TLJ 16: Mirror Cave vs. Magic Tree (Minutes 76-80)

Rey searches for meaning in the mirror cave on Ahch-To, but how does the music in this scene compare to that in Luke's cave scene from The Empire Strikes Back? In this episode, we compare and contrast the music and sound from these two films created 37 years apart.

Topics:

• The music in Rey's cave scene in The Last Jedi vs. Luke's cave scene in The Empire Strikes Back
• Similarities include (demonstrations in the episode): atonality, tone clusters, tritones, swells, tremolos, glissandi, free time, instrumentation
• Differences include: presence of thematic material, tremolo vs. measured tremolo, sound design, sparseness, sense of time
• Insights from the sound designer, editor, and sound effects mixer regarding putting together this scene

Themes Referenced (in order of appearance): Force Theme, Rey's Theme

Where we are in the soundtrack: 12. "The Cave"

Links Mentioned:

• Post Perspective interview with Michael Semanick (Mixing SFX, Foley for Star Wars: The Last Jedi): https://postperspective.com/skywalkers-michael-semanick-mixing-sfx-star-wars-last-jedi/
• Pro Sound Effects interview with Matthew Wood and Ren Klyce: https://blog.prosoundeffects.com/expanding-a-universe-inside-the-sound-of-star-wars-the-last-jedi
• Frank Lehman's Complete Catalogue of the Musical Themes of Star Wars: https://franklehman.com/starwars/

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