Yet even though sound effects take over the opening sequence, music can still be heard in the background, performed mostly through blarring brass that seem to echo the firing of the guns and snare drum roles that give a militaristic undercurrent. The sound effects bridge the gap between the world in the film and the reality of the audience, and by experiencing the sound the audience can better believe they are actually experiencing the visual action on the screen as well. This is why it is important for the spaceships have roaring engines even though sound in space is scientifically inaccurate because otherwise the audience would not be able to feel as if they were in the film.
This seems to draw the audience out of the untouchable world that the music and text inhabited, thrusting them back into a plane where sound as a consequence of seen action exists.
In this moment the sounds of spaceships take over the music until they become the focus of the sonic atmosphere. Immediately after the original text fades into space, the music loses its tonality and sense of purpose and the camera swings down to view the world below. Importantly, sound effects are what begin the diegetic soundtrack and the true emersion into the world of Star Wars. Sound effects such as the whirring of drills, the roar of spaceship engines, even the clanking of feet against the metal ramparts in the ships help to pull the audience into a world full of technology and structures that the audience knows does not exist.
Throughout the film the sound effects are linked with technology, giving a realistic, mechanical edge to the visuals on screen. While lyrical, narrative music dominates the sonic environment of Star Wars, sound effects play a crucial role in making the film believable and drawing the audience into the film. A Brief History of Science Fiction Film Music
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