Hard disagree. Williams came through on the score to a level I didn’t actually expect. I thought it was going to be more of a hit-parade considering that whole “end of a saga” push we were given in the last couple months of pre-release, and what he delivered has a lot of recognizable themes, but he still came up with something like five prominent new themes, which are just as important to the score as the classic motifs, and a lot of his action underscore feels very alive in a way it hasn’t since Revenge of the Sith.

If Rise of Skywalker has an MVP it’s gotta be the Maestro. He put so much heart into that movie.