TLJ 6: What Does Hyperspace Sound Like?
Today, we are covering the music and sound of minutes 26-30 of Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi! We get a final look of Luke, Leia sits by the window while exiting hyperspace, Leia slaps and demotes Poe, Admiral Ackbar calls a proximity alert, Snoke's ship tracks the Raddus, Poe gets permission to blow stuff up, Kylo Ren looks angry but conflicted, and the hangar blows up. Guest: Liz Whitaker from Mean Girls Minute.
Theme-spotting: Force theme, Kylo Ren theme, Leia theme, Resistance March, Tension.
Soundtrack: "4. The Supremacy"
Discussion topics:
"Force Theme vs Binary Sunset vs Obi Wan"
Liz's method of writing music to herself is "BUM bum bum bum bum"
Suspension chords and the effect they can have on a scene.
Water bottle rattle symbolism.
Xanthe feels some "Pavane for a Dead Princess" (Maurice Ravel) vibes.
What hyperspace sounds like and how we would recreate hyperspace at home.
Rundown of sound design highlights.
Futuristic beeps and blips. So underrated yet so precise.
How 90's pop divas unknowingly trained our ears to recognize emphatic key changes.
The sputtering and corkscrewing sounds of Kylo's ship.
An interesting happens in Kylo's theme...
Our lay breakdown of the explosion sound moment.
How sound design sparks curiosity. Incongruity and unexpected sound design choices subconsciously challenge our assumptions about the physical space of a given world. (ex. The sound BB-8 makes when bouncing around).
Two different interpretations of what Leia's Theme could mean.
Consistency note: While leitmotif names are completely up to interpretation, I'm using the names that Frank Lehman uses in his Complete Catalogue of the Musical Themes of Star Wars. I find this resource to be the most careful, objective, well-organized, and up-to-date guide of its kind.
Liz Whitaker is on Twitter @MeanGirlsMinute. Also Instagram @meangirlsminute.
Star Wars Music Minute is on Instagram @starwarsmusicminute, and Chrysanthe is on Twitter @chrysanthetan and Instagram at @chrysanthetan. Chrysanthe's Patreon is patreon.com/chrysanthetan.
