Rogue One will be the first Star Wars film not scored by John Williams

by Jeremy Mersereau

September 16, 2016

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For the first time, a composer other than the venerable John Williams will compose for the beloved series.

When you think of Star Wars as a whole, the significance of lightsabers, TIE fighters, and prissy English robots pales in comparison to those epic musical themes, all of which came courtesy of the legendary John Williams. Yes, film scores are absolutely central to a movie’s impact, even if today’s blockbusters about bat-men and their clown problems seem to have forgotten that.

With just three months to go before Rogue One’s release, composer Michael Giacchino has been brought on to score the spin-off film. French composer Alexandre Desplat was originally slated to score Rogue One, but abruptly left the project, allegedly over scheduling conflicts due to the movie’s extensive reshoots ordered by the new dark Emperor of the Star Wars universe, Disney Corp.

Giacchino will be the first composer to work on a Star Wars picture other than John Williams, whose work on the much maligned prequels might have been their only saving grace (well, that and that sand scene). It’s not like Giacchino doesn’t have the nerd pedigree: aside from scoring Lost and various Pixar films, he also appeared as a stormtrooper in The Force Awakens. Although Rogue One isn’t a mainline episode of the series, the switch in composers still marks a purposeful passing of the torch from the Jar-Jar-laden Lucas era, to Disney’s safer, less visionary method of blockbuster creation.

[H/T The Hollywood Reporter]

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