Bill Whitaker sat down with Composer John Williams and director J.J. Abrams for CBS’ 60 Minutes to discuss the music in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. UPDATE: CBS has posted a second video featuring more footage from the Star Wars:…
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‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Soundtrack Runs 77 Minutes
According to various sources, including Google Play, the original soundtrack album for Star Wars: The Force Awakens runs 77:08 minutes and has 23 tracks, which seems to confirm the track list posted last month but later removed from two Amazon…
‘The Force Awakens’ End Credits Music is 8 minutes Long, Includes 3 Major Themes
According to director J.J. Abrams, the End Credits music from Star Wars: The Force Awakens runs for nearly 8 minutes and includes Rey’s Theme, the Resistance theme and Kylo Ren’s theme. Abrams also mentioned that Leia’s theme and the Force…
John Williams on THE FORCE AWAKENS: At Least Five New Themes and Nearly 3 Hours of Recorded Music
“When we did the first film in London, we all thought, that’s a nice little film,” Williams says. “It captured the world’s imagination in a way that I certainly couldn’t have anticipated.” For the new edition, Williams has written a…
J.J. Abrams Talks ‘The Force Awakens’ End Credits Music
“I didn’t need to obviously direct John Williams at all. He’s got his talent, his wisdom, his storytelling is so significant… The most incredible thing was when he went to conduct the end titles, which always has all the themes…
‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Soundtrack Press Release – Vinyl and Digital Pre-order Available
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Original Motion Picture Soundtrack From Oscar®-Winning Composer John Williams GLOBAL DIGITAL PRE-ORDER AVAILABLE DECEMBER 4 SOUNDTRACK SET FOR RELEASE DECEMBER 18 BURBANK, Calif., Dec. 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Five-time Academy Award®-winning composer John Williams has…
60-Second ‘Force Awakens’ TV Spot Includes John Williams’ Score (Confirmed)
The opening of The 60-second TV spot for The Force Awakens which premiered Nov. 15 on ABC contains an actual segment of John Williams’ score, according to a source close to the production of the film. This is one of…
‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Album to Include Over One Hour of Williams’ Score, Plus a Non-Williams Track
The original soundtrack album for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, to be released on December 18, will include over 60 minutes of John Williams score, plus an additional song written by J.J. Abrams and Lin-Manuel Miranda, specifically written for a…
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Soundtrack Track List
Sources: Amazon France and Amazon Italy. (UPDATE: Track list no longer available at the Amazon sites). 01. Main Title and the Attack on the Jakku Village 02. The Scavenger 03. I Can Fly Anything 04. Rey Meets BB-8 05. Follow…
New Clip from ‘The Force Awakens’ Contains John Williams’ Score for the Film
The first glimpse of John Williams’ action scoring for Star Wars: The Force Awakens was heard for the first time Sunday night during the American Music Awards telecast. The music can be heard in a new, 15-second clip featuring a…