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Post #1365838

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bbghost
Parent topic
The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
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Date created
28-Jul-2020, 7:38 AM

bbghost said:

Have made an extended version of the musical cue for the “Rey Skywalker” moment at the end.

I took some strings and flutes from a cue in The Last Jedi and transposed them to A# which play underneath the horns until the rest of the orchestra comes in, as well as copying that starting note and transposing it down a fifth so you get the nice complete statement of the Force Theme (even though it’s in a different key than usual to make it fit with Rey’s theme, which thematically I actually quite like here.)

I’ve also subtly doubled the orchestra for the very last statement of Rey’s theme before it hits credits. The cue as written in the TFA suite is fairly subdued in terms of arrangement for what’s supposed to be a big, cathartic “end of a 9 film saga” shot. It should just sound like the rest of the orchestra naturally swells in, but let me know if it needs massaging, or you want a version without that.

Hopefully it’s useful, I welcome any feedback!

WAV file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18SkGnBrXJjWsw7GZSl2iHePbhmhRY6o0/view?usp=sharing

Video for the timing ref I used: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BMGJAc7HaYFkTObWcv-9W_qeQpTe-CYD/view?usp=sharing

I’ve updated the WAV file with a third version, massaging that first note a bit more by adding some artificial reverb which slowly comes out as the rest of the orchestra comes in. Shouldn’t be noticeable other than smoothing over that introduction.