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 Wolfgang Korngold and Max Steiner.
The music for the films are especially distinctive as it has been known to paint musical pictures of such accessibility and precision, and Williams's invaluable contribution to the triple-trilogy and story films stands as an unsurpassed feat in the history of film scoring in terms of breadth, thematic-development and cultural impact.
The scores of the spin-offs have been written by various different composers. The musical scores for all the Star Wars Episodes were composed by John Williams. Every fan of Star Wars-and of great music-is in his debt.' ―George Lucas ' Once again, John Williams has exceeded my expectations and produced a lavish, rich, moving and thrilling score.