Music of the ST

I really liked.

Williams created such good themes for this ST.
Reys and Kylo's theme are pretty amazing and remarkable
Jedi Steps, March the Resistance and Fun with Finn and Rose are one of my favs also.

 

Even though the score of the ST has its moments, it's still the weakest of all trilogies. Mainly because - just like the movies themselves - JW relied to much on nostalgia and old themes. For example the 'Force Theme' was used way too much, it didn't feel special anylonger.

But my favorite tracks of each movies are:

TFA:

TLJ:

TROS:

Honorable mention:

 

Force Awakens

Last Jedi

Rise of Skywalker

I have no favourite yet, to be honest I didn't take the time listening to the soundtrack yet, only skipped through.

 

Rey's Theme is so beautiful. Probably my favourite Track of the ST along with March of the Resistance.

 

I like The Scavenger from TFA. I think is the same music with Rey's Theme correct?

 

I love those soundtracks! Especially The Imperial March. Since its May the 4th, decided to do a short piano cover. The hair is not quite like Princess Leia, but you get the drift! (The Force Theme & Imperial March Medley). Hope you like it!

 

TFA and TLJ soundtracks are great (Rey’s theme is one of the best of the Saga). I didn’t care for TROS soundtrack as there was nothing memorable like you get with each new SW movie. From what I read, that may not be John Williams fault and more an editing problem. The rumor is they did reshoots and restructured the movie more than previous Saga movies so some of Williams music got put in a different context cause they cut short/edited many scenes.

 

This is interesting. I wouldn’t be surprised if this is the case. I enjoyed the Sequel Trilogy’s music from beginning to end, and there were definitely moments within The Rise of Skywalker’s score that I found myself revisiting frequently. However, a significant portion of it –– including Ben Solo’s theme, which is a pretty important moment, both narratively and musically, in the film –– was cut from the soundtrack. I also felt like it was weird that certain themes were underused. For example, Leia’s theme was overlooked for much of the film even though the film was largely a tribute to her. It also felt weird to use “Luke and Leia” as the victory theme at the end of the film when the Resistance is celebrating at their base on Ajan Kloss.

For me, though, one of the biggest mistakes made with the score –– and one that I would suspect is more on Disney/Lucasfilm than John Williams –– was the omission of “Duel of the Fates.” It was used in one or two of the TV spots for the film, and according to John’s brother, he did re-record that theme for The Rise of Skywalker. The fact that it wasn’t used during Rey and Kylo’s fight on the Death Star wreckage was such a huge disappointment.

Overall, though, I think John did a fantastic job scoring the sequels, as always.

 

Yeah, I really felt like “Luke and Leia” was an odd choice for the end of the film. I mean, hell, it would’ve made more sense to interpolate that into the Force theme when their ghosts appear to Rey in the epilogue. At first, I felt like they might’ve used that theme for the broader theme of familial revelations, being that it was first used when Leia was revealed to be Luke’s sister, and in this context, there were clear implications that Jannah could be Lando’s daughter. But there’s so much ambiguity there, and I still feel like, if that was the goal, they should’ve created a new piece of music to use there. “Luke and Leia” really works best when used for those characters specifically, and that’s why it worked as well as it did in The Last Jedi.

As far as “Duel of the Fates” goes, apparently a lot of fans agree on that one. There’s SEVERAL fan edits on YouTube that have rescored the entire battle between Rey and Kylo in The Rise of Skywalker with “Duel of the Fates.” Even though I might not necessarily agree with every choice in a Star Wars film, there are typically few things that I’d actually change about them. This is one thing, though, that I absolutely would change in a heartbeat. I was really disappointed that “Duel of the Fates” wasn’t featured in the film at all, and the Death Star duel seemed like the perfect place to use it. It’s a shame they didn’t.

 

It's a very haunting melody. That takes on a completely different tones as the films go on and her story becomes darker. I am so happy that the film makers didn't just gloss over her abandonment issues. If you go on YT there are probably at least 10 fan made variations on Rey's theme which shows how much people like the theme and have been affected by it. My favourite theme is the one by Samuel Kim

For those of you who like the TROS soundtrack there's an expanded edition for sale:

https://elitesoundtracks.com/produc...-expanded-score-special-edition-john-williams

 

Honestly, other than Rey's Theme (or whatever it's actually called), I can't remember a single other ST theme from memory to hum or whistle.

However, play me any other theme from the first six films, I can tell you with 100% certainty from which film and from which scene they are from. But I can't do that with the ST themes.

The ST themes have literally been forgetful and the weakest in all the Star Wars films.

 

Rey's Theme
Kylo's Theme (don't know what it's actually called)
The Jedi Steps
Fun With Finn & Rose
A New Home

Are all fantastic.

 

That is tempting but I’m not all too sure it’s legit... the mash up of artwork and logo screams bootleg to me. Would love to be wrong!

 

One of the tracks that I love from TROS was the training course and was disappointed that they never had it in the soundtrack. I ended up finding a fan edit with the dialogue stripped:

I'll let you know when I receive it. But I can't testify on the legality.