The emotions that I feel when an Imperial March, Across the Stars and many other themes of a Star Wars movie is almost impossible to match. This is not because this is not a good score but because John Williams is a level above everyone else. Of course, the big question is: can the score compete with a Star Wars scored by John Williams? Sadly I have to say: No. All three are fantastic and I can not wait to hear them performed live.Īll in all, I am very happy with what Giacchino has written in such a short time. The soundtrack ends with three suites that Giacchino wrote for the movie: Jyn Erso & Hope Suite, The Imperial Suite and Guardians of the Whills Suite. The title would suggest that it is a “All is well that ends well” moment, but the track just sounds very dark and smells of death and destruction which fits very well with the accompanying scene in the movie.
Sadly, this is not found on the soundtrack. Hope is the last track of the movie before the finale theme, a classic by John Williams, starts. To give it even more emotion a choir was added for the final touch. The two tracks The Master Switch and Your Father Would Be Proud are played during very emotional moments in the movie. The track Rogue One is a good example of how Giacchino writes his Star Wars music: the theme sounds very familiar, yet still slightly different. John Williams’ theme is incorporated here very nicely. The music makes it very clear that the dark side of the force is involved in this scene. Next up is the dark track Krennic’s Aspirations. Towards the end nice long emotional lines sweep into a grand finale. It starts very slow but halfway the track it gathers pace with a tight rhythm. The piano is an instrument rarely used in this score, adding an extra dimension to this piece.Ĭonfrontation on Eadu is the longest track on the score. Star-Dust is a rare treat: a very simple and beautiful piano piece played among all violence typical of Star Wars music. Jedha City Ambush shows very nicely how an action scene can still sound very melodic. Obviously, this is a march as it should be in a Star Wars movie. In When Has Become Now the “dark side” theme gets a nice exposure. The track Truth Goes Both Ways starts very strongly and has a nice variation of the Force theme in it from the original trilogy.
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Here and there you can notice a nod to the original Star Wars themes.ĭelving deeper into the score, Wobani Imperial Labor Camp is a short track that begins quietly with just a horn solo, after which the full orchestra joins in. It is nice to hear that the music is only done by a symphony orchestra with an occasional choir near the end of the movie. In other words, music that you would expect in a Star Wars movie. Overall the score consists of beautiful melodies with effects mostly played by brass instruments.
This would have been a great opportunity to see how the music of Williams would fade into the music of Giacchino. To my surprise, this movie does not start with the iconic opening crawl I was expecting. Michael Giacchino had to step in at the last minute and write the score in four and a half weeks.īoth the movie and the soundtrack start with a bang and then continue with a newly written theme by Giacchino. Apparently, some scenes of the movie were to be reshot, making it impossible for Desplat to write music for this movie. His answer was short and to the point: “No”. At a meet and greet with Desplat at the Krakow film music festival in 2016 he was asked if he had started composing for the movie. That honor would be going to Alexandre Desplat. John Williams would not compose for these movies. Rogue One is the first of those and takes place just before the original Star Wars. Episode 7 came out last year with music by the resident composer of the Star Wars movies: John Williams.Īpart from new stories in the original story arc, Disney will also make other movies in the Star Wars universe. More movies were promised, and not just in the main story arc.
Ever since the Star Wars franchise was sold to the Walt Disney company, the fan base has excitedly looked forward to what the new guardians would do with this universe.
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