Kevin Kiner & co's AHSOKA (2023)

[JNHFan2000 2,966]

9 minutes ago, Laserschwert said:

Was it announced that this will get its soundtrack released?

Yes. First Volume on Sept. 15.

 

Expect a lot of music. 

[Gabriel Bezerra 302]

 

Yup, not by Kevin.

 

 

[JNHFan2000 2,966]

That seems more like they threw all the names on there and didn't think twice about it.

 

But of course, it could be true. And Kevin is still on there

[Gabriel Bezerra 302]

Kevin's name is in all the albums cues, even the ones not by him, and the official releases usually don't throw names that aren't involved (except Kevin, the "main artist")

[Manakin Skywalker 4,897]

On 31/08/2023 at 3:58 PM, Gabriel Bezerra said:

I think Russell is the only one of the team I can actually tell which cues are his.

 

Yeah, I saw a bunch of people crediting Kiner for that music the this past week. But the second I heard those cues in the episode I was like "I'm willing to bet this was DGR..."

[JNHFan2000 2,966]

That's because 'most' people think Kiner wrote everything and have no idea that someone else is involved

[DarthDementous 1,059]

I wish David Glen Russel was scoring the whole show, Episode 3's music was fantastic

[Courtney Sees Ghosts 269]

This guy points out that the one melody at the end of Episode 3 was indeed a theme for Baylan. Turns out it was also in my favorite music cue in Episode 1.

Morgan's Theme sounds cool too. 
 

 

[Courtney Sees Ghosts 269]

Music this episode continues to be fucking incredible.

Also, our first use of a Williams theme and it wasn't one I expected to hear. Though in retrospect, it makes sense.

[artus_grayboot 77]

For the fourth episode, Kevin Kiner and the music team really make it feel like a Star Wars TV show, embracing the Ludwig Göransson feel established in Mando; but then bringing their own sensibilities to it too. Hints of Williams, hints of solo string writing I’ve heard in Rebels and Clone Wars… it’s cool to witness. And it must be a thrill for them to be upholding the legacy.

[LB Makes Stuff 240]

I really love what Kiner(s) (or David) did during the Jacen and Hera lightsaber moment. Some of it reminded me of Hook for whatever reason.

[DarthDementous 1,059]

2 hours ago, LB Makes Stuff said:

I really love what Kiner(s) (or David) did during the Jacen and Hera lightsaber moment. Some of it reminded me of Hook for whatever reason.

 

I keep finding that the closest it sounds to Star Wars it's probably David

[JNHFan2000 2,966]

Yeah indeed. The Force statement was done very well

[LB Makes Stuff 240]

Ok so, am I the only one extremely disappointed in the Sith Anakin Vs Ahsoka duel music? Like the first duel with Jedi Anakin sounded fine, but the second one just sucked. Usually Kiner & Co. do some wicked cool things with their big (dare I say, emotional?) duel sequences as far as I can tell. So I’m bummed out there was the shift from big and bombastic music in past duels, to bland and, almost, generic music here.

[Gabriel Bezerra 302]

Couldn't even hear the music in most of the episode, don't have any recollection of the duels' music.

[CGCJ 394]

Contents of the first OST courtesy of AHA Music:

Spoiler

Master and Apprentice
00:00-01:40 The Update
02:30-04:30 The Update
04:40-06:40 Master and Apprentice
06:53-10:30 The Map
12:42-14:30 Assassin Ambush
15:50-16:00 The New Republic
16:40-20:30 The New Republic
21:00-22:19 Where Is Sabine?
22:31-25:13 Igyah Kah [Sarah Tudzin]
25:20-27:30 Ezra's Recording
27:33-29:50 Witch Ruins
30:10-34:50 Should Have Been a Good Jedi
36:50-39:50 Like So Many Jedi
40:30-41:18 Studying the Orb
41:50-42:40 Ahsoka and Hera
43:20-46:39 Studying the Orb
46:40-50:40 Shin and Sabine

 

Toil and Trouble
00:01-01:10 Secrets of the Map
01:20-02:09 Done Enough
03:30-03:38 Done Enough
03:40-05:38 Opening the Map
06:20-08:08 Searching the Room
09:23-12:10 Bypass
12:30-13:10 Morgan and Baylan
13:50-16:50 Morgan and Baylan
17:00:17:38 Corellian Shipyard
20:30-20:39 Corellian Shipyard
23:20-25:50 Corellian Shipyard
26:10-27:18 Loyalists
31:10-32:58 Sabine's Armor
34:00-36:40 Sabine's Armor
36:40-38:20 The Eye

