BURBANK, Calif., Dec. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Walt Disney Records is set to release the
original motion picture soundtrack for Star Wars: The Rise
of Skywalker. The album features a new score conducted and
composed by five-time Academy Award®-winning composer John Williams. Star Wars: The Rise of
Skywalker digital soundtrack is set for release on
December 18 and the physical album
will be available on December 20 as
the film opens in U.S. theaters nationwide.
From the physical album's liner notes, director J.J. Abrams
said, "Once again, John has come up with an utterly stunning
soundtrack, creating brand new, gorgeous, frightening, mysterious,
epic and intimate themes while also revisiting some of his
greatest, classic melodies. My gratitude toward John Williams cannot be overstated — not just
for elevating every scene in this film, but for providing us all
with soundtracks that elevate our lives."
John Williams stated in the
album's liner notes, "More than 40 years ago, George Lucas introduced to the world his
singular imagination, his ingenuity and his creative genius. He
also gave me an opportunity never before enjoyed by an operatic or
film composer…the chance to work continually for four decades on a
single project, and with each film, to add to a collection of
musical themes which I hope will be seen as parts of a singular,
organic whole."
"This experience has been one of the highlights of my
professional life, bringing me so much joy in working with some of
the world's greatest orchestras and musicians. I stand before the
now completed nine Star Wars films with pride and gratitude
for the gift of this extraordinary journey."
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Original Motion
Picture soundtrack will be available to stream and
download on December 18. The physical
album will be available on December
20 and is now available for pre-order.
About John
Williams
Legendary composer Williams is well known
for scoring all nine of the Star
Wars saga films to date, beginning with
1977's Star Wars: A New Hope for which he earned
an Academy Award for Best Original Score. His scores
for The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Star
Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last
Jedi were each nominated for Best Original
Score.
Williams has won five Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards,
seven British Academy Film Awards, five Emmys and 24 Grammy Awards.
With 51 Academy Award nominations, Williams is the Academy's most
nominated living person and the second most-nominated individual in
history, after Walt Disney. In
2005, the American Film Institute selected Williams' score to
1977's Star Wars: A New Hope as the greatest American
film score of all time. The soundtrack to A New Hope also
was preserved by the Library of Congress in the National Recording
Registry, for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically
significant." Williams was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl's
Hall of Fame in 2000, and he received the Kennedy Center Honors in
2004, the National Medal of Arts in 2009, and the AFI Life
Achievement Award in 2016. Williams has composed the scores
for eight of the top 20 highest-grossing films at the U.S. box
office (adjusted for inflation).
About "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker"
Lucasfilm and
director J.J. Abrams join forces once again to take viewers on an
epic journey to a galaxy far, far away with Star Wars: The
Rise of Skywalker, the riveting conclusion of the seminal
Skywalker saga, where new legends will be born and the final battle
for freedom is yet to come.
The film stars Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam
Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega,
Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Naomi
Ackie, Domhnall Gleeson,
Richard E. Grant, Lupita Nyong'o, Keri
Russell, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marie
Tran, with Ian McDiarmid and
Billy Dee Williams.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is directed by J.J.
Abrams and produced by Kathleen
Kennedy, Abrams and Michelle
Rejwan. Callum Greene, Tommy Gormley
and Jason McGatlin serve as executive producers. The
screenplay was written by Chris
Terrio & J.J. Abrams and the story is by Derek
Connolly & Colin Trevorrow and
J.J. Abrams & Chris Terrio,
based on characters created by George
Lucas. Star Wars: The Rise of
Skywalker opens in U.S. theaters on December 20.
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