We continue our journey through STAR WARS VISIONS today on THE ANIME SPECTACUAR with music that inspires new visions of space and fantasy through the eyes of animators and anime masters. The show begins with music from T0B1 by composer Abee and Keiichiro Shibuya. You’ll then hear music by Michiru Oshima for THE ELDER. Next, you will hear selections from LOP AND OCHO by Yoshiaki Dewa, and finally music by U-Zhann for AKIKIRI.
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Cinematic Sound Radio Fanfare and Theme by David Coscina | Bumper voice artist: Tim Burden
Some of the music in Star Wars Visions was indeed quite well done, and some composers even made allusions to Star Wars music that added to the scene and gave them some weight.
As one example, some of the first that came to mind was the Empire theme and the Imperial Officer theme from “Lop & Ocho”. Both made use of trumpets, trombones, and drums with beats which underscored the tracks for the Empire and Darth Vader in the original trilogy.
But what caught me by surprise was the Succession Ceremony track. Though it used the koto, bells, and flutes, I heard notes in three different places of the track that reminded me via allusion of the leitmotif of “The Force”. The feel was there, but wasn’t played note for note and it wasn’t in your face (or ears, rather). When I noticed that and eventually connected the dots, it made me think “woah, that’s easy to miss”.
I have no idea if that was intentional or not, but that sound, that allusion, pulled me into the moment. And though its been a bit over three years since the first volume of Visions was released, I do hope we get to hear more tracks like this in the future Visions volumes that have nods to Star Wars music either through allusion or otherwise.