 

Time to Fly
00:01-01:20 Enemies Are Multiplying
01:30-02:10 More Than Just Your Eyes
04:10-06:59 More Than Just Your Eyes
07:02-08:50 Briefing the Senators
12:50-12:59 Not Gifted
17:00-19:40 You Don't Know That
22:10-22:30 I Shall Deal with Them
23:20-24:40 Stepping Out
25:00-28:57 The Whale Pod

 

Fallen Jedi
05:02-06:30 Move In
10:10-11:39 Watch Me
13:05-13:48 Meet Up with Baylan
14:00-17:40 Fight in the Woods
20:30-24:20 Ahsoka and Baylan
24:50-26:10 Do It
28:30-30:37 Can't Follow Us
34:21-34:30 Something Familiar

 

Full track list and durations courtesy of ACRCloud Music:

Spoiler

The Update (04:47)

Master and Apprentice (02:17)

The Map (05:15)

Assassin Ambush (02:35)

The New Republic (04:53)

Where Is Sabine? (01:32)

Igyah Kah (02:48)

Ezra's Recording (02:21)

Witch Ruins (02:33)

Should Have Been a Good Jedi (05:40)

Like So Many Jedi (02:35)

Studying the Orb (04:24)

Ahsoka and Hera (01:59)

Shin and Sabine (04:18)

Secrets of the Map (01:22)

Done Enough (01:12)

Opening the Map (02:07)

Searching the Room (02:27)

Bypass (02:55)

Morgan and Baylan (04:40)

Corellian Shipyard (06:02)

Loyalists (01:32)

Sabine's Armor (05:43)

The Eye (02:00)

Enemies Are Multiplying (01:24)

More Than Just Your Eyes (03:42)

Briefing the Senators (03:11)

Not Gifted (02:23)

You Don't Know That (05:34)

Not the Time for a Lesson (00:58)

I Shall Deal with Them (03:04)

Stepping Out (02:11)

The Whale Pod (03:18)

Hunt Them Down (01:58)

Can I Count on You? (03:16)

Move In (02:53)

Huyang Cuts the Power (01:29)

Watch Me (02:16)

Meet Up with Baylan (02:20)

Fight in the Woods (03:50)

Ahsoka and Baylan (04:04)

Do It (03:09)

Can't Follow Us (05:21)

Something Familiar (00:51)

 

[Laserschwert 475]

That's really a lot of music for a Volume 1. And this doesn't even include the awesome stuff from episode 5.

[MedigoScan 324]

Oh sure NOW they start giving us humongous releases again.

[JNHFan2000 2,966]

https://music.apple.com/nz/album/ahsoka-vol-1-episodes-1-4-original-soundtrack/1706915174

 

Samples!!!

It's almost 2.5 hours. If that is the case for Vol. 2, we have almost 6 hours of music which would mean almost all the music.

[CGCJ 394]

8 minutes ago, JNHFan2000 said:

It's almost 2.5 hours. If that is the cae for Vol. 2, we have almost 6 hours of music which would mean almost all the music.

Sean Kiner did say they hoped to get all but a handful of cues out:

 

[JNHFan2000 2,966]

It's also great to hear that answer about Rebels Seasons 3&4

[mstrox 6,651]

For those of us who couldn’t bear to sit through that interview, what’s the word on Rebels?

[CGCJ 394]

9 minutes ago, mstrox said:

For those of us who couldn’t bear to sit through that interview, what’s the word on Rebels?

Still nothing of note for official series 3&4 soundtrack releases except that they really want it to be out there and we should let DisneyMusic know that they are wanted, which is what they've been saying for years.

[Tallguy 3,398]

1 hour ago, CGCJ said:

Still nothing of note for official series 3&4 soundtrack releases except that they really want it to be out there and we should let DisneyMusic know that they are wanted, which is what they've been saying for years.

 

What do I have to do? Go to their house?!?

[Gabriel Bezerra 302]

2 minutes ago, Tallguy said:

 

What do I have to do? Go to their house?!?

