Episode 16: The Force Awakens - Part 2

Art of the Score

Nicholas Buc

Education, Tv & Film, Music

5 • 624 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2018

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 16, we finish our look at Williams’ seventh entry into the Star Wars universe by looking at what’s returned and what hasn’t. We take apart the reoccurring Star Wars themes and how they’re used in The Force Awakens, and make a number of bold and possibly a little reckless predictions for The Last Jedi (then unreleased). Episode notes: 3:01 – Yes, this was recorded before The Last Jedi was released, and we’re sorry 4:04 – What were our reactions to The Force Awakens’ music when it was released? 9:50 – Ice Landing and the Rebel Fanfare 12:48 – Han Solo and the Princess in The Force Awakens 20:06 – Scherzo for X-Wings and the undanceable dance 26:02 – The Force Theme Awakens 30:00 – The Homestead Burns Again 36:20 – The sonic signature of The Force Awakens 37:30 – Williams’ emotional mood shifts and the journey to Luke Skywalker 39:54 – The brief return of Darth Vader 41:35 – Nick promises to walk out of The Last Jedi in disgust (Narrator: he did not) 48:54 – Andrew embarrasses himself with some music-inspired Last Jedi predictions 52:15 – The Skywalker map and the tritone 56:12 – Snoke’s supreme choir – and Andrew embarrasses himself again 1:04:29 – The death scenes of The Force Awakens and John Williams’ string lament’s across episodes 1:19:50 – Finn’s Phantom Confession 1:21:09 – Maz Kanata’s Jabba Flow 1:24:03 – Dan hopes for some more zany Williams jazz (Narrator: he got it) We love to hear from our listeners – get in touch via Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and if you like The Art of the Score, please take a moment to subscribe, rate and comment.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Art of the Score, the podcast that explores, demystifies and celebrates some of the greatest soundtracks of all time from the world of film,
0:21.3	TV and video games.
0:23.0	I'm Andrew Poxson.
0:24.2	And in each episode, we'll be joined by Daniel Golding and Nicholas Buck,
0:27.7	as we check out a soundtrack we love, break down its main themes,
0:31.3	explore what makes the score tick,
0:33.3	and hopefully impart our love of the world of soundtrans.
1:05.6	Thank you. and hopefully impart our love of the world of soundtrans. In episode 16, we continue to explore the music from Star Wars, The Force Awakens, with our second and final part to our analysis.
1:16.7	The Force Awakens is such an underrated and magical score, and we are really looking forward to sinking our teeth into the remainder of all these amazing pieces of music.
1:26.7	And joining me still in my little mud hut in Jaku village is composer, arranger, orchestrator, conductor, and fluffy blow-up bread maker.
1:28.2	It's Nicholas Buck.
1:29.2	How you doing, Nick?
1:31.6	Good. I have no idea what that reference means.
1:35.3	It's Ray, Ray makes her bread by inflating it.
1:36.8	And you know the most amazing thing?
1:38.6	Sorry to completely derail us before we began.
1:40.2	That is a practical effect.
1:41.2	That's not digital.
1:42.5	No, it is a practical effect. I'm going to watch the film again, clearly.
1:44.3	It's great to be back. And the music's picked up and we're going to pick up. And there's still some
1:50.1	some fantastic bits of music we haven't even touched on in this film. And it's a, it's a score
1:55.8	which rewards multiple listens and we're going to point out all the beauties for you.
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