Ashley Hangan

 
Comparisons:
Scotland the Brave and Star Wars

 

 

 

 

 

Introduction


For forever, cultures have had defining music that has created waves of enthusiasm. Beginning in 1980, the popular movie Star Wars swept America off its feet. But not only was the movie a huge hit, the main theme song to Star Wars, by John Williams, became a well known tune across the nation. Like the main theme to Star Wars, Scotland has its, if it could be called, main theme song as well. For most, they say it is their national anthem called Scotland the Brave played by their, all famous, Celtic bagpipes. The music of Star Wars and Scotland’s national anthem have main differences of style and instrumentation, as it is fairly prominent, but there is a similarity in the melody and meter.