[JNHFan2000 2,966]

Even the cues for the "Previously On" segments are on the album. That doesn't happen very often.

[JNHFan2000 2,966]

After Ahsoka's first volume, can we make the conclusion that with these volumes from Disney series it's really the composers choice of how much music goes on there?

 

How is it that Kiner & Co. release 2+ hour albums and something like Mando S2&3, Moon Knight have so little music in contrast.

The folk at Disney are open to releasing so much music it seems, so why not do it for more stuff?

[Gabriel Bezerra 302]

Feels like Disney is overcompensating Kiner and co. for those really poor releases (or lack thereof) for years. This only started with Bad Batch.

[Laserschwert 475]

If only they could do the same for Clone Wars and Rebels. Granted, them being mostly sample-based is a bit of a letdown, but I'm pretty sure I'll buy them anyway.

 

4 CDs worth of music for an 8-episode show is a pretty solid release.

[Faleel 5,355]

I remember when CW first came out, and I was told that if I made a CW score thread, I would be the only one posting in it, and now look

[CGCJ 394]

Just finished going through the soundtrack! Here's my spreadsheet.

 

As far as I can tell from what is used in the episodes it's only missing 1 cue from episode 2:
27:19-31:01 David Glen Russell's big action cue for Ahsoka & Marrock's duel on Correlia (02:42). I hope that it's just an error and Loyalists is meant to contain that cue as its easily the best cue of the episode and it being missing - especially as the only missing cue - is disappointing.

[Jay 37,369]

Why are the composers sometimes listed in column F, but sometimes listed in column G which is supposed to be for Notes?

[CGCJ 394]

3 minutes ago, Jay said:

Why are the composers sometimes listed in column F, but sometimes listed in column G which is supposed to be for Notes?

When more than one composer is credited on a track I put them in the notes as it's not clear which of the credited composers did which of the included cues in a track.

[JNHFan2000 2,966]

49 minutes ago, CGCJ said:

Just finished going through the soundtrack! Here's my spreadsheet.

 

As far as I can tell from what is used in the episodes it's only missing 1 cue from episode 2:
27:19-31:01 David Glen Russell's big action cue for Ahsoka & Marrock's duel on Correlia (02:42). I hope that it's just an error and Loyalists is meant to contain that cue as its easily the best cue of the episode and it being missing - especially as the only missing cue - is disappointing.

Indeed, noticed that as well. Loyalists stops right after Hera gets shot at by the big ship.

The rest in unreleased, which is a shame because it was really good.

And indeed weird to release 2 hour and 23 minutes worth of music, but not that. I'd change out the demo cue at the end for that.

[CGCJ 394]

2 minutes ago, JNHFan2000 said:

I'd change out the demo cue at the end for that.

Yeah, surely an actual score cue should take precident over a source demo, especially if the actual source cue is already included! The inclusion of the demo suggested that everything was already included and it was added purely to ensure it was truly complete, but I guess not.

[Faleel 5,355]

So the whole soundtrack is out there somewhere?

[Jay 37,369]

The album drops Friday September 15th, which is already is in most countries on our planet right now, even though its still Thursday for you and me.

[Courtney Sees Ghosts 269]

9 hours ago, Tallguy said:

 

What do I have to do? Go to their house?!?

Sean said he lost his files on his laptop. LMFAO

[CGCJ 394]

17 minutes ago, Courtney Sees Ghosts said:

Sean said he lost his files on his laptop. LMFAO

 

[Tydirium 1,167]

7 hours ago, CGCJ said:

Just finished going through the soundtrack! Here's my spreadsheet.

 

As far as I can tell from what is used in the episodes it's only missing 1 cue from episode 2:
27:19-31:01 David Glen Russell's big action cue for Ahsoka & Marrock's duel on Correlia (02:42). I hope that it's just an error and Loyalists is meant to contain that cue as its easily the best cue of the episode and it being missing - especially as the only missing cue - is disappointing.

 

Why am I not surprised that David G. Russell would be the one with a missing cue? At least with "Battle of Yerbana" we got a mock-up. (Though that was still very weird.)

[crumbs 14,317]

16 hours ago, JNHFan2000 said:

The folk at Disney are open to releasing so much music it seems, so why not do it for more stuff?

 

It's indeed baffling we get so much music for some shows/games and near-complete expansions for some movies, yet the bare minimum for others (and arguably the most popular stuff, ie. the JW scores).

