My cue for a deleted scene from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, directed by J.J. Abrams and starring Daisy Ridley and John Boyega. I took on a difficult task with this cue, which was to try my best to channel the great John Williams - who of course has provided the soundtrack to all major Star Wars films. To me, that means lengthy, agile string runs, prominent brass, beefy orchestration, free chromaticism, lots of octatonic-derived harmony, and above all, motivic writing. I did my best!
This was done as a part of my application portfolio for the 2023 film scoring intensive program at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana
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