Acclaimed composer Michael Abels talks about his inspirations behind the soundtrack for the latest Star Wars series.
Mae prowling into the noodle shop on Ueda to duel — and best — Jedi Master Indara was a crucial moment for The Acolyte. As the cold open for the series, the moment sets the tone and expectations for the story to come. But composer Michael Abels was adamant that it wouldn’t be the first piece of music he composed for the project.
“I didn’t do it first because you kind of need to understand what’s going to happen before you take on an introduction to something so epic,” Abels tells StarWars.com. “I worked on that scene for a long, long time to get it just right.”
Instead, Abels — whose work, including compositions for Jordan Peele’s genre-defying films Get Out, Us, and Nope, has garnered him a Pulitzer Prize as well as Emmy and Grammy nominations — turned his attention to the coven on Brendok. Writing the Ascension incantation grounded his work for what was yet to come, a blend of international vocalists and languages that transcended Earth cultures to represent the witches at the heart of the tale. Throughout the series and the score, Abels continues to meld different perspectives and themes, revisiting a musical flourish here and there as the story shifts and our understanding of the truth evolves….
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