Popular Post Jay 39,171 Posted February 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2022 https://variety.com/2022/artisans/news/john-williams-obi-wan-kenobi-theme-star-wars-series-1235185228/ MaxTheHouseelf, rpvee, Muad'Dib and 31 others 8 3 20 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eitam 368 Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 I wonder if the Force Theme will make a cameo. A. A. Ron and crumbs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew 593 Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 YEAAAAAAA Do you think JW would have agreed to write the theme if the score isn't being done by John Powell? Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,674 Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 I will have to resuscribe to Disney+, f***. Raiders of the SoundtrArk and Smeltington 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew 593 Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 I'm not going to fully embrace this until Disney announces it. I don't like that the article is based on "sources". Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaloCoyoacan 46 Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 And the series premiere on may 25th, on the day of the 45th anniversary! Way to go! 2 minutes ago, Drew said: I'm not going to fully embrace this until Disney announces it. I don't like that the article is based on "sources". Jon Burlingame is quite trustworthy; Variety is a reliable source, I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jay 39,171 Posted February 17, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2022 I did find it odd myself, after reading through the article, that it doesn't really reveal anything we didn't already know; No new comments by anyone involved or anything. I have to imagine Burlingame wouldn't write this, and Variety wouldn't print it, if it wasn't true, but it seems like an odd way to official reveal this. I assumed it would be announced one day via starwars.com rpvee, Holko and Will 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Disco Stu 15,501 Posted February 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2022 I still remember where I was sitting when I first saw the Burlingame article about the Solo theme! So awesome that it’s happening again. Will, Falstaft and Jay 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew 593 Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 5 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: I still remember where I was sitting when I first saw the Burlingame article about the Solo theme! I was on the sofa recovering from a stomach bug! I could barely read the article without feeling sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Manakin Skywalker 5,221 Posted February 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2022 Funny that we basically knew days in advance just from a cellist vaguely saying that they recorded something for JW. Muad'Dib, crumbs, DarthDementous and 4 others 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sunshine Reger 3,581 Posted February 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2022 MrJosh, Muad'Dib, Will and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chen G. 4,480 Posted February 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2022 Incredible. 9 movies, The Adventures of Han, Galaxy's Edge and now this! Tiburon, Falstaft, Pieter Boelen and 9 others 5 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Manakin Skywalker 5,221 Posted February 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, Chen G. said: Incredible. 9 movies, The Adventures of Han, Galaxy's Edge and now this! And to think, not even 10 years ago we thought 6 films was the end of it! Tiburon, Jay, Cerebral Cortex and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sunshine Reger 3,581 Posted February 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2022 Incredible to read that TROS was 2 years ago. It feels like last December! igger6, Brando, Will and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crumbs 14,697 Posted February 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2022 27 minutes ago, eitam said: I wonder if the Force Theme will make a cameo. Or Battle of the Heroes... eitam, Sunshine Reger, igger6 and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jay 39,171 Posted February 17, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2022 Just saw this great perspective in the FSM thread Quote Let's say the 1933 "King Kong" ended up a "saga," spawning several mega-hit movies and TV series over 45 years. If Max Steiner had lived into his 90s and had worked on them all, he'd still have been composing for them in 1978. 45 years of hands-on involvement in a single film franchise is mind blowing. Amazing. Was just thinking that this extends Williams' tenure of writing new Star Wars material 3 YEARS beyond where it was before, since TROS was 2019! Cerebral Cortex, Will, crumbs and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 4,480 Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Well, its a bit different because its not a series of episodes like, say, John Barry scoring Bond films or Steiner scoring Kong sequels or even Williams scoring the next Indy. Its more comparable to the Ring cycle. Stuff like this and Galaxy's Edge would be Williams' equivalent of the Siegfried Idyll or something... Falstaft and Sunshine Reger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eitam 368 Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 4 minutes ago, crypto said: Or Battle of the Heroes... Wow, great idea ! Given that Hayden Christensen will apparently be back, there's no way the he and Kenobi don't meet at some point... