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steb74
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The Music of the Stars Circa 1977
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31-Jan-2011, 7:29 AM

msycamore said:

The most obvious homage to Herrman's Psycho, is the 3-note motif Williams used for the scene where our heroes emerge from the Millennium Falcon's secret compartments.

Film Score Monthly Vol 8 - 1 (Williams interview)

I personally have no problem believing this as the figure in question is such an elementary musical idea which I'm sure could be traced back to a couple of hundred years before even Herrmann.