How the Force Works - Episode II - The Themes
Full Of Sith: Star Wars News, Discussions and Interviews
Tha Mike Pilot, Bryan Young and Consetta Parker
4.3 • 780 Ratings
🗓️ 29 December 2017
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Part two of this three-part podcast miniseries steps through how John Williams' use of leitmotif changed film history, the way his recurring themes are used in The Last Jedi, the (few) new themes that were written for the film, and the way motifs and themes have been manipulated and repurposed throughout the series' history—by Williams, his collaborators, and his listeners.
Episode II tracklisting:
Main Titles (Blade Runner) - Vangelis
Theme to Escape From New York - John Carpenter
The Hunt from Planet of the Apes - Jerry Goldsmith
L'alba Dei Morti Viventi (Dawn of the Dead) - Goblin
The Flying Sequence (E.T. The Extra Terrestrial)
Theme to Jurassic Park
The Raiders March (Raiders of the Lost Ark)
Theme to Superman
The Last Jedi (Theatrical Trailer Score)
Ben Kenobi's Death and TIE Fighter Attack (Star Wars)
The Droid Invasion (The Phantom Menace)
The March of the Resistance (The Force Awakens)
Snoke (The Force Awakens)
Imperial Attack (Star Wars)
The Imperial Suite (Rogue One)
The Imperial March (The Empire Strikes Back)
Hope (Rogue One)
Main Title and The Ice Planet Hoth (The Empire Strikes Back)
"Chrome Dome"
Finale
Peace and Purpose
The Jedi Steps
Ahch-To Island
Old Friends
Parade of the Ewoks (Return of the Jedi)
The Princess Appears (Star Wars)
Binary Sunset (alternate) (Star Wars: Special Edition)
The Princess Appears (Star Wars)
Fun with Finn and Rose
Anakin's Theme (The Phantom Menace)
Theme to Amazing Stories
The Fathiers
The Rebellion is Reborn
A Spoonful of Sugar - Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman
The Supremacy
The Spark
Anakin's Dark Deeds (Revenge of the Sith)
Torn Apart (The Force Awakens)
Includes an excerpt from "The New Force Behind Star Wars," as aired on the CBS newsmagazine 60 Minutes, December 13, 2015.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Stand by, please, gentlemen. Here we go. |
| 0:09.5 | All right, here it is, James. |
| 0:11.8 | Settle down. |
| 0:13.8 | Six, three, one, five, seven. |
| 0:16.5 | One, two, three, four. |
| 0:18.1 | One, two, three, four. |
| 0:36.9 | Welcome to How the Force Works, a three-part podcast commentary on John Williams' eighth score in the Star Wars saga, The Last Jedi. |
| 0:40.2 | In part one, I talked about my personal history with Star Wars, the history of Star Wars music, |
| 0:44.9 | how it was made and how that was changed on The Last Jedi. |
| 0:48.9 | In part two, we're going to examine the themes, both brand new and recurring. |
| 0:53.5 | And in part three, we'll dig into the specific moments in both the film and the score that leave their marks on the saga. |
| 1:00.4 | Now, this episode, we're going to talk a little bit more about the thing that has made Johnny Williams, jazz pianist from Floral Park, New York, |
| 1:07.2 | one of the most well-known composers in cinema history. |
| 1:10.1 | And it's not his way around an action |
| 1:11.6 | cue. It's not his predilection to calling everyone baby within minutes of meeting them in a way that |
| 1:16.6 | is somehow not weird or off-putting, but endearing and like the way only Kermit the Frog or Fred |
| 1:22.6 | Rogers have managed to perfect. Oh, baby. I just hope I... We'll talk later. |
| 1:28.4 | Come on. |
| 1:30.8 | This stuff in this 7 really needs to be good. |
| 1:31.6 | I hope it is. |
| 1:34.6 | Babies, he's like a jazz guy. |
| 1:36.7 | He's like a jazz guy. |
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