{"id":1915,"date":"2016-01-07T00:12:07","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T00:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.afm47.org\/press\/?p=1915"},"modified":"2016-01-07T00:12:07","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T00:12:07","slug":"star-wars-the-force-awakens-score-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afm47.org\/press\/star-wars-the-force-awakens-score-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Star Wars: The Force Awakens\u2019 Score \u2013 In Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_23407\"  width=\"625\" height=\"352\"  data-origwidth=\"625\" data-origheight=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dCavue8nqt8?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=1&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/figure>\n<p><em>For the first time in the film saga\u2019s epic history, the music for \u201cStar Wars: The Force Awakens\u201d was scored here in Los Angeles with AFM Local 47 musicians. Dan Redfeld, AFM Local 47 member, classically trained composer, conductor, orchestrator and pianist, shares his review of the film\u2019s score.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve all been waiting to hear what the Maestro, composer John Williams, has fashioned. The reports of the sessions beginning in June and lasting until November have been plastered everywhere. What kind of things were we going to hear? Will the score feel like \u201cStar Wars\u201d? Are the themes catchy?<\/p>\n<p>For me, the score is nothing short of miraculous and a testament to why Mr. Williams is the greatest American composer this country has produced since Bernstein or Copland. He\u2019s 83 and shows no sign of resting on his laurels. The music is complex, thematically driven, impeccably orchestrated, passionate, sinister, heart-wrenching, beautiful. It\u2019s definitely written in his later period style (which began surfacing in the \u201990s): an intricate harmonic structure, the high xylophone\/woodwind riffs during action sequences which make the music cut through sound design, detailed counterpoint and a sense of assuredness of a master craftsman operating in top form. <a href=\"http:\/\/listen-la.com\/star-wars-the-force-awakens-score-in-review\/#more-1371\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading at listen-la.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Check out Dan&#8217;s full film review of &#8220;The Force Awakens&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/afm47.org\/docs\/SW Review.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time in the film saga\u2019s epic history, the music for \u201cStar Wars: The Force Awakens\u201d was scored here in Los Angeles with AFM Local 47 musicians. 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