Episode #62 - 'The Last Jedi' Music Spotlight Discussion w/ Special Guest Christy!

In this episode, Rachael and Kirsty welcome a special guest to discuss the music of The Last Jedi - composer Christy. In this episode, we go straight into the spotlight discussion, exploring how Williams employs pre-existing themes as well as debuting new ones for characters such as Rose. We also have detailed discussions on the Force theme, particularly how it is employed for key scenes between Rey and Kylo Ren, and the love themes of Star Wars. Christy even shares some very special insights into what it was like to witness the score being recorded. Following the spotlight discussion, Rachael, Kirsty and Christy discuss the following: - The home media release of The Last Jedi in the United States (yes, including "you opened yourself to the dark side for a pair of purty eyes!") - Rian Johnson's comments on The Last Jedi at SXSW (yes, including the sex scene one!) - John Powell has started recording the 'Solo' score You can find Christy's writing on the music of Star Wars here: http://enjoyallneednothing-blog.tumblr.com/post/171548455215/organizational-post Listen to the KUSC interview with John Williams here: https://www.kusc.org/series/kusc-interviews/ Hear Rian Johnson discuss the music of Star Wars on the 'Soundtracking' podcast here: https://audioboom.com/posts/6557819-episode-69-rian-johnson-on-the-music-of-star-wars-other-movies Read the essay 'My Hero, Luke Skywalker' here: https://www.zacbertschy.com/blog/2017/12/29/my-hero-luke-skywalker