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Listening to the soundtrack last night, thanks Amazon.
Definitely better than John William’s PT scores and right up there with the originals. The score has such a freshness and familiarity at the same time
I couldn’t agree less. This for me was the weakest Star Wars score. Even the crappiest prequel moments had memorable themes. The only motifs that I recognised were from the OT.
In my defense, I had only listened to it once at that point, and did seem to assume that the lack of new identifiable themes was more because I wasn’t familiar with it yet, as it had been so long since hearing a new SW soundtrack. That said the I liked the overall style and atmosphere to it more than the PT scores still, to me it sounds fresh yet nostalgic, with hints of older music stylings.
Yes there does seem to be fewer memorable themes making it feel a bit more like a non-Williams score. But I mean come on there’s still at least 4 new memorable themes that come to my mind: Kylo Ren/First Order, Rey, Resistance March, and Jedi Steps, all of which I really enjoy.