Solo: A Star Wars Story [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

Solo: A Star Wars Story [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

Solo: A Star Wars Story [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

Solo: A Star Wars Story [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

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Overview

On the soundtrack to Solo: A Star Wars Story, John Powell became just the third person to compose a score for a live-action Star Wars film, following in the footsteps of John Williams and Rogue One's Michael Giacchino. Without the burden of the official episode saga installments, Powell took the liberty to experiment with fresh sounds (for the Star Wars universe), delivering the most intriguing and nontraditional Star Wars music to date. Powell employs non-orchestral instrumentation, exciting and unexpected rhythmic percussion, and a choir to great effect (especially as a motif for the newly introduced band of Marauders). After Williams puts his trademark stamp on the project with a lone contribution ("The Adventures of Han"), Powell launches into hyperspace, adapting Williams' familiar leitmotifs ("Meet Han," "L3 & Millennium Falcon," "Break Out," "Reminiscence Therapy," "Into the Maw," and "Dice & Roll") and injecting each composition with flair. The rousing "Corellia Chase" and "Flying with Chewie" swoop and sweep, but it's not until "Train Heist" that Powell truly claims Solo as his own. Funky and primal, "Train Heist" pumps the coaxium hyperfuel into Solo and doesn't look back. The sole pop track on the album belongs to vocalist Baraka May, whose slinky and sultry "Chicken in the Pot" sounds more like a trip-hop Bond theme than a Star Wars cantina tune. It's one of many surprises that make Solo a fun, exciting, and engaging experience. Tasked with filling Williams' iconic shoes, Powell didn't simply mimic the master -- as in Giacchino's case -- but instead charted his own course, capturing the outlaw spirit of the roguish Han Solo himself in the process. ~ Neil Z. Yeung

Product Details

Release Date: 05/25/2018
Label: Walt Disney
UPC: 0050087385996
Rank: 173208

Tracks

  1. The Adventures of Han
  2. Solo~Meet Han
  3. Solo~Corellia Chase
  4. Solo~Spaceport
  5. Solo~Flying with Chewie
  6. Solo~Train Heist
  7. Solo~Marauders Arrive
  8. Solo~Chicken in the Pot
  9. Solo~Is This Seat Taken?
  10. Solo~L3 & Millennium Falcon
  11. Solo~Lando's Closet
  12. Solo~Mine Mission
  13. Solo~Break Out
  14. Solo~The Good Guy
  15. Solo~Reminiscence Therapy
  16. Solo~Into the Maw
  17. Solo~Savareen Stand-Off
  18. Solo~Good Thing You Were Listening
  19. Solo~Testing Allegiance
  20. Solo~Dice & Roll

Album Credits

Performance Credits

John Powell   Primary Artist
John Williams   Primary Artist,Conductor
Reid Bruton   Primary Artist
Baraka May   Primary Artist,Vocals
Sofia Session Choir   Choir/Chorus
Vanya Moneva Women's Choir   Choir/Chorus
Gavin Greenaway   Conductor
London Orchestra   Orchestra
Los Angeles Orchestra   Orchestra

Technical Credits

Nate Underkuffler   Editing,Assistant Music Editor
Kiril Georgiev   Session Assistant
George Oulton   Engineer,Recording
Stephano Civetta   Engineer,Recording
Boris Radilov   Contractor
Marc Shaw   Music Business Affairs
Georgi Elenkov   Contractor,Session Producer
Batu Sener   Arranger,Producer,Additional Music,Recording Arranger
Plamen Penchev   Engineer
Yuliyan Stoyanov   Coordination
Nadya Pavlova   Contractor
Simeon Edward   Session Assistant
Soya Soo   Score Producer
Delyan Koley   Contractor
Paul Mounsey   Arranger,Additional Music,Recording Arranger
Randy Kerber   Arranger,Orchestration
Jake Jackson   Engineer
Gavin Greenaway   Arranger,Orchestration
John Powell   Composer,Producer,Liner Notes,Recording Arranger
John Williams   Composer
Ramiro Belgardt   Editing
Mitchell Leib   Executive in Charge of Music
David Channing   Editing
Shawn Murphy   Mixing,Engineer,Recording
John Barrett   Recording,Engineer
Nick Wollage   Engineer
Emlyn Singleton   Leader
Patricia Sullivan Fourstar   Mastering
Scott Holtzman   Music Business Affairs
Alexander Kotov   Librarian
Edie Lehmann Boddicker   Vocal Contractor
Gregory Jamrok   Music Preparation
Mark Graham   Music Preparation
Rick Giovinazzo   Arranger,Orchestration
David Hage   Music Preparation
John Ashton Thomas   Arranger,Orchestration,Supervising Orchestrator
Gordon Davidson   Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Anthony Willis   Arranger,Additional Music,Recording Arranger
Steve Sterling   Package Design
Robert Wolff   Editing
Andrew Kinney   Arranger,Orchestration
Nikolai Pelitev   Session Assistant
Ryan Rubin   Editing
Erik Swanson   Recording,Scoring Recordist
Jack Dolman   Editing
Lyubomir Denev   Session Assistant
Danail Ivanov   Session Assistant
John Traunwieser   Mixing
Tommy Laurence   Arranger,Orchestration
Geoff Lawson   Arranger,Orchestration
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