Audio: "Star Wars: The Score Awakens"
CLEVELAND — Brett Mitchell discusses John Williams's Oscar-nominated score for Star Wars: The Force Awakens with host Bill O'Connell in a new, hourlong special, “Star Wars: The Score Awakens,” set premiere on WCLV Classical 104.9 on Saturday, January 23 at 5 p.m. Eastern.
A synopsis from WCLV:
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is already the biggest movie of all time in the United States. The soundtrack is an original score by John Williams, who has written the music for all seven Star Wars movies, plus other classics like Indiana Jones, E.T., Home Alone, and many, many more. Brett Mitchell, Associate Conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra, is a die-hard fan of John Williams and Star Wars, so WCLV invited him to the KeyBank Studio to take us through the score.
Listen at Ideastream or via the player below.
Update: ‘Star Wars: The Score Awakens’ won Best Documentary at the 2017 All Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards.
Like this special? Check out my two episodes of Classical Classroom exploring the music of Star Wars and The Force Awakens!