Since the first film in the Star Wars series was released in 1977, Star Wars has become the most popular film series in history and with product sales at the $8.0 billion mark it is “the force” at retail outlets worldwide. Unique in its ability to cross gender and generational lines, Star Wars is the #1 film-based merchandise program in history. John William’s soundtracks for the series have been - and will continue to be – one of the most important parts of the phenomenon.

Not only has John Williams composed every Star Wars soundtrack, but he has also conducted the London Symphony Orchestra for each of the albums. This amazing team has been in place for the past 25 years. In 1999, Sony Classical released the Grammy-nominated original soundtrack recording of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (SK61816), which was a gold selling album in Australia and sold more than two million copies worldwide.