Star Wars: The Last Jedi [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

by John Williams

Overview

Two years after the release of the score for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, iconic composer John Williams returned for the second installment of the blockbuster sequel trilogy. As the middle segment of a three-part story, Star Wars: The Last Jedi serves mostly to propel the action toward the grand finale of Episode IX, building upon the new themes introduced in Episode VII and playing heavily on nostalgia from the original films. Callbacks to those classic moments -- like "The Force Theme" and "Princess Leia's Theme" -- help spiritually center a movie determined to, as the tagline declared, "let the past die." Newer themes -- mainly those belonging to the central Light-and-Dark-Side pair of Rey and Kylo Ren -- confirm that Williams successfully crafted two of the more memorable Star Wars motifs for this trilogy, as their frequent appearances throughout The Last Jedi continually excite and invigorate. The Last Jedi introduces the theme for maintenance tech Rose Tico on "Fun with Finn and Rose" and elaborates on the Rey and Luke music from The Force Awakens' finale on "Ahch-To Island." The most interesting inclusion is "Canto Bight," the jaunty soundtrack to the casino scenes from Rose, Finn, and BB-8's side adventure to the politically problematic locale of the same name. Like the "Cantina Theme" and Jabba's palace jam "Lapti Nek," "Canto Bight" is an outlier that pulls listeners outside of the lush score and plants them firmly in the weirdness of the Star Wars universe, for better or worse. Lively and exciting, The Last Jedi is a pleasure to experience, even without such clear standouts as "Rey's Theme," "Snoke," or Kylo Ren's millennial Sith menace from The Force Awakens soundtrack. With heartwarming allusions to beloved classics and enough new ideas to establish the sequel trilogy as its own entity, The Last Jedi keeps excitement stoked for the next part of the saga. ~ Neil Z. Yeung

Product Details

Release Date:	12/15/2017
Label:	Walt Disney
UPC:	0050087377205

Tracks

1. Star Wars: The Last Jedi~Main Title and Escape
2. Star Wars: The Last Jedi~Ahch-To Island
3. Star Wars: The Last Jedi~Revisiting Snoke
4. Star Wars: The Last Jedi~The Supremacy
5. Star Wars: The Last Jedi~Fun with Finn and Rose
6. Star Wars: The Last Jedi~Old Friends
7. Star Wars: The Last Jedi~The Rebellion Is Reborn
8. Star Wars: The Last Jedi~Lesson One
9. Star Wars: The Last Jedi~Canto Bight
10. Star Wars: The Last Jedi~Who Are You?
11. Star Wars: The Last Jedi~The Fathiers
12. Star Wars: The Last Jedi~The Cave
13. Star Wars: The Last Jedi~The Sacred Jedi Texts
14. Star Wars: The Last Jedi~A New Alliance
15. Star Wars: The Last Jedi~Chrome Dome
16. Star Wars: The Last Jedi~The Battle of Crait
17. Star Wars: The Last Jedi~The Spark
18. Star Wars: The Last Jedi~The Last Jedi
19. Star Wars: The Last Jedi~Peace and Purpose
20. Star Wars: The Last Jedi~Finale

