A Music Prof Conducts a Tour Through the Themes of Star Wars @fmlehman @chronicle

Frank Lehman, assistant professor of music, Tufts University, has studied the music of Star Wars, composed by John Williams, and has cataloged them for us nicely here. He's an expert, so there's a lot to digest, both in his catalog and in his interview with the Chronicle of Higher Education.

When I first saw Star Wars and heard that opening theme, it brought me back to Brahms' Second Piano Concerto, with that horn solo, the rich interplay between the piano (hero?) and the orchestra. Williams' lush melodies affect me the way that Brahms does. But maybe that's just me.