John Powell – Solo: A Star Wars Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack/Deluxe Edition) () [Official Digital Download 24bit/192kHz]

John Powell – Solo: A Star Wars Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack/Deluxe Edition) ()
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 02:03:44 minutes | 3,45 GB | Genre: Original Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Walt Disney Records

On the soundtrack to Solo: A Star Wars Story, John Powell became just the third person to compose a score for a live-action Star Wars film, following in the footsteps of John Williams and Rogue One’s Michael Giacchino. Without the burden of the official episode saga installments, Powell took the liberty to experiment with fresh sounds (for the Star Wars universe), delivering the most intriguing and nontraditional Star Wars music to date. Powell employs non-orchestral instrumentation, exciting and unexpected rhythmic percussion, and a choir to great effect (especially as a motif for the newly introduced band of Marauders). After Williams puts his trademark stamp on the project with a lone contribution (“The Adventures of Han”), Powell launches into hyperspace, adapting Williams’ familiar leitmotifs (“Meet Han,” “L3 & Millennium Falcon,” “Break Out,” “Reminiscence Therapy,” “Into the Maw,” and “Dice & Roll”) and injecting each composition with flair. The rousing “Corellia Chase” and “Flying with Chewie” swoop and sweep, but it’s not until “Train Heist” that Powell truly claims Solo as his own. Funky and primal, “Train Heist” pumps the coaxium hyperfuel into Solo and doesn’t look back. The sole pop track on the album belongs to vocalist Baraka May, whose slinky and sultry “Chicken in the Pot” sounds more like a trip-hop Bond theme than a Star Wars cantina tune. It’s one of many surprises that make Solo a fun, exciting, and engaging experience. Tasked with filling Williams’ iconic shoes, Powell didn’t simply mimic the master — as in Giacchino’s case — but instead charted his own course, capturing the outlaw spirit of the roguish Han Solo himself in the process. – Neil Z. Yeung

Tracklist:

1-1. John Powell – Meet Han (1M1) (02:21)
1-2. John Powell – Bunk / Proxima (1M2-3) (03:08)
1-3. John Powell – Corellia Chase (1M4-5) (03:34)
1-4. John Powell – Spaceport (1M6-7) (04:09)
1-5. John Williams – Gonna Be a Pilot (1M8) (00:29)
1-6. John Powell – Empire Recruitment (1M9) (00:31)
1-7. John Powell – Mimban Battle (1M10A-B) (02:03)
1-8. John Powell – Blackmail (1M11) (01:32)
1-9. John Powell – The Beast (2M12) (02:36)
1-10. John Powell – Chewie Untamed (2M13) (03:32)
1-11. John Powell – Surveying Conveyex (2M14) (01:00)
1-12. John Powell – Deluxe Train Heist (2M15-16A-B-C) (10:21)
1-13. John Powell – Walk to Dryden’s (3M17) (02:13)
1-14. John Powell – Chicken in the Pot (3M18S) (02:08)
1-15. John Powell – Han & Qi’Ra Reunite (3M19) (01:11)
1-16. John Powell – Stormtrooper JP-054 Karaoke (3M20S) (02:08)
1-17. John Powell – Dryden’s Patience Is Tested (3M21-22-23) (05:30)
1-18. John Powell – Card Room (3M24) (01:08)
1-19. John Powell – Sabacc Game (3M25) (02:35)
1-20. John Powell – L3 & Millennium Falcon (3M26) (03:16)
1-21. John Powell – Family Stories (4M27) (01:59)
1-22. John Powell – Lando’s Closet (4M28) (02:11)
1-23. John Powell – Trust No One (4M29) (01:16)
1-24. John Powell – Oksana Floren, yadda yadda yadda (4M30A) (04:28)
1-25. John Powell – Extra Deluxe Mine Mission (4M30B-5M30C-31) (10:22)
1-26. John Powell – Kessel Run in Less Than 12 Parsecs (5M32-33A-B-C) (11:00)
1-27. John Powell – Savareen Tent (6M34) (02:00)
1-28. John Powell – Enfys’ Stand-Off (6M35) (04:25)
1-29. John Powell – Qi’Ra Knows a Bit More Than Han (6M36-37-38) (02:13)
1-30. John Powell – Double-Double Cross (6M39-40) (04:47)
1-31. John Powell – Dryden’s Long, Long Fight (6M41-42) (04:50)
1-32. John Powell – Maul’s Call / Parting Ways (7M43-44-45) (05:38)
1-33. John Powell – Lando’s Jungle Room (7M46S) (01:03)
1-34. John Powell – Sabacc Rematch / To Tatooine (7M47-48) (01:52)
1-35. John Powell – Super Extra Deluxe End Credits Suite (7MEC) (09:56)

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