artguy360 1,844 Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Here are mine and why: Gold = Leia's theme Silver = Rey's theme Bronze = Imperial March Leia's theme decided a love theme. JW writes amazing love themes. This one also has a sublime, maybe GOAT, climaxes. The theme is beautiful and memorable from beginning to end. Rey's theme on the other hand is definitely not a love theme: it is a wonderful and fun character theme. Rey's theme has several distinct musical ideas that express aspects of her character in addition to the b-part. The whole listening experience is a journey in JW weaving these motifs together. The theme both perfectly captures Rey's character and is musically fun to listen to. I could go on and on about the genius of Rey's theme. The Imperial March is the funnest of all 3. It is so brash and the most memorable of all 3, but it can be too much with frequent listening and I listen to SW music A LOT! Yoda's theme is the next runner up. So, I'm very curious, what are your Olympic medals of JW's SW themes and why? Taikomochi and aj_vader 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 3,482 Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Gold: Force Silver: Han & Leia Bronze: Yoda GerateWohl and aj_vader 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,371 Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Gold: Throne Room Hymn Silver: Han Solo and the Princess Bronze: The Little People Work aj_vader 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,670 Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 I thought this was going to be a ranking of JW's Olympic themes! Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aj_vader 534 Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Boring answers here, sorry in advanced. Gold - The Imperial MarchSilver - Main Titles/Luke's ThemeBronze - The Force Theme Gold - The Imperial March I don't really know what I can say here that hasn't been said many times, but has there ever been music (in film) more iconic and a more characteristically successful theme in portraying a character, vision or affiliation? If there is, it's probably something else by the Maestro himself (likely from Star Wars). The speed in which Darth Vader and The Empire are conveyed and delivered in the statements of this theme are truly spectacular in it's use and musical design. The problem here is I struggle to look at this and most of Star Wars objectively (especially The Imperial March). I am far too obsessed with this music too not be blinded by bias. Silver - Main Titles/Luke's Theme Almost the same reasons as above, it encapsulates all the excitement I associate with all the Star Wars films and manages to achieve this very quickly when it’s stated. Would I feel the same if this was a piece of concert music without any film association? Hard to say, but I’d like to think so. I think the Main Titles probably receives most of its positive praise due to its melody, I think the orchestration becomes overlooked. If you listen to the music without the trumpets, you can see the point I’m trying to make. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FISl_GaFwMIAxSYf55CEjiU4MCKeV7Tj/view?usp=sharing Bronze - The Force Theme One of the most beautiful pieces of music written for me, a ridiculous thing to claim considering how much beautiful music there is (even in the Star Wars scores alone), however this piece moves me emotionally unlike much else. There has to be honourable mentions as this list was very difficult to choose after the gold and silver awards (Across the Stars, Rey’s Theme, Leia’s Theme etc). It works in every textural iteration that Williams employs through its various uses. From the Solo Horn in Binary Sunset to the Trumpet section of The Throne Room it always conveys that sense of mystery, hope and subtle heroism. A very difficult exercise to take part in, but more than welcome. Thank you artguy360. artguy360 and BB-8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 3,482 Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 8 minutes ago, Tom said: I thought this was going to be a ranking of JW's Olympic themes! Gold: Summon the Heroes Silver: Call of the Champions Bronze: Olympic Fanfare aj_vader 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433 Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Gold: The Imperial March/Rey's Theme Silver: Yoda's Theme/The Force Theme Bronze: Battle of the Heroes/Duel of the Fates aj_vader and Taikomochi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Gold: Rey's theme Silver: Han Solo and the Princess Bronze: Friendship theme from TROS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post artguy360 1,844 Posted October 8, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 8, 2022 2 hours ago, May the Force be with You said: Gold: The Imperial March/Rey's Theme Silver: Yoda's Theme/The Force Theme Bronze: Battle of the Heroes/Duel of the Fates This is just cheating. aj_vader, Raiders of the SoundtrArk, GerateWohl and 3 others 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy 4,141 Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Gold: Luke’s Theme/Summon the Heroes Silver: Darth Vader’s Theme/ Olympic Fanfare Bronze: Force Theme/Call of the Champions Luke’s Theme is really to me “the Star Wars” theme. When that movie first hit, EVERYONE was humming - no- singing that glorious melody for months and months. Cerebral Cortex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,044 Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Are we talking about the themes themselves, or the concert suites that act as formal standalone statements of some of them? If it's the former: Gold - the Force theme Silver - ESB love theme Bronze - Rebel fanfare If it's the latter: Gold - Leia's Theme Silver - Main Title (the long OST edit) Bronze - Rey's Theme Insert standard disclaimer here: This is a really tough thing to rank, I might give different answers another day, yada Yoda yada. BB-8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePenitentMan1 744 Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Datameister said: yada Yoda yada. You deserve a medal for that pun. QuartalHarmony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Score 770 Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 If we're talking about the themes themselves and how they are used in the movies, I'd go for: Gold: Force theme Silver: Han and Leia Bronze: Luke's theme If we're talking about the album tracks / concert pieces, I'd go for a very different list: Gold: Princess Leia's theme Silver: Luke and Leia Bronze: The Imperial March BB-8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Gold: Luke's Theme (Main Title Theme) Silver: The Force Theme Bronze: The Imperial March BB-8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,371 Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 6 hours ago, Score said: If we're talking about the album tracks / concert pieces, I'd go for a very different list: Gold: Princess Leia's theme Silver: Luke and Leia Bronze: The Imperial March When it comes to concert arrangements my number one would probably be Across the Stars. Then Imperial March and then Rey's Theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dr. Rick 1,157 Posted October 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 9, 2022 Impossible to do just 3 for all 9 films so I’ll break it up by trilogy… Prequels -Duel of the Fates -Battle of the Heroes -Qui-Gon’s theme (JW needs to compose a concert suite of this!) OT -Imperial March (I hear it every Saturday in the fall watching college football on TV while the band plays it between plays throughout the game) -Yoda’s theme -Force Theme Sequels -Rey’s Theme -March of the Resistance -Kylo Ren’s theme aj_vader, Brando and Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brando 1,864 Posted October 9, 2022 Share Posted October 9, 2022 Gold-everything Wait- aj_vader 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 Gold: Han Solo and the Princess Silver: The Force Theme Bronze: The Rise of Skywalker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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