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Oh, no, they're all accounted for


 

 

 
They do have quite a lot in common with each other (and with generic Williams action & suspense music too). Assigning them motivic status is complicated by the fact that they interact with and may be derived from or sources for other more clearly articulated leitmotifs. But that's what the "Incidental Motif" category exists for!
 
The tension/resistance deployed/resistance in trouble motif in particular gets an incredible work out in TLJ: nearly 40 occurences, and almost double that if you include local repetitions.
 
I'm not sure the First Order theme gets much play after TFA, and even there is clearly a thematic afterthought whose biggest appearance didn't even make the final cut. The moments  you cited in TLJ seem in the right ballpark but are inexact in terms of contour and pitch content compared to the First Order theme proper. That said, the little motif at 31:07 is quite similar to a brass figure in The Battle of Crait that I hadn't noticed until now, so you are on to something!

@TheAvengerButton I meant the former, actually, the one you called "Rising Power."  To be honest, in my mind, the latter one never really rose above the formless masses of Williams "musical action figures," so to speak―those little four- and five-note motifs that he'll fixate on from time to time, especially in The Last Jedi. 
 
I don't think @Falstaft has included any of those in his catalogue, since they all seem to signify nothing more or less than "wars are happening amid stars!"  If I recall, though, folks around here classified one of them as the "Quidditch" melody back in 2017, based on its similarity to "Quidditch, Third Year."
 
But back to the First Order motif.  It pops up here and there in TLJ, almost always in fragmented but recognizable form.  If you have access to the iso score on Disney+, there's a moment at exactly 20:00 when Rey is filling Luke in on the current war, and when she says soon the First Order will control everything, we get the first half of the theme (a rise and a half, if you will).  It shows up again right after Leia's "death," when Hux is discussing continuing the bombardment around 31:07 on the iso score.  I don't know if either of these moments appears on any of the OST or FYC tracks.  There are more, but those are the first two I noticed listening to it as I type this.

...which will trigger the final encore, "Ewok Celebration."

"...I knew Fred [Astaire!!!] a little bit..."
 
Sheesh, think of the eras spanned by the people with whom he's on a first-name basis.  What a career.  What a life.

Whew. I gotta stop somewhere. The rest is coming tomorrow.
 

While not John Williams, can we agree one of the greatest alternate tracks of ALL TIME is John Barry's 'The Buffalo Hunt' from Dances with Wolves.

I bet it's the guitarist doing a prank!

100% confirmed.  John Williams leaves his Christmas decorations up all year.

 
Also, congrats, @Will!  I remember when you were just a youngling around here, back in the TFA days.  Sorry your senior year had to end on Zoom, but at least you now have the choice of "The Rise of Skywalker" and "Reunion" to go along with "The Throne Room" and "Augie's Great Municipal Band" on your virtual graduation playlist!

Exsultate Justi
 
repeat.
 

100% confirmed.  John Williams leaves his Christmas decorations up all year.

 
Also, congrats, @Will!  I remember when you were just a youngling around here, back in the TFA days.  Sorry your senior year had to end on Zoom, but at least you now have the choice of "The Rise of Skywalker" and "Reunion" to go along with "The Throne Room" and "Augie's Great Municipal Band" on your virtual graduation playlist!

In honor of all our Class of 2020 graduates forced to walk virtual stages for their diplomas, this year, let's curate a majestic processional playlist of JW tunes!  I'm fortunate enough to teach at a high school that has finished every graduation for the last two decades with a live student performance of the march from 1941 or, in more recent years, Midway.  (No, that's not why I teach there, but it helps! )
 
For starters...
 
The Throne Room
Raiders March (non-Marion arrangement)
March from 1941
Midway March
Men of the Yorktown March
Pops on the March
Celebrate Discovery
Jubilee 350
Parade of the Slave Children (ironic title in context)
Hogwarts Forever!
Sound the Bells!
 
