Mars the god of war from Holst the planets was a very awsome choice as was the theme of the charioteers from ben hur.
did anyone know that both john williams and jerry goldsmith studied at the juliard school of music around the same time or that both were in the 20th century fox orchestra conducted by the famed alfred newman whos fox fanfare williams resurrected for star wars.
they were both contemporaries and to all accounts classmates and friends, Jerry Goldsmith is immortalized for creating the fanfare for star trek the motion picture that became the theme for star trek the next generation when mixed with tos theme. John Williams is of course going to be remembered mostly for his star wars scores for the original trilogy of films, after he is long gone. I guess id also put him up there for e.t., raiders of the lost ark, superman, jaws, jurassic park, hook, harry potter and the prequel scores for sw.
Heres to hoping that his new indiana jones score with the london syphony orchestra is nothing less than stellar.