AVBG 2 Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Hello! My name is Axel and I'm a new member on this forum. I'm a full time cello and classical musician student and I have slowly over the last 2 years been doing a in-depth analysis of the music for Star Wars(1977). My plan is to make a "complete" analysis and documentation of the full score for Star Wars, but the problem is that it is of course very difficult to do so without access to the full orchestral score. So my question is, does anybody here know where, or even if, you can get the full score for Star Wars? Is it, at all, available for the public in any way? Not only do I really want/need it to be able to do a proper analysis of it, but also because it has for a really long time been my holy grail when it comes to music, because it was this score that started my love for music which now basically is my life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manakin Skywalker 4,854 Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Are you referring to sheet music? The sheet music for the original trilogy has never been leaked. However, the sheet music for all 3 prequels has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,043 Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 The sheet music for any of the Star Wars films has never been released for sale. In fact, no John WIlliams score is up for sale (only selections, no entire scores). This company sells complete scores legally, but they will probably never get a John Williams license: http://www.omnimusicpublishing.com/ zoltan_902 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,450 Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Welcome, Axel. I'm sure the score is stored on a computer, somewhere. All you have to do, is download it, darling. Loert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruckhorn 105 Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Hal Leonard has released a couple of suites from the two trilogies as well as a few other pieces individually. All of them are "concert arrangements" of the cues rather what is in the movie. It's a start. There are various sources of the not-legal variety of various sketch scores and full scores that are primarily hand written (by Williams or whoever orchestrated it was) on nefarious sites known to be a party to such exchanges of information. Until I read it earlier in this thread, I only thought that about half of Empire was available. Apparently, I'm not nefarious enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Matt S. 492 Posted May 8, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted May 8, 2017 If you play the Star Wars theme on trumpet on his front lawn, he might let you in his house to look at the scores in his personal archives. Jay, airmanjerm, Manakin Skywalker and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manakin Skywalker 4,854 Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 36 minutes ago, Matt S. said: If you play the Star Wars theme on trumpet on his front lawn, he might let you in his house to look at the scores in his personal archives. I'll play it on xylophone with someone else playing staccato piccolo. He'll love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICHARDSTRAUSS68 107 Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Not legally aj_vader 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balahkay 627 Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 On 5/8/2017 at 5:44 PM, Matt S. said: If you play the Star Wars theme on trumpet on his front lawn, he might let you in his house to look at the scores in his personal archives. If you REALLY want his attention, you play Rey's theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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