Album Credits

Performance Credits

John Williams   Primary Artist,Conductor
Tyler Hunt   Drums (Steel)
John Buffett   Vocals
Aleta Braxton O'Brien   Vocals
Jessica E. Guideri   Violin
Scott Lehmkuhl   Vocals
Greg Goodall   Percussion
Katie Sloan   Violin
Ben Jaber   French Horn
Ed Meares   Bass
Beth Peregrine   Vocals
Bill Booth   Trombone
Helen Altenbach   Cello
Adam Neely   Viola
Darrin McCanin   Viola
Lelie Resnick   Oboe
Rob Schae   Trumpet
Kelci Hahn   Vocals
Alannah Garnier   Vocals
Andrea Zomorodian   Vocals
Eleni Pantages   Vocals
Jessie Shulman   Vocals
Shuo Zhai   Vocals
Chung Uk Lee   Vocals
Adam Faruqi   Vocals
Christina Bristow   Vocals
Eniko St. Clair   Vocals
Garineh Avakian   Vocals
Ilana Summers   Vocals
Jon Keenan   Vocals
Joseph Lopez   Vocals
Leslie Inman   Vocals
Luc Kleiner   Vocals
Nate Widelitz   Vocals
Rachelle Fox   Vocals
Vincent Robles   Vocals
Suzanne Waters   Vocals
Claire Fedoruk   Vocals
Samantha Duckworth   Bassoon
Kim Scholes   Cello
Bing Wang   Violin
Donald Foster   Clarinet
Lisa Sutton   Violin
Jerry Williams   Percussion
Aaron Oltman   Viola
Damian Montano   Bassoon
Kimberly Switzer   Vocals
Kristy Morrell   French Horn
Kenneth Munday   Bassoon
Phillip Levy   Violin
Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick   Cello
Michael Lichtenauer   Vocals
Victoria Miskolczy   Viola
Steven Holtman   Trombone
Matthew Tresler   Vocals
Robert deMaine   Cello
Alex Iles   Trombone
Steven Schaeffer   Percussion
Thomas Diener   Viola
Kevin Kumar   Violin
Maia Jasper White   Violin
Nina Evtuhov   Violin
Stuart Clark   Clarinet
Armen Ksajikian   Cello
Stephen Dress   Bass
Todd Strange   Vocals
Jackie Grand   Violin
Juan Gallegos   Clarinet
Steve Suminski   Trombone
Tamara Bevard   Vocals
Tracy Van Fleet   Vocals
Alyssa Park   Violin
George Doering   Guitar
Roger Wilkie   Violin
Geri Rotella   Flute
Abdiel Gonzalez   Vocals
Jessica Pearlman   Oboe
Dylan Hart   French Horn
Phillip Keen   Trombone
Adriana Manfredi   Vocals
Victor de Almeida   Viola
Andrew Bain   French Horn
Matt Thomas   Vocals
Holly Sedillos   Vocals
Will Goldman   Vocals
Benjamin Smolen   Flute
Arnold Livingston Geis   Vocals
Hayden Eberhart   Vocals
Dylan Gentile   Vocals
Timothy Gonzales   Vocals
Jacob Braun   Cello
Callista Hoffman   Vocals
Elyse Willis   Vocals
Chad Smith   Sax (Bass)
Tim Landauer   Cello
Steven Pence   Vocals
E. Scott Levin   Vocals
Bradley Chapman   Vocals
Michael Blanchard   Vocals
Mike Nowak   Viola
Gregory Geiger   Vocals
Mike Valerio   Bass
Joel Pargman   Violin
Leslie Reed   Oboe
Alex Acuna   Percussion
Lorand Lokuszta   Violin
John Walz   Cello
Drew Dembowski   Bass
Alan Estes   Percussion
Songa Lee   Violin
Katia Popov   Violin
Erik Arvinder   Violin
Ana Landauer   Violin
Carolyn Riley   Viola
Helen Nightengale   Violin
Mark Beasom   Vocals
Steven Harms   Vocals
Mark Edward Smith   Vocals
Michele Hemmings   Vocals
Nancy Sulahian   Vocals
Meredith Crawford   Viola
Grace Oh   Violin
Lara Wickes   Oboe
Larry Kaplan   Flute
Judy Chilnick   Percussion
Gary Bovyer   Clarinet
Reid Bruton   Vocals
James Hayden   Vocals
Barry Perkins   Trumpet
Lisa Liu   Violin
Radu Pieptea   Violin
Ralph Williams   Clarinet
Amy Fogerson   Vocals
Sarah Lynch   Vocals
Charles Lane   Vocals
Jenny Kim   French Horn
Rong Huey Liu   Oboe
Daniel Rosenboom   Trumpet
Bill Ross   Conductor
Lauren Chipman   Viola
Scott Graff   Vocals
Sara Parkins   Violin
Heather Clark   Flute
Jon Lewis   Trumpet
Matthew Funes   Viola
Dave Everson   French Horn
Elissa Johnston   Vocals
Ayana Haviv   Vocals
Jo Ann Turovsky   Harp
Tamara Hatwan   Violin
Luke Maurer   Viola
Steven Becknell   French Horn
Kenneth McGrath   Percussion
Marc Sazer   Violin
Allison Allport   Harp
Karen Hogle Brown   Vocals
Los Angeles Master Chorale   Choir/Chorus
Laszlo Mezo   Cello
Amy Hershberger   Violin
Marlow Fisher   Viola
Zanaida Robles   Vocals
Natalie Leggett   Violin
Randy Kerber   Keyboards,Keyboard Accordian
Paulinho Da Costa   Percussion
John Mason   French Horn
Gloria Cheng   Keyboards,Keyboard Accordian
Brian Dembow   Viola
Oscar Hidalgo   Bass
Bruce Dukov   Violin
Peter Limonick   Percussion
Harriet Fraser   Vocals
Robert Brophy   Viola
Jacqueline Brand   Violin
William Frank "Bill" Reichenbach Jr.   Trombone
Mark Adams   French Horn
Cecilia Tsan   Cello
Wayne Bergeron   Trumpet
Alma Fernandez   Viola
Jerry Hey   Kazoo
Rafael Rishik   Violin
Darrin McCann   Viola
Jim Miller   Trombone
Don Williams   Timpani
Sarah Thornblade   Violin
Tereza Stanislav   Violin
Daniel Kelley   French Horn
Jenni Olson   Flute
Serena McKinney   Violin
Stephen Erdody   Cello
Lorenz Gamma   Violin
Dan Higgins   Clarinet
Bryan Pezzone   Keyboards,Keyboard Accordian
Christian Kollgaard   Bass
Julie Gigante   Violin
Harvey Mason, Sr.   Drums
Jim Self   Tuba
Dave Walther   Viola
David Washburn   Trumpet
Caroline Buckman   Viola
Trevor Handy   Cello
Irina Voloshina   Violin
Shawn Mann   Viola
Doug Tornquist   Tuba
Roberto Cani   Violin
Dane Little   Cello
Nico Abondolo   Bass
Chris Bleth   Flute
Bill Liston   Sax (Alto)
Rose Corrigan   Bassoon
Greg Huckins   Sax (Bass)
Dennis Karmazyn   Cello
Shalini Vijayan   Violin

Technical Credits

Robert Wolff   Score Editor
Marc Shaw   Music Business Affairs
Patricia Sullivan Fourstar   Mastering
Scott Holtzman   Music Business Affairs
Mark Graham   Music Librarian
Sandy De Crescent   Music Contractor
Steve Sterling   Package Design
John Williams   Composer,Producer
Ramiro Belgardt   Music Editor
Mitchell Leib   Executive in Charge of Music
Ary Barroso   Composer,Original Material
Shawn Murphy   Mixing,Engineer