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TROS 1: Intro to the Music of The Rise of Skywalker (Minutes 1-5)

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This is an introduction to the music of The Rise of Skywalker with an emphasis on the first 5 minutes. In the episode, I also go over my aims for this season of Star Wars Music Minute, talk about balancing meta-commentary and media-commentary, and share my favorite thing about the TROS score.

Timestamps:

  • 0:00 - Hello there!
  • 0:50 - What to expect from this episode.
  • 1:40 - Part 1: The first 5 minutes of TROS.
  • 34:02 - Part 2: The Meta Stuff
  • 41:28 - For Your Consideration (FYC) album.
  • 48:03 - Analyzing and interpreting the media as it stands.
  • 50:32 - Romantic music and Friendship as a major theme.
  • 1:03:04 - Assumptions and shaky premises.
  • 1:13:35 - Upcoming source (diegetic) music.
  • 1:14:31 - Matching my timestamps to Frank Lehman's SW Thematic Catalogue.
  • 1:16:34 - New intro/outro arrangement (based on "Anthem of Evil")
  • 1:19:24 - A little perk for my Discord server (join us!)

References:

Musical Themes:

  • Main Theme (A Section)
  • Main Theme (B Section)
  • Romantic Descending Trichords
  • Starry Night Arpeggios
  • Kylo Ren A (Aggressive)
  • Knights of Ren (Fast Form)
  • Sith Artifacts (Wayfinder)
  • Kylo Ren B (Hesitant)
  • Journey to Exegol
  • Psalm of the Sith (A Section)
  • Sith Seduction

Where are we in the soundtrack?:

  • OST 1. "Fanfare and Prologue"
  • FYC 1. "Prologue"
  • OST 2. "Journey to Exegol"

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