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Oscar Nominees 2014 (Part 6 of 6): Prediction, Best Original Score
All five of this year’s Oscar nominees for Best Original Score have something obvious going for them. The score for Gravity is for one of the year’s biggest blockbusters, that for Her has...
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BOOK REVIEW – John Williams’s Film Music, by Emilio Audissino
With all the success John Williams has enjoyed thus far over his extensive career, one might believe there to be a wealth of writings on the composer. The truth, however, is that John Williams’s Film...
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Celebrating Star Wars Themes, Part 1 of 6: Uses of the Force Theme
Through the first six films of the Star Wars saga, John Williams’ inimitable scores have generated a large body of musical themes that have played an inextricable part in building the fantasy world...
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Celebrating Star Wars Films, Part 2 of 6: Uses of Darth Vader’s Theme
This is the second in a series of six posts on themes from the Star Wars films. Each post will examine a theme from each of the six films in turn, leading up to an analysis of the score for the new...
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Celebrating Star Wars Themes, Part 3 of 6: The Emperor’s Theme
In his score for Return of the Jedi, John Williams introduced a handful of new memorable themes into the Star Wars saga including that for the Ewoks, Jabba the Hutt, and Luke and Leia. But the only...
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Celebrating Star Wars Themes, Part 4 of 6: Duel of the Fates
When John Williams returned to the Star Wars films in 1999 with Episode I: The Phantom Menace, there was something quite different about his approach to the score. Of course, the main theme and a...
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Celebrating Star Wars Themes, Part 5 of 6: Across the Stars
With its emphasis on the budding romance between Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala, it is no surprise that the love theme, Across the Stars, is the most pervasive theme in Star Wars, Episode II:...
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Celebrating Star Wars Themes, Part 6 of 6: Battle of the Heroes
As the climax of Revenge of the Sith and the entire prequel trilogy, the duel between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker that concludes the film is placed under a great deal of dramatic weight. So...
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Themes and Their Musical Meaning in Star Wars, Episode VII: The Force Awakens
Although The Force Awakens draws heavily on plot elements from the original Star Wars, John Williams’ score remained in a style more reminiscent of the prequels than the original films. To be sure,...
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New Musical Themes and Their Meaning in The Last Jedi
While John Williams’ score for The Last Jedi draws heavily on his existing thematic material in the Star Wars saga, it does contain three new themes that feature prominently in the score, ones for...
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