THE LAST JEDI - Rough Complete Score Breakdown - SPOILERS ALLOWED

[Will 2,215]

Prefatory notes:

 

1. Sorry for the formatting not being ideal, but I tried to do this as fast as possible (and it still took many hours over the last few days). 

 

2. Also, I don't include unreleased cue timings, but I do give brief descriptions of most unreleased cues. Obviously it's tough to accurately describe music, so I ended up saying stuff like "there are some fanfares" a lot. But I hope you find it a bit interesting. 

 

3. A note on Johnson's treatment of the score: It doesn't seem to me that there's very much microediting or tracking in the film! That's in addition to the great mix! 

 

4. Overall, it doesn't seem like there's that much essentially unreleased music. Sure, there are a bunch of short cues we're missing, but not many full "sequences." 

 

4. Some have said "The Battle of Crait" contains music that differs from the end credits (possibly a non-microedited version?) I wasn't really sure about that so I didn't deal with that here. 

 

5. @CGCJ has done a nice breakdown of the OST chronology here, if you haven't seen it yet:

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DW-2_W4bTKZb-NeUlL5NUMMqvzDAMzHCH1a8waRH6ic/htmlview# 

 

 

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Rough Cue List

 

By Will (with some assistance from @Jilal)

 

Main Title - unclear whether OST recording and film recording are identical, and whether either are new

 

Escape Part 1 - heard until about 2:45 on OST track; last few seconds are unreleased, but nothing too special; not sure if there are differences between OST and film version because our audio source cut off beginning few minutes of film

 

Escape Part 2 - Heard after Rebel Fanfare on OST; several differences between OST and film, most importantly the film's tracking in of the Luke's theme (main theme) statement from OST "Who Are You?" and omission of the first (short) Resistance march statement heard on OST, and the OST's omission of a heroic Poe's theme statement

 

Snoke Contacts Hux - Short, dark unreleased cue (not too interesting)

 

Return to Ahch-To - heard until ~1:45 on OST "Ahch-To Island"; OST has one minor microedit

 

Revisiting Snoke - identical to OST

 

We Need Your Help - heard from ~1:45 on OST "Ahch-To Island" until track ends

 

Who Are You? - heard until ~1:00 on OST "Who Are You?" 

 

I Need Help - Unreleased (includes a typical quiet Force theme statement, and some nice but ordinary, and very short, elegaic strings)

 

They've Tracked Us - Heard at beginning of OST "The Supremacy," until Leia's theme heard; Film contains some extra material, including a quiet and unremarkable statement of Rey's theme, at OST 0:08 (before the music swells)

 

Chaos on the Raddus - Pretty short unreleased action cue; contains statements of Leia's theme and of Ren's theme (pretty similar to those found elsewhere)  

 

Battle Continues - Opening heard on OST "The Supremacy" at ~2:00-2:30;ending (some nice short swelling music followed by mostly standard brooding underscore), is unreleased

 

Leia Uses the Force - Heard in full on OST "The Supremacy" from 2:30-end

 

Old Friends - Identical to OST track 0:00-1:58

 

Holdo's Speech - Unreleased, stately Resistance theme variation

 

Poe Confronts Holdo - Unreleased dark underscore

 

Rose Spots Finn - Unreleased, short; contains one Rose's theme statement (similar to some on OST) 

 

Fun with Finn and Rose - Nearly all is in OST track, with exception of short brass scare

 

Rey Connects with Ren Part 1 - Pretty short unreleased cue, nothing special

 

Rey Connects with Ren Part 2 - standard meditative Rey's theme statement and some dark brass scares; SOME of cue is on 2:00-2:36 of OST "Old Friends," rest unreleased

 

Training Begins - 2:36-end of OST "Old Friends"

 

Lesson One - identical to OST track

 

Raw Strength - short unreleased cue with very short but cool fanfare

 

Do You Know What Happened - short unreleased cue (uses Ren's two themes)

 

Arrival at Canto Bight - identical to OST "Canto Bight" opening; contrary to some posters' assertions, it seems like the transition to next cue is same in film and OST

 

The Casino - identical to rest of OST "Canto Bight"

 

The Fathier Race, and Spotting the Codebreaker - Unreleased (statement of Rose's theme, short fun scherzo, and finally the gorgeous Long Goodbye cameo!) 

 

Rey Training with Lightsaber - Unreleased (bombastic Rey's theme statement)

 

Luke Remembers His Academy - Unreleased (includes statement of Han's theme, and some nice dark, elegaic stuff)

 

Maintain Our Current Course - Unreleased (dark and short)

 

Meeting DJ - OST "Who Are You?" (1:00-2:05)

 

Jailbreak - OST "Who Are You?" 2:05-end

 

The Stable - Very nice short unreleased cue, with some Resistance march variations and a calming tone, although ends with suspense tones leading right into next cue

 

The Fathiers Part 1 - identical to OST (ends at OST 0:56)

 

The Casino Starts to Shake - seems to be unreleased source music (short jazz lounge piano bit); unclear whether it's JW or not

 

The Fathiers Part 2 - identical to OST (starts at OST 0:56)

 

Anybody Need a Lift? - Pretty great unreleased cue with Rose's theme and some fanfares (plus, yet again, the Force theme)

 

Rey and Ren Chat Again - unreleased; dark and brooding

 

The Dark Water - Unreleased, and very short

 

The Cave - identical to OST (0:00-1:57)

 

Fighting in the Rain - Pretty long action opening unreleased, although OST has end of cue in "The Cave" (1:57-end)

 

The Sacred Jedi Texts - Identical to OST, although film seems to replace OST 1:15-1:30 with somewhat awkward tracking from somewhere

