At this point in Ahsoka’s journey, the events of Revenge of the Sithare happening concurrently with The Clone Wars. This works thematically, but it also works chronologically. You need it in The Rise of Skywalker when Rey defeats the Emperor in the track “The Force Will Be With You,” but if I never hear that famous theme on The Clone Wars or in any new Star Wars thing, ever, I’ll be fine with that. In the Sequel Trilogy, and yes, other parts of The Clone Wars, you’ll hear “The Force Theme” (technically, “Binary Sunset”) too many times in too many different contexts. The point is, even when the music is pleasant, you can go too far into the territory of nostalgia and overt reference. To be clear, the Solo score has its fans, but there’s a track called “Reminiscence Therapy,” which, let’s face it, is just a very convincing mash-up of two big Williams numbers that scream chase sequence: “The Asteroid Field” from The Empire Strikes Backand “Ben’s Death and TIE Fighter Attack” from A New Hope. Instead of John Powell’s valiant attempt to play the hits, what if Solo had sounded more like Ludwig Göransson’s score for The Mandalorian? Not exactly like The Mandalorian mind you, but a little more metal than what we got. For my money, Solo isn’t half as bad as some of its critics say, but I bet even its biggest detractors would have liked it 20 percent more had the score been a little riskier. Some might say Star Wars would be nothing without its famous music, but it’s worth thinking about which aspects of the saga would be more well-liked had the music been more memorable and daring. We all love John Williams’ scores, but at a certain point, it’s nice to hear something new. Subverting our expectations for what the music of Star Wars should be is, perhaps, the fastest way to make new Star Wars stories feel fresh. But, beyond its dichotomy, it proves something about Star Wars in general.
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Series composer Kevin Kiner’s bold score for this installment is unorthodox as hell but classic at the same time.
If you got chills while watching “Shattered,” the third part of The Clone War sfinale, there’s a good chance that the episode’s music had something to do with that.
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