<P> The music of the Star Wars franchise is composed and produced in conjunction with the development of the feature films, television series, and other merchandise within the epic space opera franchise created by George Lucas . The music for the primary feature films (which serves as the basis for the rest of the related media) was written by John Williams . Williams' scores for the eight saga films count among the most widely known and popular contributions to modern film music, and utilize a symphony orchestra and features an assortment of fifty recurring musical themes to represent characters and other plot elements: one of the largest caches of themes in the history of film music . </P> <P> Released between 1977 and 2017, the music for the primary feature films was, in the case of the first two trilogies, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and, in select passages, by the London Voices chorus . Williams also scored the seventh and eighth episodes in the franchise's sequel trilogy, and he is currently slated to score the ninth (and last) episode as well . The sequel trilogy was largely orchestrated and conducted by William Ross, and it was performed by a freelance Hollywood orchestra and (in a few passages) by the Los Angeles Master Chorale . </P> <P> Additionally, music for several animated television series spinoffs has been written by Kevin Kiner and Ryan Shore . Music for the spin - off films, other television programs, and video games, as well as the trailers of the various installments, were created by various other composers, with this material occasionally revisiting some of Williams' principal themes, and - with the latest spin - off film, with Williams actually writing a new theme for the composer to use . Michael Giacchino was the composer of the first Anthology film, Rogue One, while John Powell will score the Star Wars film Solo . </P>

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