--- description: Oscar Isaac got his big break playing a singer-songwriter in Inside Llewyn Davis, so it's no surprise that he has some musical talent. title: Watch Oscar Isaac Masterfully Cover Bill Murray's Star Wars Theme Song image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Oscar Isaac Masterfully Cover Bill Murray's _Star Wars_ Theme Song  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Dec 16, 2015 10:51 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Dec 16, 2015 10:51 PM CUT Seeing as [Oscar Isaac](http://time.com/4130634/oscar-isaac-darth-vader-star-wars-the-force-awakens/ "undefined") got his big break playing a singer-songwriter in [_Inside Llewyn Davis_](http://entertainment.time.com/2013/12/04/the-coen-brothers-inside-llewyn-davis-folk-you/ "undefined"), it’s no surprise that he has some musical talent. During an interview with [GQ](http://www.gq.com/story/oscar-isaac-guitar-star-wars-cover "undefined") for the magazine’s January cover story, the [_The Force Awakens_ actor](http://time.com/4150168/review-star-wars-the-force-awakens/ "undefined") showed off his rhythmic chops by playing an acoustic cover of Bill Murray’s iconic _Star Wars_ theme song. Murray originally performed the tune during a “Nick the Lounge-Singer” sketch in season three of _Saturday Night Live_. Nick was one of Murray’s signature recurring characters during his run on the weekly late night show. Here’s the original _SNL_ scene: See Isaac’s full take on the song above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4152065/oscar-isaac-covers-bill-murrays-star-wars-theme-song/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4152065/oscar-isaac-covers-bill-murrays-star-wars-theme-song/"},"headline":"Watch Oscar Isaac Masterfully Cover Bill Murray's Star Wars Theme Song","datePublished":"2015-12-16T22:51:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:27:51.796Z","description":"He even mentions BB-8","url":"https://time.com/4152065/oscar-isaac-covers-bill-murrays-star-wars-theme-song/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","movies","Music","Saturday Night Live","Star Wars topic","Bill Murray","TV","Oscar Isaac","star wars: the force awakens","The Force Awakens"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4152065/oscar-isaac-covers-bill-murrays-star-wars-theme-song/","name":"Watch Oscar Isaac Masterfully Cover Bill Murray's Star Wars Theme Song"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Star Wars The Force Awakens Trailer","description":"Star Wars The Force Awakens Trailer","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/UyGxWpXw/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-10-20T02:40:51.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/UyGxWpXw.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4152065/oscar-isaac-covers-bill-murrays-star-wars-theme-song/","duration":"PT2M35S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4152065/oscar-isaac-covers-bill-murrays-star-wars-theme-song/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```