The Chord That SAVED Star Wars
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Published 2021-09-28
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All Comments (21)
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WAS THIS INTENTIONAL I HAVE TO KNOW
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I really think that this is one of those occasions where a random sound design guy is watching this at home and shouts that “HEY HONEY, SOMEONE NOTICED THAT I TUNED THE LIGHTSABER SO THE CHORD BECAME HALF DIMINISHED!!! OMG!”
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brb gotta go tune my lightsabers
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Imagine writting a villain so good that when he appears on screen the audience cheers.
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What's astonishing to know, is that the Vader hallway scene wasn't in the original cut of the film, it was added when they did the reshoots. To think a scene that became one of the most iconic in the franchise almost didn't make it, tells you just how special it is.
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Don't underestimate the work of the sound designer. Usually they have a very musically trained ear and work very closely with composer and director together. Sometimes working on it together before showing it the director. So yes, I think it is very intentional. :)
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Do one on the Incredibles because the music for that movie goes hard
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I love how at the beginning of the video, the part of this song that is playing is actually in tune with Across the Stars (Anakin and Padme’s romance theme basically), and then goes into the craziness that is the hallway scene, only to end with the Imperial March. It’s almost like a musical version of the tragedy of Anakin becoming Darth Vader
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That whole ending scene of Rogue One that starts when Vader arrives to intercept the Rebel fleet is a masterpiece.
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Darth Vader: slaughters an entire team of innocent Rebel soldiers Charles: WUHWUHWUHWUH
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Being a composer and having worked with a ton of sound engineers, I can blindly vouch for this being 100% planned. However, I didn't know why this was my favorite Star Wars scene in the last 15 years and now I know. I got chills when you explained this. Please geek out like this in every video, I enjoyed it so much.
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11:00 is the perfect, PERFECT spin on the imperial theme. With the exact same sinister brass Williams gave us back in the day!
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My favorite chord in all of Star Wars is probably either the first chorus note in Anakin's Dark Deeds or the very beginning of Duel of the Fates, they send chills down my spine every time.
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Fun fact: the sound of Vaders saber slashing is a bassline to the piece ALL the time, the guy shouting „take it“ adds to the chord in the same way the saber is (somewhere between the 3brd and 3rd) as well as the blaster shots and Vaders breath. Finally a really demonstrative score that shows, what film music actually does/is supposed to do!
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12:40 there's no winds in High Orbit. Vader was making his cape flutter dramatically with the force. You can't be the Fist of the Emperor without a little showmanship.
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hands down one of the TOP 3 most amazing moments in a theater. the entire theater full of people ROARed....its what we should have had with ALL the movies in the Disney era.....WHY is this so hard to achieve?
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The siren/alarm going off in the background is forever burned into my memories. Absolutely iconic
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"The light saber is in E" is definitely not a phrase I thought I would hear today...
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“The combination makes this dramatic disastrous sound” Like we’re 12 seconds away from having a room of corpses?
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Having had no clue as to Vader's presence in Rogue One before its theatrical release, I was positively giddy when he powered up his lightsaber, and couldn't help but cheer him on as he proceeded to slaughter every soldier in his path. I grew up watching the original trilogy on a weekly basis, so the sight of Vader finally displaying why he was the most terrifying being in the universe was truly remarkable to witness.
