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:

• Complete Catalogue of the Musical Themes of Star Wars (by Frank Lehman): https://franklehman.com/starwars/
• Web Archive of FYC album to listen to: https://web.archive.org/web/20191210202934/https://disneystudiosawards.com/star-wars-score.html
• Discussion on JW Fan Forum: https://www.jwfan.com/forums/index.php?/topic/30975-the-rise-of-skywalker-for-your-consideration-fyc-album-discussion/

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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