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Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

Looks like a bit of Michael Giacchino's score for the new Star Tours has leaked out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJuZdICCKDE

Really nailed that 70's travelogue vibe, though honestly the first thing that came to mind was "Pixar Star Wars Movie". :getin:

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Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

On the topic of Williams, here's an alternate, expanded arrangement of The Jedi Steps from TFA:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZFkktFqi4M

I really dig it on the reasoning that it's simply more of the best track of the whole film, and that it sees itself to a slow and satisfying conclusion rather than being preempted by a rushed-sounding rendition of the Force theme (as so happened in the film version).

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

Regardless of the movie's endlessly debatable quality, I'd definitely rank TFA's score down with AOTC's for the reason that both are fairly mediocre scores boosted up by strong motifs (Rey's Theme and the aftermentioned Jedi Steps for the former, Across the Stars for the latter) and the occasional fun action cue (The Falcon and The Chase Through Coruscant, respectively and among others). Also, both have moments tracked from other films, replacing existing cues to varying effect.

Still, I hope that Williams returns for VIII, or at the very least, whoever replaces him as composer (because let's face it, the dude's getting old) retains the leitmotifs from TFA because that sense of musical continuity is key to that Star Wars feel.

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

Cross-posting (heh) from the SW spoiler thread:

Cross-Section posted:

Tracklist for the R1 soundtrack; sadly, Giacchino was only able to sneak 1 or 2 puns in:

quote:

1. He's Here For Us
2. A Long Ride Ahead
3. Wobani Imperial Labor Camp
4. Trust Goes Both Ways
5. When Has Become Now
6. Jedha Arrival
7. Jedha City Ambush
8. Star-Dust
9. Confrontation on Eadu
10. Krennic's Aspirations
11. Rebellions Are Built on Hope
12. Rogue One
13. Cargo Shuttle SW-0608
14. Scrambling the Rebel Fleet
15. AT-ACT Assault
16. The Master Switch
17. Your Father Would Be Proud
18. Hope
19. Jyn Erso & Hope Suite
20. The Imperial Suite
21. Guardians of the Whills Suite

Originated from here though they have since taken the tracklist down.

Guessing that this means no traditional Star Wars end credits music either, but that's not entirely surprising since they've done away with the crawl. Really curious as what Giacchino does with The Imperial Suite.

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

So John Williams basically went and rearranged Han Solo and the Princess from ESB.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KboCO09N7A4

It's a little meandering compared to the basically-flawless original, but a new motif (pops up around 1:36, 3:06, and 4:30) has me intrigued in a way that makes me wonder if we may be getting a little preview of what he's writing for the Solo film.

Cross-Section fucked around with this message at 06:32 on Feb 6, 2018

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

The Last Jedi has a score-only option on iTunes and the Movies Anywhere app/site.

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

TIL John Williams has a brother, Don Williams (who plays the timpani!) and he's recently been talking up The Rise of Skywalker's score:

video transcription posted:

Well John's started up with another Star Wars, we started out last week. He's got 135 minutes of music to write, okay, so that kind of tells you how long the film is. It is top to bottom music. We've done 4 days and we've just scratched the surface. I think we've got something like 34 minutes in the can at this point but I can tell you that every theme you've ever heard is gonna be compiled into this last effort. Every one -- Leia, Yoda, the Phantom, Darth, all of it is gonna be in there. And in his usual style he hides them, you gotta go look for them. You'll find them but you gotta go look for 'em! You'll be sitting there watching the film go by and there it is, two bars of it and it grabs you and takes you away. I find that happening a lot with this while I'm playing which takes me away from what I'm supposed to be doing which is counting and coming in at the right place.

The Phantom, meaning... Duel of the Fates? :hawaaaafap:

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

Phylodox posted:

Wouldn’t the titular Phantom be Darth Sidious? So, Palpatine’s theme?

Makes sense, and "the Phantom" could indeed refer to a new arrangement of Palps' theme specifically done for TROS, but in my heart of hearts, I really would just love for DotF to show up again. It's good music.

Cross-Section fucked around with this message at 23:23 on Aug 11, 2019

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

CelticPredator posted:

It kinda did in Solo

But it didn't make it onto the soundtrack, which was a bummer. Such a nicely-understated version of it, too.

