Different Star Wars music

There was a show on E or some other network a while back that showed Tom Sellick reading for the part of Han and Cindy Williams reading for Leia, This show also mentioned that some backers wanted to put pants on Chewbacca and also wanted a disco soundtrack.

I freely give you that many of the pioneers of disco were competent musical innovators, but so much crap had been put out that by 1979 there was a rebellion against disco. Star Wars workek well in part due to John Williams' symphonic score. But what if things had gone differently?

Suppose Lucas decites to go totally out to left field and hires Brian Eno and Robert Fripp to compose the soundtrack? Perhaps they hook up with Louis and Bebe Barron who composed the frst all-electronic movie score for Forbidden Planet?

The trench run with a guitar solo even more evil than the "Baby's On Fire" solo would be awesomeness incarnate.
 
There was a show on E or some other network a while back that showed Tom Sellick reading for the part of Han

Can't say if that was true, but more famously, Selleck was up for Indiana Jones. In checking that, I found this hilarious little tidbit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEigvdbzia8

Suppose Lucas decites to go totally out to left field and hires Brian Eno and Robert Fripp to compose the soundtrack? Perhaps they hook up with Louis and Bebe Barron who composed the frst all-electronic movie score for Forbidden Planet?

The trench run with a guitar solo even more evil than the "Baby's On Fire" solo would be awesomeness incarnate.
Otherwise great movies have been all-but-ruined at the critical level by the soundtrack (I specifically refer to this). Basically, you have to be very careful not to end up with music that makes it "sound" like the decade it was written in, that is unless it's set in the decade it's written in, of course.

You can have the best, most thoughtful costume and set design in the world, heck, you could even get by with a few bellbottoms and mohawks. But, if the music in the background is Disco the movie is virtually ruined -- it might still make a blockbuster, but in a couple years when disco dies, a sequel isn't really viable using the same artistic styles.

I'm not totally familiar with Eno's work. Some sort of "Orchestral Rock" style might work, but if it's not done excellently, then down the line it will still be laughed at, and it's less likely that the prequels will be created.

EDIT: In thinking about this, and looking into Eno more, I'm having second thoughts. You know, this really could work.

Another possibility: in 1976 Danny Elfman is at the beginning of his work, as part of Oingo Boingo. I don't know if his skills have matured enough for film scores by then, though.
 
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Maybe the music could evolve with a completely new soundtrack. Get the Fripp/Levin/Bruford/Belew King Crimson lineup to do "Empire". Imagine the Imperial March sounding something like Thela Hun Ginjeet.

Of course, thtis is getting a bit ASB as Fripp is probably just too difficult to work with. Egos would clash big time.
 
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