goofy but were there lyrics written for the star wars theme?

prochef · April 7, 2005, 10:43pm

Gotta bet with a movie buff and he claims that in fact there are lyrics that were written for the theme to star wars. Not the goofy stuff of old school SNL with Bill Murray but legitimate words intended for the original theme. Any validity or is he blowing smoke?

MikeS · April 7, 2005, 11:33pm

I can’t speak definitively to Star Wars, but there were lyrics written to the theme for the original Star Trek series. Perhaps that’s what your buddy’s thinking of?

tomndebb · April 7, 2005, 11:36pm

You’ll probably get more interested posters reviewing this thread in Cafe Society.

TJdude825 · April 8, 2005, 12:02am

I think this was asked once a year or two ago, but no answer was reached. Still, I remember someone wrote some lyrics on the spot for the old thread. They were like…

Star wars! Fighting those star wars!
Fighting those star wars, up in the sky!

badomen · April 8, 2005, 12:04am

Wasn’t the Life Day song at the end of the Christmas special sung to the theme song tune?

MovieMogul · April 8, 2005, 12:08am

Yup, Leia song it on the Wookiee homeworld. Makes you wonder if they’ll revisit the song in Episode III…

MovieMogul · April 8, 2005, 12:15am

Here’s a transcript of the SWHS. An excerpt:

A slow version of the theme to “Star Wars” begins to play.

                        LEIA
                (singing)
           We celebrate a day of peace. A day of 
           harmony. A day of joy we can all share 
           together joyously. A day that takes us 
           through the darkness. A day that leads us 
           into might. A day that makes us want to 
           celebrate the light. A day that brings the 
           promise that one day, we'll be free to 
           live, to laugh, to dream, to grow, to 
           trust, to love, to be.

The_Hook · April 8, 2005, 1:15am

Specifically for the movie? No. Neither John Williams or George Lucas ever thought of that. Lucas wanted a Wagnerian march for his Flash Gordon titles, Williams delivered. No lyirics.

Your movie buff is high on duff.

Zsofia · April 8, 2005, 1:45am

I did hear that the actors sang:

Star Wars - made me a fortune!
Paid off the mortgage! Bought me a car!

ddgryphon · April 8, 2005, 7:10am

Of course if you want to bother with the retrograde inversion, you can sing Born Free backwards to Star Wars main title, becuase Star Wars’s main title is Born Free upside down and backwards.
Born Free, as free as the grass grows, as free as the wind blows, Born Free to follow your heart

So, if you can make a famous theme out of a popular song upside down and backwards, remember – they forgot to copyright that. . .