Is John Williams back scoring Star Wars for Obi-Wan Kenobi? The answer I am 100% confident is, yes. However exactly what that means, is Williams scoring the whole show, is he scoring one moment or a piece of the show in some way? I cannot tell you. I had hoped to break this news in a few more days, once we had gathered some more information. However best laid plans…. Let me explain.
UPDATE: John Williams was conformed as being back to score the Obi-Wan Kenobi ‘theme’ by Variety, a few hours after we published this article.
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Yesterday LRM‘s source at Lucasfilm contacted Shockey who handles most of the ‘source interactions’ for us here. We were told that John Williams was helping to score Obi-Wan Kenobi. I made the decision not to run this yet as I wanted to get more information first. Is Williams scoring the whole show, is he just aiding another composer etc? I felt like the info we did get was a little too open. However I then watched this video interview below last night.
This is an interview from TORn with the writer of the recent Vanity Fair articles on The Rings of Power. I was therefore watching it for any new details shared, which there was a few, but I would say not enough for an article about it all.
Back to Star Wars, at roughly 01:53:00 the host begins to mention a Star Wars scoop they have gotten.
Apparently John Williams was in a recording studio yesterday with an orchestra and the name on the door outside was Kenobi.
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Feeling like I have to cover the story now, I figured I’d give our readers all the facts. Clearly Williams is doing work for Obi-Wan Kenobi but again what the extent of that work is, we cannot yet say? If I get any more information on this I will update. I’d love if Williams was scoring the whole show, but I find that hard to believe in all honesty.
That’s the insider industry folks, a day late and a dollar short, on my call.
Andor Composer Revealed
In another Star Wars composer story, Film Music Reporter has run a story saying that Nicholas Britell (Cruella, Vice) will score Andor.
And that’s all I have to say about that for now.
What do you think about John Williams back scoring Star Wars for Obi-Wan Kenobi? Should we reveal even the small leaks we get as soon as we get them, or wait to try and get more information? Thoughts below as always.
