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Has it been pointed out yet that Oma Tres is an anagram of Maestro?

The fandom isn't fickle. They don't appreciate being called toxic misogynists, racists and sexists, and be told that Star Wars needs to go "beyond" them, only to then be served a nonsensical fanfic of a movie. 

What the...? Is this for real? 
If so, it's great! And the kind of thing I would want to know beforehand to be sure not to miss it ! 

I knew that tune in "The Speeder Chase" reminded me of something! 
 
 

It's one of his best concert arrangements in recent memory, if not dare I say of all time. I love both its themes about equally; they are a perfect match for one another. Can't wait until the LSO inevitably does a re-recording of it one day.

On DisneyMusicVEVO too:
 
 

Wow. what a great album: The Rise of Skywalker is beautiful! I adore that lovely BFG touch to it.

I put it on repeat most of the day .At least 15-20 times by now.
 
I love this, it's kind of a mix  of theme from Jurassic Park with Harry Potter
 
Might end up one of my favorite concert versions ever and one of his most beautiful.

I don't think they said 2019.
 
EDIT: Aaand it's up!
 
 

Amazing....and GREAT! Shows that careful consideration has been put into the arrangement of the OST. A lot of the FYC material had a very 'filler'-like quality. Thank God we still have people like Williams who do this; it's becoming more and more rare, even for commercial soundtrack releases.

I’m all about Speeder Chase

Why is everybody talking about the credits music so much? Who cares? Lol, there's plenty of score tracks (and the phenomenal concert arrangement "The Rise of Skywalker") to talk about!

New recording of the Main Title!

Does Kathleen Kennedy have a cameo?

Huh, wasn't expecting to come back after 4 hours away to people mostly talking about the Finale track.
 
How about all the great NEW MUSIC guys?
 
I can't get enough Speeder Chase over here!

Forgive me if this is the wrong thread of the dozen available choices but I wanted to pop in and say that this is a fabulous sendoff for John's Star Wars - perhaps lacking a single moment of spectacular payoff, as is the film - but fabulous all the same.  I have lately rediscovered Star Wars through my children, and I thank Mr. Williams for being the soul of this world since my own childhood.

I love the Finale. I thought it was a great mix of TROS themes and classic themes to end the saga. It brought a huge smile to my face when the “Main Titles” appeared. That is THE Star Wars theme and it felt like it was coming back for one last encore performance. Then the throne room ending has always been my favorite end credits ending so, I loved it. I hope this ending makes it into the film. Like I said, for me it’s an encore of the best movie theme of all times.
 
Bravo, Mr. Williams, bravo for your unforgettable 42 year journey!

Very proud of myself that I assumed correctly Join Me contained the Anthem Of Evil theme before the OST ^^

I knew that tune in "The Speeder Chase" reminded me of something! 
 
 

I knew that tune in "The Speeder Chase" reminded me of something! 
 
 

I knew that tune in "The Speeder Chase" reminded me of something! 
 
 

I absolutely adore the French horn motif at the beginning of “Journey to Exegol”. It kinda reminds me of Harry Potter too. I wish there were more sectional representations of it 

One nice thing about getting some big ol mushy finale themes is that it's something ROTS and ROTJ lacked, just to have these prolonged happy resolutions in the music. Ep 3 is too dark to provide for that and ROTJ wraps things up pretty quickly...both of the Ewok celebration cues are novelties and the score itself is emotionally very "efficient", you have your big moments like A Jedi's Fury and Luke & Leia is a big emotional theme but doesn't really serve the same purpose. So for the title track alone, this is a winner and it seems like these new themes have a presence in the score that'll set it apart as the longest of goodbyes, along with all the OT fan service which I'm mostly cool with.
 
Meanwhile Ep 3 gives us Star Wars at its most operatic, and ROTJ is classic Golden Age Williams. All three finales feel like they complement each other and bring something to the table.

I agree with everyone's comments on the OST. (Well, almost; MaestroUE, I don't know what defective mp3 files you must have been listening to!) This is a phenomenal presentation and I LOVE the power and punch in the loud parts. There's verve in there to spare, easily the LSO's equal to my ear. Like everyone knew this was the last hurrah and played it that way.
 
The fanfare... good lord, it's almost beyond belief. My new insta-fave. We may not have always had new fanfare recordings, but when it counted most, at the last opportunity for a fresh recording, JW and the LA players delivered.
 
Anthem of Evil... a minute and a half of gorgeously ethereal choir, and then the low low strings (and brass?) rise out of the aural void like the arrival of the end of the world. My very first impression was that it sounds like a transition that today's breed of film composer would synth in... but JW is simply in too strong a command of his craft and his players to have to resort to that silliness.
 
Finally, for now, while I'm not as dismissive of the Finale as many here are, my hot take is that this was a bit of a missed opportunity. Especially the transition at 6:10, which strikes me as quite jarring, and the reprise of the fanfare, which seems...unnecessary? 
 
That said, I got the surreal chills around 9:00 hearing material from the very first OST in a fresh, new, vibrant recording. I mean, no one expected to hear the last two minutes of the Star Wars '77 OST in TROS. And now I'm convinced it could not have been any other way. We are truly, finally, utterly full circle now. It's JW's perfect sign-off. Those two minutes are, in my mind, the "bow" he promised us for his incomparable gift to us, four decades in the making.
 
I am in awe of this album and this man.

I never really warmed to Rose's Theme but Rise of Skywalker is absolutely glorious. An instant classic.It starts off in classic 80s Williams 'magic' mode and grows to good old fashioned Williams romanticism.