TLJ 1: From a Cellist’s POV (Minutes 1-5 with Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick)

Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick (cellist on The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, and The Rise of Skywalker) joins Chrysanthe in covering minutes 1-5 of Star Wars Episode 8: The Last Jedi.

Film action: Lucasfilm logo, opening crawl, Hux being tooled with, and Poe starting to attack the Dreadnought.

Discussion topics:

• Erika busts some John Williams myths.
• John Williams' conducting style.
• What recording sessions were like (secrecy, VIPs, funny moments, how they differed from other scoring sessions).
• Why the opening crawl Main Titles sound different across eras (from tuning to mixing and more).
• Cello demonstration of the Main Title and a breakdown of the rhythm.
• The resonance of certain keys for string instruments.
• How the motion picture lines up with the soundtrack.