I am personally quite excited because that was one of my concerns was the music. To me, the music is a very important aspect of movies, and Star Wars. I am a big fan of the Star Wars music (have several of the movies soundtracks), and have also really enjoyed John Williams other works. This makes me much more hopeful for the movies.
http://starwars.com/news/star-wars-celebration-europe-2013-john-williams-to-score-star-wars-episode-vii.html
It's nice to know they are using some people from the original films. I think they've got the music and the director right so lets just see how the writer turns out and if the actors are any good. :)
Brilliant man, without his music it just wouldn't be Star Wars.
Phineas and Ferb + Star Wars would still be good with John Williams background music. It just emotionally attaches you to the movie.. Love it!
From the news I heard a couple months ago (JW saying he wants to do Episode VII, Kathleen Kennedy wanting JW to do music) I new it was a matter of time until they got the contracts out of the way and made the official announcement.
I'm really happy and I don't feel like making a huge post about how happy I am. But if Episode VII sucks, you can bet the music will be amazing! ;)