The Music of Star Wars: Andor
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The Cello Counter Melody of Episode 11 of Andor
A cello ensemble, a no-net actually, nine cellos, reminds you of something. It may be the opening title music of episode 2 in which we see young Cassian meet Marva for the first time on Canari. There's this cello counter melody that comes in every so often when the Andor theme plays. When it returns at the end of episode 11, I hear it as a musical manifestation of Cassian's grief.
Look, sometimes a TV soundtrack is so good that you have no choice but to make a whole podcast episode about it.
And so here we are, as Kirk takes a deep dive into Nicholas Britell's ever-evolving musical score for the new Disney+ show Star Wars: Andor.
Listen to Britell's Andor Score (via Songwhip): Volume One | Volume Two | Volume Three
REFERENCED ON THIS EPISODE:
- Tracks from Star Wars: A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, composed by John Williams
- Tracks from Solo: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, by John Powell, Stephen Barton, Gordy Haab, and Michael Giacchino
- The Succession main credits theme by Nicholas Britell
- A very cool New York/Vulture interview with Britell
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