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Clumsy is a fair word to describe the Rogue One score but it mostly works in the film, does a decent job of channeling JW's Star Wars mode, and is a respectable achievement given the immense time constraint MG was facing. The worst bits are all detailed in the OP, but these are mere seconds of music in a 2 hour score.

The suite is a lovely encapsulation of the light, whimsy, fun nature of the score. The movie itself is not very good, but the music is perfectly fitting and run to listen to on its own. The handful of themes are very nice, but not very memorable.

Another fantastic blog post. It must have been both a privilege and rather intimidating to have JW apply his exacting nature and high standard he holds for his own music to your writing. What an amazing experience you've had!

I'm really enjoying reading these blog posts. To read how JW went from personally asking you not to write the book to giving you a full on critique of your first chapter is a pretty big turnaround. Great stuff!

The last Thomas Newman score I loved was 1917. The last 3 tracks on the OST are fantastic, but a small track that always touches my heart is A Bit of Tin.

I like Desplat's Godzilla theme quite a bit. I think it is both fitting for the creature and the movie and gets a few good highlights in the movie.

LOL, I don't go into every TV show or movie expecting the music to be worth listening to on its own or else I would be endlessly disappointed.

All I care about is that the music fits the media and isn't so bad that it is noticeable. For example, the Andor soundtrack works great for the show, but it's not something I listen to outside of the show. Some of the music for Visions has been fantastic. I like John Powell's Solo score quite a bit. I like listening to different composers being their ideas to Star Wars.

Thanks for sharing these photos. I'm just glad he's enjoying himself and feeling the love from people who appreciate him and his music.

Something about this rendition is so grating. It's weird because the overall score isn't half bad. I know Gia had very little time to write the score, just a handful of weeks, and maybe he employed a lot of additional composers? But this particular bit of the classic Force theme just sounds awful.

The new cover is a major improvement and I think represents the version of JW most fans see in their mind's eye.

Is it strange to who? Me? You? Howard Shore?

Oh, I had no idea. I didn't pay much attention to the Hobbit scores.

Listening to it now, it's nice. Definitely has a lot of Shore's Middle Earth sound. It's his LOTR music written for the concert stage instead of for film. Halfway thru the piece it starts giving big time Gabriel's Oboe similarities.

I found the movie overall kind of meh. I'm disappointed that it doesn't take up the major themes of the graphic novel its based on. Concerning the music, I found the use of needle drops excessive and distracting. Since the first Guardians of the Galaxy, needle drop songs have lost all their entertainment value for me. The score itself is ok, it evokes some Amblin/Spielberg vibes.