Revenge of the Sith: "The Boys Continue" - John Williams (Score Reduction and Analysis)

[@lewisedmundscomposer]

The late, great Maurice Murphy on trumpet! Excellent work here, thanks for uploading!

[@MatteoCarretta]

Well done! Can you bring Order 66 analysis?

[@patricksuiter]

Assuming you are talking about Anakin’s Betrayal - you can find that here kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4bWhYqnlLJ7rq8si=UazIdG752p2Z1FmT or here kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWTcq3qrgKuke9Esi=WS1TAq2iY1D_zr16 depending on your preferred amount of detail :)

[@MatteoCarretta]

@@patricksuiter Sorry i meant Execute Order 66(March on the Jedi Temple): kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZibnGesfN1lY9k

[@400TX]

Such a detailed analysis. Thank you! Crazy that so much quality music of the greatest living composer sits officially unreleased.

[@patricksuiter]

You're most welcome. It is very sad - unfortunately because of the way the fee system works for the performers, expanding any John Williams score from or since 2005 would be very costly - hence why it hasn't really happened. Disney really need to show interest in the project, which they unfortunately don't seem to. Maybe one day...!

[@jessemoog5310]

Im surprised you didnt mention the Holst like Death Star destruction Chords from a new hope at 1:46. Because there is an obvious similarity there. Rythmic wise especially. A difference being that in a new hope the Chords are more dissonant. Always happy to see a new upload of yours.

[@patricksuiter]

It's definitely a great point - I actually did think about mentioning it but thought that it didn't fully complement the point I was trying to make (when I said it's not often that Williams has the whole orchestra acting in rhythmic unison, that was one of the first things I thought of), but looking back on it the rhythms really are very similar, so I probably should have. Not sure if there's really something thematically meaningful to draw from that, or whether Williams is just drawing from that typical Star Wars symphonic language - most likely the latter. There's something poetic about revisiting the music from the beginning of the first film at the end of what might have been the final installment - I know George Lucas went on and on about 'rhyming'. Thanks for your support as always - can always count on you to point out something I missed in my comments 🤣

[@brianballinger100]

I love how much detail there is in your videos, it helps a lot to wrap my mind around what Williams is doing.

[@Ryan.82-u8c]

"Wake up babe, Patrick Suiter just posted a new score analysis" Seriously tho, you knocked it out of the park with this analysis as always!

[@patricksuiter]

Lol thanks man 🤣

[@erikgruber9736]

Just amazing

[@Ryan.82-u8c]

​@@patricksuiter I would love to see you do The Land Race cue from Far and Away some time in the future.

[@patricksuiter]

@@Ryan.82-u8c that’s a great idea! I’ll add it my list :)

[@dgmullin1]

Is the Battle of the Heroes theme a variation of Dies Irae - at least the last half of the phrase?

[@patricksuiter]

They definitely share characteristics but I’m tempted to say no, especially since when Williams refers to the Dies Irae in other cues, he tends to only refer to the first 4 notes (which don’t seem to be referenced here). But you never know, perhaps Williams had it in mind!

[@suprhot]

Impressive work!

[@patricksuiter]

Thanks!