 

Dire Straights - Unreleased; Very short, but has some nice fanfares

 

We're Abandoning Ship, and Rey's Escape Pod - Unreleased, quite long; includes bombastic Rey's theme statement (and that cool trumpet bit Jilal pointed out)

 

Relieving Holdo - Fades in as previous cue ends; has interesting little Force theme variation and includes innocent Luke's theme (main theme) statement

 

You Will Turn - unreleased

 

Rey to Snoke, and Infiltrators Caught - Beginning on OST "A New Alliance" (:00-01:07); pretty great ending with Rose's theme and Resistance march is unreleased

 

Leia Stuns Poe - Extremely short; includes short Luke's theme (main theme)

 

Someone Needs to Stay - Totally unreleased; Nice innocent Luke's theme (main theme) variation, recalling ANH; also nice Force theme variation, and concluding with a big performance Holdo's lovely "desperation" theme

 

Snoke Tortures Rey - Unreleased (includes Emperor's theme)

 

Destroyer Hangar, and Resistance Caught - Unreleased, and pretty long (starts with great short march based on unreleased "You Need a Pilot" from TFA); also has some nice fanfares

 

The Death of Snoke - OST "A New Alliance" 1:07-1:51

 

Fighting the Guards - OST missing opening, but rest of cue can be heard 1:51-end in OST "A New Alliance"

 

Let It All Die - Unreleased (lots of low Kylo B theme and a bit of Rey's theme)

 

Cruiser Prepares to Jump - Pretty great unreleased little action cue, although seems fairly similar to a lot of other stuff on OST

 

Execution, and Holdo's Sacrifice - Sounds identical to OST "Finale" 5:30-6:25, although OST seems to have a few extra seconds of music at end (probably recorded for end credits?)

 

"Chrome Dome" - Identical to OST

 

Destroyer Escape, and Let's Finish This - Unreleased; Pretty nice Rose's theme heroic statement

 

Shut the Door - Short unreleased action cue, with nice Rose's theme statement at end

 

It's Now or Never - Unreleased; portion almost identical to "The Plan" from TFA (similarly unreleased; they are semi-fugato low string variations on Resistance march) 

 

We Have to Buy Time - OST "The Battle of Crait" start-3:46; fades right into next cue in film and OST

 

Falcon Chase - OST "The Battle of Crait" 3:46-4:30; fades right into next cue in film and OST

 

More Fighting - OST "The Battle of Crait" 4:30-5:28; fades right into next cue in film and OST
 
Finn's Daring Ride - OST "The Battle of Crait" 5:28-end

 

I Saved You - Unreleased; Sad variation of Rose's theme

 

Reunion - identical to OST "The Spark" start-2:15

 

Facing Evil - identical to OST "The Spark" start-2:15

 

That's Enough - Unreleased underscore with some fanfares and Kylo's B-theme

 

The Duel Begins - Unreleased; Contains nice quiet variation of Poe's theme (pretty similar to that in "Peace and Purpose")

 

Following the Critters - Unreleased; short but pretty great (includes very nice heroic rendition of Rey's "intro" chords)

 

The Last Jedi Part 1 - Identical to OST start-1:30; next cue begins immediately after this one ends

 

The Last Jedi Part 2 - Identical to OST 1:30-end

 

Peace and Purpose - Identical to OST 

 

Legends - OST "Finale" start-0:36

 

Shooting Star - OST "Finale" 0:36-1:05

 

End Credits - This wasn't in our audio source (see Jay's analysis, though!); obviously, you can find at least a version of the credits music in the final OST track

 

NOTE: The OST's "The Rebellion is Reborn" is a concert suite. 

 

[artguy360 1,843]

Cool, thanks for the work and sharing. See ya'll in 20 years when we get complete releases of this new trilogy scores. 

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Great job, Will (and Jilal)

[artguy360 1,843]

Looks like there are some pretty sweet highlights left off the OST. Generally, I'm a pretty big fan of JW underscore, so I hope we get more of that with the FYC album or from somewhere else. I especially want more Holdo/Resistance material. Right now TLJ is missing that extra touch of intricate JW underscore, which I felt was also absent from most of TFA aside from the beautiful passages between Han and Leia and in a few other spots. 

[Smeltington 1,440]

I felt the same way about AotC, the OST had most of the big highlights, but once we got some of the more subdued, underscore-like material from the games the score felt more fleshed out. The same will probably be true for TLJ.

[Incanus 5,714]

Great job Will and Jilal.

[Chen G. 3,949]

Excellent.

[Demodex 557]

Any chance of updating this now that the FYC is out?

[Smaug The Iron 515]

On 2017-12-20 at 3:29 AM, Will said:

Escape Part 2 - Heard after Rebel Fanfare on OST; several differences between OST and film, most importantly the film's tracking in of the Luke's theme (main theme) statement from OST "Who Are You?" and omission of the first (short) Resistance march statement heard on OST, and the OST's omission of a heroic Poe's theme statement

 

 

I don’t think they tracked Luke’s theme from “Who are You”, if you listen to Escape FYC at 1.48 Luke’s theme is different from what you hear in “Who are You”. 

[Will 2,215]

On 12/27/2017 at 8:47 PM, Demodex said:

Any chance of updating this now that the FYC is out?

 

Probably not, unfortunately. It was a lot of work! 

 

2 hours ago, Smaug the iron said:

 

I don’t think they tracked Luke’s theme from “Who are You”, if you listen to Escape FYC at 1.48 Luke’s theme is different from what you hear in “Who are You”. 

 

Yep, I realized that when I heard the FYC. Definitely different.