By Tim Greiving What is the definition of “Star Wars music”? Maybe, to paraphrase Jimmy Carter, you just know it when you hear it. Most people would answer by pointing to the man who invented ...

Set in a Chicago Irish pub called Mulligans, the story centers around what happens when a young, piano-playing ... If you love the music from the 1977 sci-fi blockbuster “Star Wars,” these ...

No matter how much time you’ve spent in the “Star Wars” universe ... Gittleman notes that Williams was a student of classical music and drew from many different composers.

THIS WEEKEND, THE WINSTON-SALEM SYMPHONY IS CELEBRATING ONE OF AMERICA’S MOST CELEBRATED LIVING COMPOSERS, JOHN WILLIAMS, WITH CONCERTS FEATURING MUSIC FROM ALL THREE OF THE STAR WARS TRILOGIES.

“I played boom boom boom on the piano for him ... probably has as many notes as the main theme of ‘Star Wars’!” And Spielberg has a theory for why Williams’ music is so unique.

Even if you're not a fan of the Star Wars films, you have to admit it would ... who was given direction from George Lucas to make it echo swing music. "Can you imagine several creatures in a ...

Star Wars music is so complex. There’s so many things happening. And so I put that aside and I sat down with the drums, played a groove and then went to the piano and wrote the whole song.