It remains the bestselling instrumental single in US history. His medley, Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band, topped the US charts in 1977, shifting more than 2 million copies – twice what the actual soundtrack album sold. Williams called the cantina music “an anomaly”, but it captured cinemagoers’ imaginations, not least because the Mos Eisley scene – with D’an and his Modal Nodes played by the movie’s makeup artists, struggling to breathe in their rubber masks – was so memorable.ĭomenico Monardo, aka Meco, a musician and sci-fi nut who saw the movie on its opening night, recorded a disco version of the Star Wars theme, making sure to include a minute-long detour into the cantina music. The only electronic instrumentation was the ARP synthesiser, which delivered a fleet-footed bass line filters and reverb were used to make the tracks sound more unearthly. Unique Star Wars Cantina Posters designed and sold by artists. Animals and Pets Anime Art Cars and Motor Vehicles Crafts and DIY Culture, Race, and Ethnicity Ethics and Philosophy Fashion Food and Drink History Hobbies Law Learning and Education Military Movies Music Place Podcasts and Streamers Politics Programming Reading, Writing, and Literature Religion and Spirituality Science Tabletop Games. Williams returned to his piano and cooked up “the silliest little series of old-time swing band licks”, arranging the pieces for “Trinidad steel drums and out-of-tune kazoos”. Lucas suggested Williams imagine aliens having somehow discovered sheet music written by 1930s swing legend Benny Goodman, and attempting to play it without any understanding of what Earth music sounded like. “I didn’t have any idea what the sound should be,” Williams told Film Score Monthly in 1997. ‘I didn’t have any idea what the sound should be’ … John Williams with Star Wars character C-3PO in 1980.
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