This film has an “oppositional score,” according to Emilio Audissino’s 2014 monograph on its composer. By release date, this is the earliest film in a musical catalog by Frank Lehman. This film’s title theme is scored in B-flat major so as to transition out of the 20th Century Fox fanfare, which this film revived. About five minutes into this film, a solo horn introduces the following G minor motif: a leap up from D to a long G, then an A, then the three notes B-flat, C, B-flat. This film uses a Rhodes piano, ARP synthesizer, and steel drum to augment an onscreen wind ensemble meant to be a futuristic take on 1930s Benny Goodman swing. This film’s title theme resembles Korngold’s theme to Kings Row, and is followed by so-called “Holst chords” based on the “Mars” movement. For 10 points, name this 1977 space opera scored by John Williams. ■END■
ANSWER: Star Wars [or Star Wars IV; or Episode IV – A New Hope; or Episode IV: A New Hope; reject other Star Wars episodes]
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