordon fifth. Also in the top ten are 1951s The Day the Earth Stood Still, Close Encounters of the Third Kind (another John Williams creation), Aliens and the 1986 animation Transformers the Movie.
It seems Star Wars is one of those films never to be forgotten, especially since Star Wars: The Concert will be opening in California on 1st October!