So, much of this soundtrack is a case of deja ecoute, a self-referential riffing on nostalgic sequences. No one asked Wagner for a prequel to the Ring Cycle, did they?īurdened with a legacy of his own making, Williams' technique for the three prequel scores has been to embroider the films' existing musical mythology, retro-fitting familiar motifs from the older scores while attempting to devise distinctive new themes. Pity John Williams writing his umpteenth Star Wars score.Although with all those royalties rolling in, pity is perhaps not quite the right word.
