'Solo' And 'The Last Jedi' Soundtracks Nominated For Grammy Awards

By: Dominic Jones

Two Star Wars film soundtracks have the chance to bring home some hardware at this year's Grammy Awards.  Both Solo: A Star Wars Story and Star Wars: The Last Jedi were nominated.  John Williams was nominated for Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media for his work on The Last Jedi, and John Powell, along with Williams, was nominated for Best Instrumental Composition for the track "Mine Mission" from Solo.  The Grammys will be held on February 10th.

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John Powell Shares Video From 'Solo' Scoring Session

By: Benjamin Hart

Solo: A Star Wars Story is now out in theaters, and one of the standout aspects of the film is it's unique musical score, created largely by composer John Powell.

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Pablo Hidalgo & John Powell Discuss 'Solo' On 'The Star Wars Show'

By: Benjamin Hart

Today another episode of The Star Wars Show dropped after a week on hiatus. Hosts Andi Gutierrez and Anthony Carboni are back with a bang(and beards) with a very special episode.

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John Powell Reveals Tracklist For 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' Soundtrack Album

By: Dominic Jones

Solo: A Star Wars Story composer John Powell has given fans a new little teaser about the film in the form of the track listing for the soundtrack which will be available the day of the film's release.  Powell posted the the listing on his Facebook page, along with a link to pre-order it.  Among the song titles are "Flying With Chewie", "Lando's Closet", "Good Thing You Were Listening," and the final track "Dice and Roll."  The first track on the soundtrack, titled "The Adventures of Han", is the new theme that legendary Star Wars composer John Williams contributed to the film.

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Ron Howard Shares Instagram Video From Final 'Solo' Scoring Session

By: Dominic Jones

We're inching ever closer to the release of Solo: A Star Wars Story in theaters on May 25th, 2018, and director Ron Howard shared another milestone on the way to that release date with fans on Instagram.  Howard posted a video of himself at Abbey Road studios, with the orcherstra warming up in the background, for the final day of recording the film's musical score.  Howard posted the video with the caption, "#abbeyroadstudios #Solo last day of scoring with #JohnPowell. Memorable for all the right reasons".  Check it out below,

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John Powell Has Begun Scoring 'Solo: A Star Wars Story'

By: Benjamin Hart

We're now just over 70 days away from the release of Solo: A Star Wars Story, and the behind the scenes teasers are beginning to reflect our closer proximity to the premiere. John Powell, who will be composing the score for Solo, did a little teasing himself today, along with director Ron Howard.

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John Williams Will Compose A Theme For 'Solo: A Star Wars Story'

By: Dominic Jones

Even though he's not writing the full score, the next Star Wars movie will not go without John Williams' involvement.  The legendary composer, who has written the score for all eight episodic Star Wars films, revealed his involvement in next year's stand alone adventure Solo: A Star Wars Story in a recent interview with Variety.  Williams will compose the film's key theme, which he will then pass off to John Powell, who will compose the rest of the soundtrack. 

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BREAKING: John Powell To Score The Han Solo Film

By: Benjamin Hart

The untitled Han Solo has been the center of a ton of news recently, much of which has had to do with Ron Howard taking over directing duties on the project. Today we have been treated to a piece of breaking news that has to do with the music of the film!

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