John Williams to write the score for the new Star Wars movie.

[Baitball Blogger]

John Williams Confirmed For Star Wars: Episode VII (VIDEO

Williams, the composer behind the famous music for all six Star Wars movies, will return for the highly-anticipated Episode VII.

The news was confirmed by Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy on Saturday — and in an official interview with Williams posted online (see below).

J.J. Abrams will direct the movie, slated for a 2015 release.

http://www.gossipcop.com/john-williams-star-wars-episode-vii-7-music-score/

[NewJeffCT]

1. That's good news at least

we'll see how it all turns out, but Williams being there is good at least.

[Chan790]

2. Well, I'm not thrilled about this.

I've never been a fan of his composition work which has always struck me as formulaic and at the same time rococo. He doesn't know how to score the understated moments in film.

[Aristus]

3. I don't agree.

One of his best themes is "Ben's Theme" or "The Force Theme", which can be used for both highly dramatic emotional scenes, like 'Binary Sunset':

or for the quiet, understated scene when Luke mourns Ben's death. A solo oboe plays the Force theme as Luke and Leia talk. (I couldn't find a clip on YouTube.) Very effective scene.

[jakeXT]

4. In Episode IV there were 88 out of 121 minutes music

Then, in 1977, enter Star Wars and John Williams. This film, with a playing time of 121 minutes, includes 88 minutes of symphonic music. And this extremely prominent and brilliant symphonic music is even the first the audience experiences in the film, as it starts before anything appears on the screen. Williams with this music re-establishes film music as an integral element, almost on par with the moving images, of the film, and thus partakes in recreating dramatic, narrative film as the multimedia artwork it can be.

http://www.trell.org/wagner/starwars.html#music