Favourite non-JW Star Wars composer?

[michael_grig 472]

Favourite non-JW Star Wars composer?

[Thor 8,114]

Of those, Powell. But more generally, Joel McNeely, which wasn't on your list.

 

(geez, I just posted in a STAR WARS thread again!).

[Edmilson 8,539]

Powell

[artguy360 1,889]

Kiner and Haab have both done some really great work. I think Solo might be the single best non-JW SW score. The music has a near JW-like flow and a good glossary of themes. The action music sometimes grates a little, but it's not terrible.

[danbeck 123]

McNeely. But I liked Powell and Giacchino scores also.

 

I think Peter Bernstein's Ewoks (Caravan Of Courage and Battle Of Endor) should also be included in the options.

[DarthDementous 1,185]

Mark Griskey. Why is he and Jesse Harlin not on the poll?

[Manakin Skywalker 5,165]

There's a bunch of SW video game composers that should be on here too. Haab only started working with LucasArts in 2011.

[Steffromuk 463]

McNeely for me.

 

I keep going back to Shadows of the empire. Such a fantastic score! Halfway between classical and score music.

I'd love for some label to release a re-recording of this. The reverb on the original always bugged me a little.

[Datameister 2,231]

Of the ones I know: Powell, followed by Göransson, then Giacchino. The caveat is that I haven't listened to Göransson's work on its own, so it's possible my feelings there would change a little.

 

But yeah, Powell for me. I like the fact that he didn't try to stick to JW's idiom. No one's ever going to be as good a John Williams as John Williams; might as well contribute something different.

[Edmilson 8,539]

Exactly. Solo is for the most part a John Powell score, and I love it for that.