‘Andor’ Main Theme To Have Different Variations Between Episodes, Says Tony Gilroy

Lucasfilm released earlier this month their production briefing on Andor, a 29-page document available to the press where they detail the most relevant aspects of everything and everyone involved with the upcoming Star Wars series on Disney Plus. In the document, the company confirmed that three-time Oscar nominee Nicholas Britell (Moonlight, Succession) is composing the music for the show.

Gilroy first explained how integral the music is to Star Wars, and how that carried over to Andor, though in new and unexpected ways

Reports on Britell joining Andor began circulating earlier this year, but it looks like he’s been attached for a long time. In the document, it is said that Britell and Gilroy have been working on the score for two years, long before it was time to get into the recording booth and, from the sound of things, even before filming started. However, as Gilroy explains, it looks like they needed the extra time

Andor will have a central theme, Gilroy said, though it will be slightly different from episode to episode…