Solo 19: The Kitchen Sink (Minutes 91-95 with Jon Solomon)

Talking about the music and sound in minutes 91-95 of Solo: A Star Wars Story with Jon Solomon! This set of minutes features a giant space tentacle monster, which, in part, is brought to life by the score and sound design. We talk about tension-building, our perceptions of musical "fastness," and a mysterious howling sound that Xanthe and Jon are now mildly obsessed with.

Timestamps:

• 00:00 - Hello there!
• 08:39 - Placid chord when Lando says the L3 is part of the ship now.
• 18:37 - Stellar screen displays.
• 37:30 - Is this music as fast as music gets in Star Wars? What does "fast" mean? Strong beats? Density of notes?
• 43:53 - The difference between a smooth cross-country flight and a spaceship flying through a maelstrom with a giant multi-eyed creature in the middle of it.
• 46:41 - Loud MRI machines.
• 53:38 - What's up with this howling noise?
• 1:05:06 - Familiar themes but with a note tweaked to make it off-kilter.
• 1:09:27 - Cue vs. track vs. composition vs. score vs. recording vs. leitmotif vs. theme. Natural variation in themes. Skeleton vs. soft tissue, etc et. (I know, I know, how many times must I go on this spiel? Sorry!)
• 1:18:39 - Natural water filtration analogy.
• 1:25:18 - Multiple interpretation of the same howl/screech/alarm-ish sound.
• 1:40:25 - "Xanthe" shipyards?
• 1:45:24 - SWMM Questionnaire

Things to Check Out:

• Jon and his daughter's Solo review: https://web.archive.org/web/20181106182944/https://phawker.com/2018/05/25/cinema-when-han-went-solo/
• Complete Catalogue of the Musical Themes of Star Wars (by Frank Lehman): https://franklehman.com/starwars/.

Themes:

• 1. Young Han Solo (Heroic, comp. JW)
• 8. L3-37
• 5. The Gang
• 2a. Young Han Solo (Searching, comp. JW)
• 1a. Main Theme (A Section)
• 2. Rebel Fanfare

Where are we in the soundtrack?:

• End of "Reminiscence Therapy" (last minute)
• "Into the Maw"
• "Kessel Run in Less Than 12 Parsecs (5M32-33A-B-C)"

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STAR WARS MUSIC MINUTE QUESTIONNAIRE:

1. In exactly 3 words, what does Star Wars sound like?

• Jon: A low hum.
• Maggie: Inspiring. Magical. Home.

2. What's something related to Star Wars music or sound that you want to learn more about?

• Jon: Disney+ series of documentary shorts about how specific sound effects were made: lightsaber,
• Maggie: Foley stuff and how the TIE fighter scream was made.

3. What's a score or soundtrack you're fond of besides anything Star Wars?

• Jon: Dr. Who and pretty much everything from Delia Derbyshire and The BBC Radiophonic Workshop
• Maggie: Six (Toby Marlow/Lucy Moss), Come From Away (Irene Sankoff/David Hein), Wicked (Stephen Schwartz), Hamilton (Lin-Manuel Miranda)

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Guest: Jon Solomon

• All Star Wars radio show: http://keepingscoreathome.com/?p=4779
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• Instagram: https://instagram.com/jonsolomon

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