He has said before that it was truly meant as another extension of the fanfare, and it has since been adopted by Star Wars film score buffs as part and parcel of the scores to Star Wars. When John Williams signed onto the Star Wars project, one of his first moves was to compose the Main Title to Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope in the same key as the 20th Century Fox fanfare. The fanfare and logo have, since then, enjoyed a rebirth in usage. However, George Lucas enjoyed the logo and Alfred Newman music so much that he insisted it be used for his Star Wars films. In the mid-to-late 1970s, the 20th Century Fox logo had all but been phased out. In 1953, an extended version was created for CinemaScope films, and debuted on the film River of No Return. The 20th Century Fox fanfare was composed in 1933 by Alfred Newman, a longtime head of Fox's music department from 1940 to 1960.
