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Rebel Force Radio: Star Wars Podcast

Star Wars Oxygen: The Music of John Williams Vol. 1

Rebel Force Radio: Star Wars Podcast

Rebel Force Radio

Film Interviews, Tv & Film

4.33.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2013

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Star Wars Celebration stage host David Collins brings his passion for music to RebelForce Radio with Star Wars Oxygen: The Music of John Williams.  In this monthly show, David will bring us a close look and listen into the iconic Star Wars soundtrack music from every film, provide influences for each track, and interview highlights with George Lucas, John Williams and more. This month, David kicks off the series with a focus on some choice cuts from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope!

Transcript

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Rebels Force Radio presents

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Star Wars Oxygen

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The music of John Williams

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It's red-five, I'm going in.

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Like Star Wars itself, the music in the film defied conventional wisdom.

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At a time when disco was burning up the charts,

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having a traditional symphonic soundtrack was another huge risk on Lucas's part.

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He really understood the genre that I was talking about.

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It's a group of composers that weren't that well looked upon in the 70s.

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There was a different attitude toward the old-fashioned symphonic and the scores.

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And I had a lot of music in the movie.

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Hey Star Wars fans, Jimi Mack here with you.

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And welcome to the very first episode of Star Wars Oxygen,

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the music of John Williams.

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And joining me on this in each and every show is Star Wars music aficionado,

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friend of Rebels Force Radio from Sony Interactive, David Collins.

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Hey Jimi Mack, hey Star Wars and music aficionado.

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So glad to be here and really excited about the show.

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So David, tell us a little bit about the show.

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What are your goals for the show?

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What do you want to do with this show?

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Well, that's a great question, Jimi Mack.

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