TROS 1: Intro to the Music of The Rise of Skywalker
This is an introduction to the music of The Rise of Skywalker with an emphasis on the first 5 minutes. In the episode, I also go over my aims for this season of Star Wars Music Minute, talk about balancing meta-commentary and media-commentary, and share my favorite thing about the TROS score.
Timestamps:
0:00 - Hello there!
0:50 - What to expect from this episode.
1:40 - Part 1: The first 5 minutes of TROS.
34:02 - Part 2: The Meta Stuff
41:28 - For Your Consideration (FYC) album.
48:03 - Analyzing and interpreting the media as it stands.
50:32 - Romantic music and Friendship as a major theme.
1:03:04 - Assumptions and shaky premises.
1:13:35 - Upcoming source (diegetic) music.
1:14:31 - Matching my timestamps to Frank Lehman's SW Thematic Catalogue.
1:16:34 - New intro/outro arrangement (based on "Anthem of Evil")
1:19:24 - A little perk for my Discord server (join us!)
References:
Complete Catalogue of the Musical Themes of Star Wars (by Frank Lehman): https://franklehman.com/starwars/
Web Archive of FYC album to listen to: https://web.archive.org/web/20191210202934/https://disneystudiosawards.com/star-wars-score.html
Discussion on JW Fan Forum: https://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?/topic/30975-the-rise-of-skywalker-for-your-consideration-fyc-album-discussion/
Musical Themes:
Main Theme (A Section)
Main Theme (B Section)
Romantic Descending Trichords
Starry Night Arpeggios
Kylo Ren A (Aggressive)
Knights of Ren (Fast Form)
Sith Artifacts (Wayfinder)
Kylo Ren B (Hesitant)
Journey to Exegol
Psalm of the Sith (A Section)
Sith Seduction
Where are we in the soundtrack?:
OST 1. "Fanfare and Prologue"
FYC 1. "Prologue"
OST 2. "Journey to Exegol"
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