Poll: Reading Music Notation
Dear film music fans, To ensure that you get the most out of posts on this blog, I’d like to know a little about how you read music notation and …
New Musical Themes and Their Meaning in The Last Jedi
While John Williams’ score for The Last Jedi draws heavily on his existing thematic material in the Star Wars saga, it does contain three new themes that feature prominently in …
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Themes and Their Musical Meaning in Star Wars, Episode VII: The Force Awakens
Although The Force Awakens draws heavily on plot elements from the original Star Wars, John Williams’ score remained in a style more reminiscent of the prequels than the original films. …
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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, …
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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