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

Tomtrek posted:

Someone's put together a good version of it in YouTube, most likely using the rear channels of the 5.1 mix with a bit of filtering:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPC5ur9wQak

Good stuff, thanks. Shame so much of the dialogue and SFX leaks through even on the rears, though.

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

Sodomy Hussein posted:

Yeah it's kinda like how lower budget Star Wars video games just insert random Williams tracks in where they would have otherwise hired a composer.

Anyway came in here to talk about a couple of things.

Rogue One is cementing itself in my head as the best of the contemporary Star Wars films, and a big part of this is Michael Giacchino's score, which sounds like a Star Wars score while actually sounding like its own score.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf-cg9W5fQY

Like, the Imperial Suite will just be Another loving March Remix, right? No actually:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C2wCcuKmLI

It's just a really intense soundtrack that does a lot of work to push the movie's different direction. It's like the opposite of Solo, a Star Wars movie with an actual idea.

While listening to this on Spotify I also discovered that the player changes to a lightsaber, so that was fun.

For those of us who like things that sound like Star Wars now and then but have listened Star Wars to death, might I recommend Trinity and Beyond (also on Spotify):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM8-xN2v6Ws

I would also like to randomly add that Batman Returns is Danny Elfman's best work.

I actually rank Giacchino's Rogue One below Powell's Solo, largely because the former's incidental/action cues sound a lot like his JJTrek stuff, but his themes (Jyn's and Chirrut's specifically) are top-tier for motifs that were essentially banged out in 2 weeks.

Trinity and Beyond almost sounds more Holst-ian than Williams-esque, which, I guess, is appropriate enough.

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

Arcsquad12 posted:

Giacchino's music sounds like the kind of thing you get for a Star Wars fanfilm. Little of its own identity but distinct enough to avoid a lawsuit. So I actually find much of his rogue one soundtrack pretty lame. The hero theme for the movie is so bad it actively ruins the star destroyer ramming scene because it is just so out of place.

The Hope theme is fine when it's presented in an understated form (Jyn's speech to the Rebel council, for example) but when it kicks into overdrive it gives me heavy Starcrash vibes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGjGx-BUrx4&t=41s

quote:

The best non-Williams Star Wars composer is Mark Griskey, hands down. His music hits a lot of the subtler stuff that Williams can do rather than aping his bombastic themes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcxMiGjA1u0

This music is written entirely for a single, incredibly minor character in the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGI8mWG9VCk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjngOprs6As

They still nail the atmosphere of Star Wars while also having a muted, uneasy feel to them that matches the game's tone perfectly.

KotOR 2 also has the distinction of not being scored by an alleged rapist!

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

Like, drat, Ludwig Göransson's Mandalorian score really loving slaps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXp4GnC1Z3Q

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0Q0jx0Jk8Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBvQ75bwn28

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

About 50 minutes of the TROS score is out via the Disney FYC site

Not the entire thing mind, (no main title or credits, which is usual for the FYC score) but what is there is so, so good.

edit: looks like it was taken down, but I'm already seeing tracks going up on Youtube and elsewhere

Cross-Section fucked around with this message at 02:08 on Dec 11, 2019

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cz7dSYNhxE

The way Kylo's theme pops up here had me actually doing a double-take.

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

Annnnd they've also dropped the first volume of music from The Mandalorian Season 2; there wasn't quite enough new material in the past few episodes to justify a weekly release like last season, so they're just doing 2 compilation albums for this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjAP4IzvDVY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6OjOWrTTT4

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

Mando's back:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxtqzTpxN0U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MVSp5XmAuc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SN5wdSk6nk(:frogsiren: dub warning :frogsiren:)

I enjoyed Ahsoka's theme getting a proper orchestral treatment, and adored the new Boba Fett theme. Basically *poo poo's coming* in a few notes (and that's saying something given that Gideon's motif is practically built off the same idea).

Cross-Section fucked around with this message at 05:25 on Dec 19, 2020

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyk-eAQi5rk

Williams going full luxuriant Steiner melody with this one

Cross-Section fucked around with this message at 15:26 on Sep 3, 2022

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Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFioda0kMzw

I dare say Johnny W's still got it

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