zombie84 said:

I think he actually wanted Williams to use either classical pieces a la 2001, or Korngold's music from stuff like Captain Blood. And then Williams said he could do something like that but original and better and he came back with the SW score.

didn't know if this was already mentioned but want to take this moment to wish cinema's greatest composer a Happy 80th Birthday!!

this man is a living treasure. If you made a top ten list of the most recognizable film scores of all time, he would have at least 5.