Star Wars Episode VII: John Williams In Talks, Happy to Return

During a new interview, Superman: the Movie and Star Wars composer John Williams told Zap2It that he's spoken with Lucasfilm about doing the music for Star Wars Episode VII, revealing that he's not only willing to do it but generally curious to see how J.J. Abrams's Star Wars will turn out. "We've certainly talked about that, and I'm happy and willing to do it," said Williams. "J.J. Abrams, who will be the director, seems excited about the idea. I have to say that J.J. is a much younger man than I, but I will try to keep up with him as much as I can!" He continued, "We now have the benefit of all this computer simulation and technical work that wasn't even possible 20 or 25 years ago....I don't know how hands-on George Lucas will be -- I suspect he will be to some degree -- but I can only imagine how excited he must be, to have a director like J.J. have all these tools at his fingertips to produce something even more adventurous technologically. I can't wait to see what he will do with it." Recently, Abrams suggested that Williams--who also scored movies like Indiana Jones and Jaws--was the favorite to score the new Star Wars in spite of the fact that he's known for working with another composer on most of his projects. "Michael Giacchino is an incredible composer, who I was lucky enough to begin working with on Alias," said Abrams. "He's truly one of the most influential members of our crew, and I think this score, he really outdid himself. Again, for Star Wars, it's very early days, but I believe that, going forward, John Williams will be doing that film, because he was there long before I was."