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crumbs 14,697 Posted February 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2022 36 minutes ago, Bespin said: I will have to resuscribe to Disney+, f***. They emailed my annual renewal notice yesterday. Now I know why there was a price increase; I'm paying for Williams to write more Star Wars music! Bespin, Brando, igger6 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post WampaRat 1,106 Posted February 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2022 Wow. Never thought he’d come back after “retiring from Star Wars”. I got the feeling that JW was ready to move on. But perhaps It’s just too much damn fun for him to stop. PLEASE have Powell (or Batu Sener(!) do the score! D_nev, LSH and Not Mr. Big 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MrJosh 895 Posted February 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2022 This is really exciting news. My first thought goes to how fortunate we are that this is happening. I still remember seeing ROTS in theaters and having the thought in my head that it would be the last new John Williams Star Wars music that I would hear and accepted that fact. How crazy that here we are in 2022 and there is new John Williams Star Wars music to look forward to (after 3 additional movies, Solo, Galaxy's Edge, etc)... Not Mr. Big, Raiders of the SoundtrArk, MikeH and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crumbs 14,697 Posted February 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2022 25 minutes ago, Jay said: Was just thinking that this extends Williams' tenure of writing new Star Wars material 3 YEARS beyond where it was before, since TROS was 2019! Before this news, Indiana Jones was going to have the exact same 42 year gap as Star Wars, between Williams' first and last scores (1977 > 2019 for SW vs 1981 > 2023 for IJ). The sprawl for Star Wars is now 45 years between first and last contributions. Staggering. Clearly this just means Williams has to return for Indiana Jones 6 in 2026. Cerebral Cortex, Jay, Pieter Boelen and 3 others 2 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Alex 2,882 Posted February 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2022 MikeH, Mattris, crumbs and 4 others 1 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post leeallen01 2,169 Posted February 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2022 I hope this means disney are putting more effort into this series, because good god their tv shows are awful. I don't even think the Boba Fett show had writers. It was just based on a pile of burning trash. Groovygoth666, GlastoEls, crumbs and 7 others 7 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Yannick 41 Posted February 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2022 Imagine he drops this lol crumbs, michael_grig, Cerebral Cortex and 4 others 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 8,701 Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Who do you guys think is the main for the score? I'm pretty sure Williams wouldn't be involved with the show If he didn't approve who will play with his brand new theme. I wonder If it'll be someone young and new or someone more established (like John Powell ). Whoever gets the job will have Williams to support him/her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Docteur Qui 1,572 Posted February 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2022 Man, after season 2 of Mando and the tepid Boba Fett I was *this* close to being done with anything to do with Star Wars, but this show will drag me back… for now. I can’t wait to hear what he does with it. Raiders of the SoundtrArk, Tydirium and Edmilson 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 4,480 Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 I'm imagining something that's spun-off of the theme we associate with The Force (and, in the original film, with Old Ben) but who's to tell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,572 Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Just now, Edmilson said: Who do you guys think is the main for the score? I'm pretty sure Williams wouldn't be involved with the show If he didn't approve who will play with his brand new theme. I wonder If it'll be someone young and new or someone more established (like John Powell ). Whoever gets the job will have Williams to support him/her. I hope it’s Powell. Are there any other near-protégés on his level? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Illustrious Jerry 3,357 Posted February 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 17, 2022 Wonderful news! I feel like we're bound to be saying this for any new Williams project, but who could've guessed we'd be looking forward to this and so much more from the maestro in 2022 and beyond? Unbelievable. Mind you, we're still a minus a composer announcement for the score proper, so allow me to speculate a little bit as to why I'm almost certain it's John Powell... 1) Who else would Williams be comfortable writing a theme for than somebody who he's already worked with in this capacity? And quite successfully too, I might add. It's very easy to imagine Williams agreeing to a Solo situation if it were to mean the arrangement was with Powell again. 2) I'm pretty sure we know thanks to IMDB credits that London musicians are attached to the score. Powell also seems to have a pretty empty slate as far as upcoming projects go. He has Don't Worry Darling coming out later this year, but I believe most of the work on that should be done by now (especially considering he was posting previews not but a few weeks ago). 3) This last one is really speculative, but Powell posted this to his Instagram story today: Obviously the CD releases are a big deal for Powell fans in general (HTTYD 2 DE and his new opera should be two of them, I believe), but I wouldn't be surprised if the digital only album is for Kenobi (as all the Disney+ music releases have been), and the 1 surprise track is a new Williams piece. Who knows... Exciting times! Bespin, Not Mr. Big, blondheim and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 5,025 Posted February 17, 2022 Share Posted February 17, 2022 Surely this picture can generate some creativity on the board. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post leeallen01 2,169 Posted February 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 18, 2022 Regardless of the quality of the show, Johnny will show up as always. No one likes Rise of Skywalker, not even the people who made it, but Johnny's new theme for it is so fantastic. Mainly because it's about the entire meaning behind the legacy of Star Wars for him personally. You could feel it. Obi Wan represents so much weight for what Williams has done over the years for the saga, so I expect this new theme to have just as much meaning from Johnny's efforts. blondheim, Falstaft, Tydirium and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andy 5,069 Posted February 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 18, 2022 I like Rise of Skywalker, film and score. This is just splendid news. Brando, Raiders of the SoundtrArk, Bounty95 and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Not Mr. Big 4,729 Posted February 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 18, 2022 I like the film but it's very bad blondheim, Tom and Will 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy 5,069 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Nah it’s just good fun. I wonder… will it be used as a traditional television theme played in full at the beginning? Or as a “bumper” and end credits style like the Mandoverse shows? Brando 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 4,215 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 A theme for Obi-Wan? Wow! I wonder if he'll write a theme for Luke? 