What did I miss?
 

In honor of all our Class of 2020 graduates forced to walk virtual stages for their diplomas, this year, let's curate a majestic processional playlist of JW tunes!  I'm fortunate enough to teach at a high school that has finished every graduation for the last two decades with a live student performance of the march from 1941 or, in more recent years, Midway.  (No, that's not why I teach there, but it helps! )
 
For starters...
 
The Throne Room
Raiders March (non-Marion arrangement)
March from 1941
Midway March
Men of the Yorktown March
Pops on the March
Celebrate Discovery
Jubilee 350
Parade of the Slave Children (ironic title in context)
Hogwarts Forever!
Sound the Bells!
 
What did I miss?
 

In honor of all our Class of 2020 graduates forced to walk virtual stages for their diplomas, this year, let's curate a majestic processional playlist of JW tunes!  I'm fortunate enough to teach at a high school that has finished every graduation for the last two decades with a live student performance of the march from 1941 or, in more recent years, Midway.  (No, that's not why I teach there, but it helps! )
 
For starters...
 
The Throne Room
Raiders March (non-Marion arrangement)
March from 1941
Midway March
Men of the Yorktown March
Pops on the March
Celebrate Discovery
Jubilee 350
Parade of the Slave Children (ironic title in context)
Hogwarts Forever!
Sound the Bells!
 
What did I miss?
 

In honor of all our Class of 2020 graduates forced to walk virtual stages for their diplomas, this year, let's curate a majestic processional playlist of JW tunes!  I'm fortunate enough to teach at a high school that has finished every graduation for the last two decades with a live student performance of the march from 1941 or, in more recent years, Midway.  (No, that's not why I teach there, but it helps! )
 
For starters...
 
The Throne Room
Raiders March (non-Marion arrangement)
March from 1941
Midway March
Men of the Yorktown March
Pops on the March
Celebrate Discovery
Jubilee 350
Parade of the Slave Children (ironic title in context)
Hogwarts Forever!
Sound the Bells!
 
What did I miss?
 

100% confirmed.  John Williams leaves his Christmas decorations up all year.

 
Also, congrats, @Will!  I remember when you were just a youngling around here, back in the TFA days.  Sorry your senior year had to end on Zoom, but at least you now have the choice of "The Rise of Skywalker" and "Reunion" to go along with "The Throne Room" and "Augie's Great Municipal Band" on your virtual graduation playlist!

It was the 80's! 

100% confirmed.  John Williams leaves his Christmas decorations up all year.

 
Also, congrats, @Will!  I remember when you were just a youngling around here, back in the TFA days.  Sorry your senior year had to end on Zoom, but at least you now have the choice of "The Rise of Skywalker" and "Reunion" to go along with "The Throne Room" and "Augie's Great Municipal Band" on your virtual graduation playlist!

“Hello JAWSFANS.COM. I’m John Williams...”

That was a really nice message from the Maestro. God bless him.

We need a separate John Williams COVID-19 Home Videos thread.

Actually, Matessino's liner notes explain that it's an expansion of a motif in "Dialing the Hospital" created specifically for the album as a showcase for flute and guitar soloists.
 
Unrelatedly, I want to nominate "Leaving Home (Film Version)" as the closest the Maestro ever came to '80s hip-hop percussion.  For all we know, those drums might actually be the sound of Johnny beatboxing...

I'm fine with him taking a ship. I don't need him to fly.

Always. 

True - it’s important to support struggling businesses like Amazon, now more than ever!

I started watching the video but stopped when I realized it wasn't going to make me feel better about anything.
There are things I love in the movie, there are things I hate in the movie (and I've been complaining about them myself for the last four months). Still being able to love the things I do enjoy instead of throwing the whole thing away is important to me after being obsessed with the sequel trilogy for over 4 years. A big part of that is of course the soundtrack.
 On that note, I'm curious, @BrotherSound what was the main theme he complained about?