How the Force Works – Episodes I-III

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How the Force Works – Episodes I-III

Released 12/28/17

Full of Sith proudly presents this three-part podcast miniseries on the soundtrack to Star Wars: The Last Jedi, focused on the meanings behind John Williams’ music and the methods behind its creation.

How the Force Works – Episode I – The Legacy

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Part one of this three-part podcast miniseries features a (very) brief history of our host’s introduction to both Star Wars and John Williams, the way Star Wars has traditionally been scored (and how that approach was changed for the Last Jedi), the difference between a motif and a theme, the series’ prior callbacks to its own legacy, and how John Williams’ tends to interpret emotion through his music for the saga.

Episode I tracklisting:

Yoda’s Theme (Empire Strikes Back)

Christmastime is Here (A Charlie Brown Christmas) – Vince Guaraldi Trio

Inner City (Star Wars)

Do They Know it’s Christmas – Band Aid

Into the Trap (Return of the Jedi)

Ewok Celebration (Return of the Jedi)

What a Fool Believes – The Doobie Brothers

The Throne Room and End Titles (Star Wars)

Theme to Superman

Main Title

Main Title and Escape

Beethoven’s 5th Symphony

Imperial Attack

Krennic’s Aspirations

The Return Home/Burning Homestead

The Ways of the Force

The Ways of the Force (Film Version)

Ben Kenobi’s Death and TIE Fighter Attack/Here They Come

The Battle of Crait

Enter Lord Vader

Finale

Includes excerpts from Star Wars Oxygen w/ David W. Collins, Rian Johnson’s appearance on Soundtracking with Edith Bowman, and from the BBC Documentary Star Wars: Music by John Williams

How the Force Works – Episode II – The Themes

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Part two of this three-part podcast miniseries steps through how John Williams’ use of leitmotif changed film history, the way his recurring themes are used in The Last Jedi, the (few) new themes that were written for the film, and the way motifs and themes have been manipulated and repurposed throughout the series’ history—by Williams, his collaborators, and his listeners.

Episode II tracklisting:

Main Titles (Blade Runner) – Vangelis

Theme to Escape From New York – John Carpenter

The Hunt from Planet of the Apes – Jerry Goldsmith

L’alba Dei Morti Viventi (Dawn of the Dead) – Goblin

The Flying Sequence (E.T. The Extra Terrestrial)

Theme to Jurassic Park

The Raiders March (Raiders of the Lost Ark)

Theme to Superman

The Last Jedi (Theatrical Trailer Score)

Ben Kenobi’s Death and TIE Fighter Attack (Star Wars)

The Droid Invasion (The Phantom Menace)

The March of the Resistance (The Force Awakens)

Snoke (The Force Awakens)

Imperial Attack (Star Wars)

The Imperial Suite (Rogue One)

The Imperial March (The Empire Strikes Back)

Hope (Rogue One)

Main Title and The Ice Planet Hoth (The Empire Strikes Back)

“Chrome Dome”

Finale

Peace and Purpose

The Jedi Steps

Ahch-To Island

Old Friends

Parade of the Ewoks (Return of the Jedi)

The Princess Appears (Star Wars)

Binary Sunset (alternate) (Star Wars: Special Edition)

The Princess Appears (Star Wars)

Fun with Finn and Rose

Anakin’s Theme (The Phantom Menace)

Theme to Amazing Stories

The Fathiers

The Rebellion is Reborn

A Spoonful of Sugar – Robert B. Sherman, Richard M. Sherman

The Supremacy

The Spark

Anakin’s Dark Deeds (Revenge of the Sith)

Torn Apart (The Force Awakens)

Includes an excerpt from “The New Force Behind Star Wars,” as aired on the CBS newsmagazine 60 Minutes, December 13, 2015.

How the Force Works – Episode III – The Moments

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The final part of this three-part podcast miniseries examines the score to some of the film’s biggest, most impactful moments, their most outright FUN set-pieces, how those compositions reinforce the thematic strength of the film, and help build the characterizations of the heroes and villains moving through them.

Episode III tracklisting:

Never Never Gonna Give You Up – Barry White

The Emperor (Return of the Jedi)

A New Alliance

Canto Bight

Jabba Flow (The Force Awakens) – Lin Manuel Miranda

Brazil – Geoff Muldaur (as composed by Ary Barroso)

The Office (Brazil) – Michael Kamen

Theme to The Long Goodbye

“Chrome Dome”

The Battle of Crait

The Scavenger (The Force Awakens)

The Cave

The Magic Tree (The Empire Strikes Back)

The Sacred Jedi Texts

The Last Jedi

Peace and Purpose

Finale

Written, produced & edited by Bobby Roberts

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