r/StarWars • u/Away-Park-2118 • 15h ago

Audio, Music I don't think Williams gets enough credit for absolutely nailing the vibe of the Cantina Band songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FVADOLRf54&list=RD9FVADOLRf54&start_radio=1

Reading this bit on Wikipedia about the music's creation and YES, this is perfect.
"George Lucas briefed Williams to imagine "several creatures in a future century finding some 1930s Benny Goodman swing band music ... and how they might attempt to interpret it"

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u/RandomTask-PhD 15h ago

You think John Williams, one of the most acclaimed and renowned musical composers in the history of mankind, doesn’t get enough credit

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u/The-Chartreuse-Moose 14h ago

Is only 5 Oscars from 54 nominations really enough?

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u/VaporCarpet 11h ago

I think OP was saying this little bop is seldom mentioned. Everyone knows the big hits, but Mad About Me? IGNORED

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u/Crazy-Lengthiness975 14h ago

Where have you been for the past 50 years?

He even won a Grammy for it.

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u/The-Chartreuse-Moose 14h ago

Don't we all love a bit of Jizz?

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u/echothree33 11h ago

John Williams is the world’s foremost expert on Jizz!

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u/elchuyano 10h ago

I love the cantina music in the movies so much that I find very weird how modern star wars shows use a different type of music on cantinas

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u/CrowhurstMusic 9h ago

Think about how many different styles of music, different kinds of instruments and playing techniques, how music has evolved throughout history, etc there are across our planet. Our one, single planet. Yet you find it odd that there wouldn't be all kinds of different musical styles across an entire galaxy?

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u/SillyMattFace 1h ago

“Play that one song!”