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Williams will not be scoring this motion picture.
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"Why Miss Daisy!!! Do you speak to GOD all the time?"
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Oct 31, 2012 - 2:53 PM
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hiRidge
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Verta's great no doubt but Giacchino is a Star Wars nerd. He grew up on Star Wars (like the rest of us) worshipped Williams music, he studied those LP liner notes to death, made Star Wars 8mm films with his friends, he still brings Star Wars toys to recording sessions... (at least I think he still does) and has had one helluva career thus far! Giacchino should be in the front running if Williams can't make it to the party.
-Erik-
Wrong again 
http://mikeverta.com/wordpress/?s=R2-D2
Mike Verta did the official CG R2-D2 for several Lucasfilm projects post-the-prequels, built his own 1:1 real one, did the Disney/Star Wars iPhone cases, and heads up the most extensive restoration of the original film on the planet (http://www.starwarslegacy.com). He's also friends with most of the original production crew, visits the Lucasfilm Archives regularly as he works with licensees on Star Wars products (www.efx.com), has 3 sets of stormtrooper armor, 5 Vader helmets, and got to live out our Princess Leia fantasy with none other than Winnie Cooper, who he was married to, has a kid with, and who's earliest words included: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma89BlkvVmQ
And this is when he's NOT writing music in this idiom better than Giacchino (who's great, for sure).
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I must admit that my initial thought was Michael Giacchino, but still being mildly disappointed with his Star Trek score (the FSM podcast about it from the time of release pretty much expresses why it doesn't feel as stylistically fitting with the classic movie scores), I'm not 100%. However, I think if he was happy to go back to his early John Williams style, it's as competent a pastiche as McNeely's, he could incorporate it with the style he has developed since.
I enjoyed John Carter (the most obvious reference point) but I am with those who find him occasionally a bit clunky, much though I hate to admit it. Strange though, his action for Pixar films (particularly Up and Ratatouille) is nimble and inspired, but when he got to Star Trek (in particular) it feels just that bit more generic. However, I think the Star Wars live action movies have such a distinctive style that they won't, unlike with Star Trek where there is less obvious musical continuity, go off in a particularly radical new direction. Notwithstanding the slightly different tone of the CGI Clone Wars stuff, there is less expectation there than with live action movies.
If he did get the job, would Giacchino be the only composer to score a Star Trek and Star Wars feature?!
I agree that his Pixar work is inspired but there's just something about his choices in harmony and his melodic technique that are the antithesis of Williams Star Wars work. I think it would be as jarring as having Zimmer score the film in some ways. Broughton, Davis, McNeely or Verta are my choices.
Not that our opinions matter....
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I was there in '77 when Star Wars came out. I do think Lucasfilm has done the fans over and over again with re-release after re-release tinkering this, tinkering that. I will go and see a new Star Wars film but I question if three years is long enough to do it right? Unless things are further along that we think. Maybe already in preproduction?
One never knows but I think JW will either decline or not be able to - I won't say it - score it. I just hope they don't choose those hacks Kurtzman and Orci to write the story. I won't hold out any hope that it will be any cop though - that's just modern cinema in general.
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Williams appears to be in good health. I wouldn't rule him out.
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"Why Miss Daisy!!! Do you speak to GOD all the time?"
Only on Thursdays and I must say he says the silliest things about us all 
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With all the specualtion on fan sites and on FSM two things I absolutely want to see in Episode 7 are:
1. Real sets - no over use of CGI please. With all the money Disney has, they should be able to spring for real sets to augment with CGI.
2. A protagonist that is not a child (sorry Jake Lloyd).
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