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post michael_grig 473 Posted February 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 18, 2022 https://media.tenor.co/videos/113330b032b615249ce4422968ccf22b/mp4 Tallguy, crumbs, Andy and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,679 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SingeMoisi 4 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Woo! That's some great news! Crazy to think how busy John is at his age, and how talented he still is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. A. Ron 1,893 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 How long has it been since John's last TV theme? Is this the first one he ever wrote for a streaming project? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,501 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Just now, A. A. Ron said: How long has it been since John's last TV theme? Is this the first one he ever wrote for a streaming project? 2008 for the PBS Great Performances theme. 1985 for a fiction television show (Amazing Stories) A. A. Ron and Will 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post WampaRat 1,106 Posted February 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 18, 2022 With such a meaningful “legacy character” at the center of this series, I’m glad they appear to be approaching this music in the classic Star Wars tradition. Don’t get me wrong. I LOVE Goransson/Shirley’s work for the other SW shows. But this (musically) has the potentially to be something special. Especially with the Maestro guiding the tone and style of the score:) crumbs, Docteur Qui, Brando and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,697 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 14 hours ago, Michael G. said: https://media.tenor.co/videos/113330b032b615249ce4422968ccf22b/mp4 "Well I did say I was retired from Star Wars, but... ohh, screw it!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Docteur Qui 1,572 Posted February 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 18, 2022 The best thing is, even if it’s another desert Western pastiche (like Mando and Boba), hearing Williams’ take on that will be incredible. And if it’s not a Western, even better. Edmilson, crumbs, Tom and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Once 680 Posted February 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 18, 2022 Will this make Williams the only person involved with all three Star Wars trilogies, their spin-off movies and now the television shows? Anthony Daniels would only need to appear in one of the Disney+ shows, I guess, but for now I think Williams is the one consistant part of making of this franchise - spanning 45 years. Simply unbelievable. 1 hour ago, Jay said: Just saw this great perspective in the FSM thread I love putting things in perspective like that. I know this is basically only of personal interest, but my great-grandmother was born in 1912, 20 years before Williams. I often thought about that and talked to her about it. She was 65 years old when she went to the cinema to see the the first Star Wars movie (in 1978) and the biggest take-away for her was the music. Years later I introduced her properly to John Williams and at the age of 107 she listened to The Rise of Skywalker with me by her side. Many of my memories with her are tied to John Williams - and the other way around. This theme and the upcoming The Fabelmans will be the first scores written by Williams (for the screen) I won't be able to share with my great-grandma and that feels strange. But also reassuring. I hope Williams has at least as many healthy years ahead of him as my 20-years-older-great-grandmother had! Anyway! Yay! New music by Williams! Always a great reason for celebration! Mattris, Andy, bigjimwilson and 21 others 18 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crumbs 14,697 Posted February 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 18, 2022 Just occurred to me MM was right all along. When TROS came out, Williams was saying publicly he was retiring from the series. But around the same time, Mike said he'd be open to returning in the future if the right project came along and Disney asked him to do it. And here we are. Once, Mattris, Will and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Disco Stu 15,501 Posted February 18, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 18, 2022 4 minutes ago, crypto said: he'd be open to returning in the future if the right project came along and Disney asked him to do it Reminds me of the story of back in the 90s when he was reportedly insulted that they hadn't even asked him if he'd do the Shadows of the Empire multimedia thing. Guess they learned their lesson. Always ask! Brando, Andy, Once and 2 others 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,697 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 A minor but not insignificant detail: is this Williams' first scoring project for a female director? Manakin Skywalker and michael_grig 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,679 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 I hope he recorded somekind of 4-5 minute piece even if they use only 1 minute of it on the TV show Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,697 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 11 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: Reminds me of the story of back in the 90s when he was reportedly insulted that they hadn't even asked him if he'd do the Shadows of the Empire multimedia thing. Guess they learned their lesson. Always ask! He was more insulted he wasn't asked to score the Star Wars Holiday Special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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