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, …
Celebrating Star Wars Themes, Part 4 of 6: Duel of the Fates Read More
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, …
Celebrating Star Wars Themes, Part 3 of 6: The Emperor’s Theme Read More
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 …
Celebrating Star Wars Films, Part 2 of 6: Uses of Darth Vader’s Theme Read More
Through the first six films of the Star Wars saga, John Williams’ inimitable scores have generated a large body of musical themes that have played an inextricable part in building …
Celebrating Star Wars Themes, Part 1 of 6: Uses of the Force Theme Read More
Long gone are the days where the main tasks of a film composer were the seeking out of scoring projects and the writing process itself. Over the past few decades, …
BOOK REVIEW: Guerrilla Film Scoring, by Jeremy Borum Read More
While predicting the future is something we can only dream of, I have always found that digging into the past reveals recurring patterns that tend to point in a particular …
Oscar Nominees 2015 (Part 6 of 6): Prediction, Best Original Score Read More
