Return of the Junkie: The Blog Awakens
To all friends and followers of Film Music Notes, I must apologize to you as it has been well over a year and a half since my last post here, […]
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Celebrating Star Wars Themes, Part 6 of 6: Battle of the Heroes
As the climax of Revenge of the Sith and the entire prequel trilogy, the duel between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker that concludes the film is placed under a great
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Celebrating Star Wars Themes, Part 5 of 6: Across the Stars
With its emphasis on the budding romance between Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala, it is no surprise that the love theme, Across the Stars, is the most pervasive theme in
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Celebrating Star Wars Themes, Part 4 of 6: Duel of the Fates
When John Williams returned to the Star Wars films in 1999 with Episode I: The Phantom Menace, there was something quite different about his approach to the score. Of course,
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Celebrating Star Wars Themes, Part 3 of 6: The Emperor’s Theme
In his score for Return of the Jedi, John Williams introduced a handful of new memorable themes into the Star Wars saga including that for the Ewoks, Jabba the Hutt,
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Celebrating Star Wars Films, Part 2 of 6: Uses of Darth Vader’s Theme
This is the second in a series of six posts on themes from the Star Wars films. Each post will examine a theme from each of the six films in
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