The Rise of Skywalker How many times have you listened to the track The Rise of Skywalker?

[King Mark 3,908]

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.

[Score 775]

8 times 

 

It's truly a beautiful piece. Easily my favourite concert cue from the SW sequels so far (I am avoiding listening to the rest of the OST before I've seen the movie, so I don't know if there are other concert pieces). It reminds me a bit of Anakin's Theme, which is one of my favourite concert pieces from the prequels.

 

Waiting for the Signature Edition of this!

[Richard P 5,143]

Hah, probably 3-4 times. LastFM will give me some interesting stats a few days from now.

[Jim 6,187]

I'm yet to listen to a single note.

[Jurassic Shark 16,144]

It's OK.

[Tydirium 1,561]

Probably 10+ times by now. It's definitely the highlight, for me. Loved those two themes in the FYC, so getting a single track that features both is like Christmas.

[Thor 9,337]

Just one, and barely that. I skimmed quickly through the FYC tracks last week, and will not play another note of this score untill I have the proper soundtrack. I'll get it digitally first, and then buy the CD at a later date, when I find it at a decent price.

[BLUMENKOHL 1,090]

Twice. It’s fine. 

[Jurassic Shark 16,144]

1 minute ago, Thor said:

Just one, and barely that. I skimmed quickly through the FYC tracks last week

 

That track isn't on the FYC.

 

2 minutes ago, Thor said:

and will not play another note of this score untill I have the proper soundtrack

 

Here it is!

 

 

[Thor 9,337]

4 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

That track isn't on the FYC.

 

I see. Then 'none'.

 

Thanks for the Spotify link, but I'll wait untill I get the digital promo. Don't want to break it up with commercials.

[DrTenma 117]

Just one, I'll wait to listen more times to that (and the rest of the soundtrack) for when I got the CD after seeing the movie.

[hornist 1,242]

Just saw the movie and now listening to it!!! Love it so much. Cried like a baby in theatre😪😪😪

[Jim 6,187]

I listened to the heavily hyped The Rise of Skywalker track.

 

Harry Potter music in Star Wars for the second time?

[Bellosh 4,494]

And to think I got shit for my topic on what tracks you play on repeat the most. 

 

[mrbellamy 7,920]

13 minutes ago, Quintus said:

Harry Potter music in Star Wars for the second time?

 

Vengeance is mine

[Jay 45,320]

Twice, and it's great!

 

I've listened to The Speeder Chase 4 times, however

[hornist 1,242]

4 hours ago, hornist said:

Just saw the movie and now listening to it!!! Love it so much. Cried like a baby in theatre😪😪😪

 

Now 12 times, hope they will play this as an encore in Vienna next month! ♥️

[Edmilson 11,752]

It didn't reminded me much of HP, more of a late 80s/early 90s JW fantasy score, such as Hook, HA 1 and 2, maybe JP.

[mstrox 7,333]

0

[filmmusic 3,066]

3-4 times...

[Jurassic Shark 16,144]

5 hours ago, Quintus said:

Harry Potter music in Star Wars for the second time?

 

Probably to accompany the Daniel Radcliffe cameo.

[bollemanneke 4,292]

Zero times and feeling perfectly okay about it too.

[Nick Parker 3,049]

I don't know, it sounds super Star Warsy to me, especially at moments like 2:06, and the big statement starting around 2:50ish, culminating in that chord at 3:11.

 

 

The most romantic depiction of space I think Williams has done since Luke and Leia.

 

 

 

 

[Jay 45,320]

5 minutes ago, Nick Parker said:

The most romantic depiction of space I think Williams has done since Luke and Leia.

 

Definitely!

[Henry Janislaus Feigensand 598]

The first three notes of the soft fanfare beginning at 3:31 make me think of the Family Guy Theme....  every time!

[ocelot 565]

2 hours ago, Edmilson said:

It didn't reminded me much of HP, more of a late 80s/early 90s JW fantasy score, such as Hook, HA 1 and 2, maybe JP.

BFG and ET is what I got at first but then I remembered his softers 80's writing for Star wars like Yoda and other tracks and then it gelled more.

It's also Christmasy and I think Williams' sign off and thank you to everyone.

[Naïve Old Fart 12,742]

In answer to the thread's question: none. I counted. Twice.

[Nick Parker 3,049]

18 minutes ago, ocelot said:

It's also Christmasy

 

 

 

 

[artguy360 2,168]

I've listened to it many times now. It has the structure of the Jurassic Park theme with a softer first half featuring the A part of the theme and a much louder, grander B part in the second half of the piece. I find the transitional material, the brassy fanfare stuff, a little messy at first and the "cold open" to the whole track just starting off with the A part without any introductory material a little off-putting. Feels like a missed opportunity. Overall, I like it but I don't love it.

[Pellaeon 597]

Have people already started comparing it to The Rebellion is Reborn in the way it combines two themes in a single concert suite?

[SilverTrumpet 652]

I must have listened to it 3-5 times this morning in a row. I haven't done that with a piece of music in a LONG time.

[King Mark 3,908]

41 minutes ago, Pellaeon said:

Have people already started comparing it to The Rebellion is Reborn in the way it combines two themes in a single concert suite?

 I love Rebellion is Reborn but Rise of Skywalker has a unique beauty about it . On pure beauty I think it beats even the JP theme  or Anakin's Theme but not on the melody. I think it's a combination of the performance, the orchestrations and the sound quality that make it sound exquisite. Also helps the Grado headphones I use make strings like this sound out of this world

 

If Rose's theme had a full concert version it might be different

1 hour ago, artguy360 said:

 the "cold open" to the whole track just starting off with the A part without any introductory material a little off-putting. Feels like a missed opportunity. Overall, I like it but I don't love it.