 

Can only assume the composers themselves are responsible and Lucasfilm/Disney don't care either way. Which kinda contradicts Powell's comments about the Solo expansion (that nobody at Disney cared but he fought for it) and reiterates the depressing thought that Williams himself is stopping new SW expansions (which doesn't make sense if he ticked off on the 1993 and 1997 OT expansions).

[Bounty95 558]

4 hours ago, crumbs said:

the depressing thought that Williams himself is stopping new SW expansions (which doesn't make sense if he ticked off on the 1993 and 1997 OT expansions).

 

If only Mike could at least tell us what the situation is like... He surely knows. 

[Jay 37,369]

I doubt Williams was asked to listen and approve the 1993 box, 1997 2-CDs, or 2000 Ultimate edition.  That all really started when Mike started doing Wiliams expansions in the early 2010s.  All those old FSM expansions weren't sent for his approval either

[Gabriel Bezerra 302]

23 hours ago, CGCJ said:

Just finished going through the soundtrack! Here's my spreadsheet.

 

As far as I can tell from what is used in the episodes it's only missing 1 cue from episode 2:
27:19-31:01 David Glen Russell's big action cue for Ahsoka & Marrock's duel on Correlia (02:42). I hope that it's just an error and Loyalists is meant to contain that cue as its easily the best cue of the episode and it being missing - especially as the only missing cue - is disappointing.

Did he sound a bit surprised to you too @CGCJ?

 

[Jay 37,369]

Most people still don't realize that Friday albums really show up (for completely legal sale) when its still Thursday in most countries

[Courtney Sees Ghosts 269]

Making my way through the soundtracks so I can make theme suites for my YouTube channel. But I gotta say, the music has been spectacular on its own so far.

So far I've found themes for Baylan, Morgan, and the New Republic. Not sure if Shin has one tho.

Wish every Star Wars music release was this expansive.

[Bofur01 245]

I haven’t caught up with the series yet, are there any JW quotes on the album?

[JNHFan2000 2,966]

17 minutes ago, Bofur01 said:

I haven’t caught up with the series yet, are there any JW quotes on the album?

 

Up till now there is a Imperial March quote in the final cue of the album.

In episode 5 there was a beautiful Force theme statement, which no doubt will be on Vol. 2

[Knight of Ren 789]

14 hours ago, Courtney Sees Ghosts said:

Making my way through the soundtracks so I can make theme suites for my YouTube channel. But I gotta say, the music has been spectacular on its own so far.

So far I've found themes for Baylan, Morgan, and the New Republic. Not sure if Shin has one tho.

Wish every Star Wars music release was this expansive.

Yeah, I don't think Shin has a theme, but Baylan's theme was a nice discovery when listening to the soundtrack, even if I had already picked up on that piano motif for his entrance in ep1. Also there's the Purrgils theme, which gets a lot of development in ep 5, but that is derived from Rebels I think, so it's not entirely original to this show, even if I think it shines here a lot more.

 

BTW, if you do those suites please share them here, as I usually love listening to those kind of fan-made compilations!

[filip 53]

On 14/09/2023 at 11:19 PM, CGCJ said:

Just finished going through the soundtrack! Here's my spreadsheet.

 

As far as I can tell from what is used in the episodes it's only missing 1 cue from episode 2:
27:19-31:01 David Glen Russell's big action cue for Ahsoka & Marrock's duel on Correlia (02:42). I hope that it's just an error and Loyalists is meant to contain that cue as its easily the best cue of the episode and it being missing - especially as the only missing cue - is disappointing.

 

On 15/09/2023 at 12:11 AM, JNHFan2000 said:

Indeed, noticed that as well. Loyalists stops right after Hera gets shot at by the big ship.

The rest in unreleased, which is a shame because it was really good.

And indeed weird to release 2 hour and 23 minutes worth of music, but not that. I'd change out the demo cue at the end for that.

The Book of Boba Fett vol2 came with bonus tracks from the first set of episodes and I'm assuming that's because of people like you who were familiar with the shows' music and being vocal about major tracks missing... So... I wish everyone luck.

 

I only listened to episode1 BGMs thus far and I quite like it. Money well spent (although my frustration with Qobuz grows...). I hope the track you pointed out isn't forgotten.