Watch: ‘The Mandalorian’ Theme Performed By Composer Ludwig Göransson
Following in the footsteps of John Williams is no easy feat. ButLudwig Goranssonmanages to do that and leave his own stamp on theStar Warsmusical legacy with his score forThe Mandalorian. In a new clip released by Disney+, Goransson performs theMandaloriantheme from inside the LED set they used to film theStar WarsTV series. Watch Goransson show off his best rockstar self in the music video below.
The Mandalorian Theme
John Williams left an indelible mark on theStar Warsfranchise with his iconic score for the original films, which have been imitated, but never replicated. But that’s not what Oscar-winning composer Ludwig Goransson, who scoredThe Mandalorian, was trying to do. Recruited by executive producers Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni to score theStar WarsTV series, Goransson was tasked with creating a score that was inspired by the work ofThe Good, the Bad and the Uglycomposer Ennio Morricone and the various scores from the films of Akira Kurosawa, as we learned in the documentary seriesDisney Gallery: The Mandalorianlast month.
In the doc, we learned that, “when he began his work on the Mandalorian score, Göransson created five pieces of music, each roughly five minutes long, with various themes that represented different characters or planets. He worked on that music for a month, and then he paid a visit to the studio where The Mandalorian was filming and, from his phone, played the theme that begins with the haunting bass recorder notes that fans are so familiar with now.”
The final product is an astounding piece of music, which gets the full music video treatment with the above video, which is directed by Isaac Ravishankara.
While we’re in a dearth ofTheMandaloriancontent until fall, this clip is a nice way to keep the anticipation going for the second season of the Disney+ series, whichalready hasa star-studdedcastjoiningPedro Pascal’s titular bounty hunter.
The Mandalorianseason 2 is expected to debut on Disney+ inOctober 2020.
