8/10 Album
5/10 Art(?)
It’s a good score. Has a kinda “western movie” feel in places. It’s awfully prequelly, though, especially March of the Resistance. I dunno what it is about John’s progression as a musician, but his Star Wars scores have lost a lot of their OT je ne seis quoi ever since The Phantom Menace. I’m sure everyone knows what I mean, though.
It’s definitely Star Wars though, in that it has the feel. I particularly enjoy Rey’s Theme, and I also get some big The Ice Planet Hoth vibes (I think it’s the original Echo Base reveal cue, which I will forever associate with Shadows of the Empire thanks to it being the menu music N64 game) from the one motif in Follow Me.
I wish the music played a larger role in the films these days.