 I think the way the A theme is played it sounds like an opening. Concert versions like Hedwig's Theme starts with the A theme too

 

What is the instruments that play at 3.32?..that's a fantastic touch

[aviazn 279]

3 hours ago, Pellaeon said:

Have people already started comparing it to The Rebellion is Reborn in the way it combines two themes in a single concert suite?

Not that I've seen, but these two themes are definitely more congruent—musically and narratively—than Luke's Exile and Rose's themes. Rebellion is Reborn never really gelled for me for that reason.

7 hours ago, Nick Parker said:

I don't know, it sounds super Star Warsy to me, especially at moments like 2:06, and the big statement starting around 2:50ish, culminating in that chord at 3:11.

 

The most romantic depiction of space I think Williams has done since Luke and Leia.

 

Yeah, it sounds to me like a cousin of Luke and Leia, or Han Solo and the Princess. (Actually I always expect it to break into the big ESB finale after that chord at 3:31!) Although to be honest, I can see why it doesn't seem that Star Warsy because Luke and Leia never seemed that Star Warsy to me either.

[Nick Parker 3,049]

1 hour ago, aviazn said:

Although to be honest, I can see why it doesn't seem that Star Warsy because Luke and Leia never seemed that Star Warsy to me either.

 

It's the closest we've gotten to a Star Trek score by Williams! 

[Jim 6,187]

5 hours ago, King Mark said:

 I love Rebellion is Reborn but Rise of Skywalker has a unique beauty about it . On pure beauty I think it beats even the JP theme  or Anakin's Theme but not on the melody. I think it's a combination of the performance, the orchestrations and the sound quality that make it sound exquisite. Also helps the Grado headphones I use make strings like this sound out of this world.

 

What is the instruments that play at 3.32?..that's a fantastic touch

 

I bet if this music had first shown up in some Samsung phone tie-in promo on YouTube you'd have been saying you doubt it's Williams and that it sounded more like Gordy Haab.

[Xander Harris 9,216]

A couple times. I have a job, so.

[mrbellamy 7,920]

Probably over five times. My weekend fell on a Tuesday, so.

[TheUlyssesian 2,685]

I am late to the party here but is this piece good or what?

 

The opening 50 seconds are so is some of the most extraordinary writing Williams has done. There is a degree of refinement in the music which I think is almost too good for the movies. It kinda felt to me like the opening of My Dear Frodo in Hobbit 1 - there are layers upon and layers and there is a deep sense of color and melody.

 

I don't know if it is example of chromatism but someone musically educated tell me.

 

It also helps that it is one of Williams' most striking themes in years. It really is quite beautiful.

[Jay 45,320]

I think it's my favorite concert arrangement from the sequel trilogy.

 

Rey's Theme is still my favorite theme, but the concert arrangement called Rey's Theme on the OST album is not the best presentation of that theme.  On that same album, the iterations of Rey's Theme in the final two tracks are much more interesting

[TheUlyssesian 2,685]

I would agree. Rey's Theme the concert presentation is good, but maybe a little thin, though it does get going with the great B part of the theme. It never really seems to take flight completely. It is still an outstanding theme of course and every reprise of it in the score adds to the scene.

 

But Rise of Skywalker is something else. It is a beautiful theme but the way it is presented here takes it to the next level. It really sounds elevated.

 

I can't wait to see what scene is scored by the last part which is also in the Farewell track.

[Jay 45,320]

Except the version in the Farewell track has choir!

 

I wonder if it's possible to replace that section with the Farewell version to create an alternate concert arrangement with choir.

[TheUlyssesian 2,685]

I think he didn't include choir in the concert arrangement so that it can be easily performed by orchestras. 

[Jay 45,320]

Of course.

[Tom 6,447]

There is more beauty in those 4 minutes than found in whole countries.  

 

I love how the flutes hint at the rebel fanfare at the end.  

[Tydirium 1,561]

I actually think it's kind of nice that the concert version doesn't have choir. 1. It makes the corresponding moment in the score itself ("Farewell") a little more special. 2. I honestly think it would feel awkward and out of place to have the choir suddenly join in, in this track. It's a relatively short piece, and as others have pointed out, a concert performance would not include choir... So it is nice to have it recorded as it would be heard in the concert hall.

 

Of course having heard the FYC first before the OST, I always loved the choir version—but I have really grown to appreciate the lack of choir in this one.

[King Mark 3,908]

I love the version in Finale at 6 minutes in . It has a more "E.T." like orchestrations

 

 

And both variations in They Will Come are also great

[rough cut 1,785]

Once.

[ChrisAfonso 232]

I really love this piece, there's a real sense of melancholic resolve conveyed. It does everything for me that "The Rebellion is Reborn" falls short at. The character of the theme in the second half reminds me a bit of Brahms.

[p0llux 434]

On 12/19/2019 at 8:09 AM, Jay said:

Except the version in the Farewell track has choir!

 

I wonder if it's possible to replace that section with the Farewell version to create an alternate concert arrangement with choir.

 

It is possible. I'm editing right now The question is if people prefer the original concert ending or the shortened ending from farewell. I will make both to be safe. Also which thread should I post it in? I guess right here is fine. I will be using Soundcloud.

[Jay 45,320]

This thread is fine

 

And yea might a well make both endings while you're at it