Just before the holiday weekend, Shawn Levy shared some new details about Star Wars: Starfighter , specifically its score.

The music of the franchise has been some of the most iconic, largely thanks to the efforts of John Williams . For the new film, composing duties will go to one Thomas Newman, best known for The Shawshank Redemption, Spectre and Skyfall, and more recently The Thursday Murder Club . On an episode of Kevin McCarthy’s “ On Film… ” podcast, the director revealed Starfighter would be “classically inspired” and avoid replicating what Williams has already done.

“It may be inspired by some of that,” he acknowledged, “but I knew that I needed a big-hearted movie score from a composer who, like John, doesn’t shy away from themes.” As far as get

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