Composer and bandleader John Williams returns to the Star Wars universe as he will compose the series’ theme music Obi-Wan Kenobi to be broadcast on Disney+.
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Williams, 90, recorded the music last week with a heavily guarded Los Angeles orchestra, the magazine said. varietythe first to make the news public.
John Williams has been in the Star Wars constellation since the beginning and composed the music for all nine feature films. At the 1978 Oscars, he was awarded the famous statuette for the music of the original film, Star Wars that some identify today by the title Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (A New Hope) released in 1977.
Williams, call back variety, very rarely written for television. Its association with the series Obi-Wan Kenobiwhose broadcast will begin on May 25, is a good move for producers and broadcasters.
According to the IMDB database, Williams has been an Oscar nominee 38 times during her illustrious career, including six times for episodes of Star Wars. He won the Oscar for Best Original Score five times, either for Fiddler on the Roof (1972), jaws (1976), Star Wars (1978), ET The Extra Terrestrial (1983) and Schindler’s List (1994).