SpoilerEven more remarkable is the way Williams places motifs in contexts you might not expect, to suggest subterranean links between things that on the surface seem separate. At the very end, when a character linked to the Force appears, we get a chilling whiff of the evil Empire’s theme. To say why would require a spoiler alert. Let’s just say it reminds us that in this story, the roots of good and evil intertwine. To suggest such a weighty thought in a few seconds of music is no mean feat. It proves the Force is certainly still with Williams, so the Oscar really ought to be a shoe-in.
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It's not the lack of new themes that bothers me. It's the reliance on music that is pasted directly from old cues. consider ROTS, which used the force theme a lot but in very interesting ways IMO. Or the set pieces (ie ROTS opener) that don't introduce many new themes but are still different than previous music we've heard. Instead of just tracking in TIE fighter attack.
which is not to say there is no new music in TLJ - there's just less. Some of it is good, some is not