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Video: Analysis – Star Wars, Main Title

Film Music Notes Posted on December 16, 2020 by Mark RichardsDecember 16, 2020

Hi all, Here’s the second video in my series on John Williams themes, this one on the Star Wars main title. It argues that one of the reasons the cue is so powerful is that it’s highly unified by melody, … Continue reading →

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Video: John Williams, The Force Theme

Film Music Notes Posted on November 23, 2020 by Mark RichardsNovember 23, 2020

Film Music Notes will now be offering videos of some of our most popular blog posts on our very own YouTube channel. Here is the first video, analyzing John Williams’ Force theme from the Star Wars saga. If you like … Continue reading →

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Ennio Morricone’s Dollars Scores (Part 1 of 3): A Fistful of Dollars

Film Music Notes Posted on October 20, 2020 by Mark RichardsOctober 21, 2020

This year’s passing of legendary film composer Ennio Morricone prompted me to reflect on what makes his film music of such broad appeal. Morricone himself offered a very fitting answer in a recent book of conversations from 2013–2015 with Alessandro … Continue reading →

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New Themes and Their Meaning in The Rise of Skywalker

Film Music Notes Posted on January 8, 2020 by Mark RichardsJanuary 8, 2020

SPOILER ALERT : This analysis contains spoilers for The Rise of Skywalker. If you have not seen the film but would like to do so without having read plot details, please consider returning to this analysis after viewing the film. … Continue reading →

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Poll: Reading Music Notation

Film Music Notes Posted on December 3, 2019 by Mark RichardsDecember 3, 2019

Dear film music fans, To ensure that you get the most out of posts on this blog, I’d like to know a little about how you read music notation and how you would describe yourself.* *No personally identifiable information is … Continue reading →

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New Musical Themes and Their Meaning in The Last Jedi

Film Music Notes Posted on January 2, 2018 by Mark RichardsFebruary 14, 2019

While John Williams’ score for The Last Jedi draws heavily on his existing thematic material in the Star Wars saga, it does contain three new themes that feature prominently in the score, ones for Rose, Luke in exile, and desperation … Continue reading →

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Themes and Their Musical Meaning in Star Wars, Episode VII: The Force Awakens

Film Music Notes Posted on August 26, 2017 by Mark RichardsFebruary 14, 2019

Although The Force Awakens draws heavily on plot elements from the original Star Wars, John Williams’ score remained in a style more reminiscent of the prequels than the original films. To be sure, there are numerous appearances of many themes … Continue reading →

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Return of the Junkie: The Blog Awakens

Film Music Notes Posted on August 18, 2017 by Mark RichardsAugust 18, 2017

To all friends and followers of Film Music Notes, I must apologize to you as it has been well over a year and a half since my last post here, and some of you have asked whether I would return … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Star Wars Themes, Part 6 of 6: Battle of the Heroes

Film Music Notes Posted on December 23, 2015 by Mark RichardsFebruary 14, 2019

As the climax of Revenge of the Sith and the entire prequel trilogy, the duel between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker that concludes the film is placed under a great deal of dramatic weight. So how does a composer score … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Star Wars Themes, Part 5 of 6: Across the Stars

Film Music Notes Posted on December 7, 2015 by Mark RichardsAugust 27, 2017

With its emphasis on the budding romance between Anakin Skywalker and Padmé Amidala, it is no surprise that the love theme, Across the Stars, is the most pervasive theme in Star Wars, Episode II: Attack of the Clones. Because its association … Continue reading →

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