Episode 85 - John Williams, The Secret Sauce of Star Wars

Blast Points - Star Wars Podcast

Tv & Film

4.8 • 563 Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2017

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Jason and Gabe are back and this week they are celebrating the music of the saga and the secret sauce of that Star Wars magic, the one and only John Williams! They go into some interesting John Williams history and dive into a heavy duty conversation on what their personal favorite JW tracks from the seven Star Wars films he's done so far. What ones do they like? Dislike? What Star Wars music played at Gabe's wedding? Find out in this music and fun filled episode!!! PLUS! Last Jedi news, Disco Snoke talk, Han music news and even Episode 9 stuff!! So put on your black turtleneck, crank the Imperial March & celebrate the love with BLAST POINTS!!! Blast Points t-shirts are now available! Get them here: www.etsy.com/shop/Gibnerd?section_id=21195481 visit the Blast Points website! www.blastpointspodcast.com reviews! comics! recipes, articles and tons more! if you dug the show please leave BLAST POINTS a review on iTunes and share the show with friends! If you leave an iTunes review, i will read it on a future episode! honestly! talk to Blast Points on twitter at @blast_points leave feedback, comments or ideas for shows! also like Blast Points on Facebook for news on upcoming shows and links to some of the stuff we talk about in the show!! we are also on Instagram! Wow! your hosts are Jason Gibner & Gabe Bott! contact Jason at Gibnerd@hotmail.com May the Force be with you, always.

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0:00.0	It does feel for me, writing music to Star Wars, that it's one entity, that it's one body,
0:18.1	and that I'm adding parts to it every time.
0:25.5	And that it is a continuity there in musical terms that is as far as I know in film unique.
0:29.6	And it's an opportunity that George has given
0:33.2	probably unwittingly, I mean initially, on his part part, and certainly, and unknowingly on my part.
0:40.8	But in retrospect, we can look back and see now that we've had this, we have this collection of
0:46.3	themes and melodies and marches and battle hymns and all this of all kinds.
0:57.1	Weddings, funerals, everything you can think of that belong to this canon now of musical work, which I have to say I get a big kick out of looking at it now.
1:07.0	Especially due to the fact that in the beginning, at least in my mind, it wasn't planned out that way.
1:13.0	I've loved doing the Star Wars films with all the fanfares and flourish and the galaxy far, far away,
1:20.2	I actually feel like I'm still in it, that I've never really left it, you know.
1:24.6	Having worked on all of the six films, I'm just happy to be continuing
1:29.8	to be part of the whole fun of doing it.
1:39.0	And the secret sauce of Star Wars.
1:49.3	The greatest composer, conductor in the universe, John Williams.
2:18.3	The music. We're going to be able to be. We're going to be. Oh, oh, oh. Oh. Oh. Oh.
2:20.3	Oh.
2:21.3	Oh. Oh, yeah. All right, hello, Star Wars fans, move milkers everywhere.
3:06.3	Welcome to episode number 85 of blast points.
3:11.0	This is Jason and Gabe.
3:13.0	You heard in the beginning, it's going to be a lot of John Williams talk.
3:16.5	We're talking about the secret sauce of Star Wars.
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