The vinyl release is pressed on 180g vinyl, and features the original 20th Century Records logo. In 2016, the album was re-released by Sony Classical Records on vinyl, CD, and digital formats alongside Williams' other Star Wars soundtracks. The Star Wars soundtrack saw subsequent reissues since its initial release. In 2005, the American Film Institute named the original Star Wars soundtrack as the most memorable score of all time for an American film.
In 2004, it was preserved by the Library of Congress into the National Recording Registry, calling it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The soundtrack album itself became the best-selling symphonic album of all time it was certified Gold and Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, and won numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and Grammy Awards in the categories of best film score and soundtrack album. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, with a disco version of the film's theme by Meco becoming a number one single hit in the United States in October 1977. The soundtrack album was released by 20th Century Records as a double- LP record in the United States in June 1977. The score was recorded by engineer Eric Tomlinson and edited by Kenneth Wannberg, and the scoring sessions were produced by Star Wars director George Lucas and supervised by Lionel Newman, head of 20th Century Fox's music department. Spencer, who also later orchestrated the scores for The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. The score was orchestrated by Williams's frequent associate Herbert W. Williams' score for Star Wars was recorded over eight sessions at Anvil Studios in Denham, England on March 5, 8–12, 15 and 16, 1977. Star Wars (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to the 1977 film Star Wars, composed and conducted by John Williams and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.
Star Wars (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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