Star Wars: Andor showrunner Tony Gilroy has enlisted Nicholas Britell to create the theme for the new Disney+ series, delivering a main theme which will have slight variations for each episode.
“One day, I went to Nic’s house, and he played us his theme. I was like, Oh, my God! That’s our theme. I called Kathy Kennedy [to say], ‘We have a theme,'” Gilroy recalled in the series’ production notes. “None of the opening sequences are the same, and each variation is a different orchestration, a completely different interpretation of our theme that Nic has done. There’ll be twelve of them in the show. I’m sure people will parse them and figure them out, what he’s done. I think they’re just absolutely beautiful.”
Despite featuring some familiar characters, Gilroy pointed out that there are a number of elements about Andor that aim to entirely reinvent the galaxy far, far away, which also includes musical components and expectations.
“Music in Star Wars is just absolutely essentially identified with John Williams — I mean, bow down-but we’re going in a whole other direction. We needed an entirely new vocabulary. We’re making a new visual vocabulary, a storytelling vocabulary; a new casting vocabulary, all these things. We’re going to make a new musical vocabulary,” the showrunner explained. “Nic Britell was not only available but interested. Nic is just one of the premiere composers of the moment right now. He’s just on fire, and he’s inspired.”
The first three episodes of Andor debut exclusively on Disney+ on September 21st.
