John Williams finds yet one more opportunity to place his indelible stamp on the “Star Wars” universe. His new “Obi-Wan Kenobi” theme has at last been unveiled. Disney has kept just about everything about the new series under wraps as inviolable as those of a Tusken Raider. Natalie Holt, the first woman to be hired to write music for a live-action “Star Wars” project, will incorporate Williams’ theme into her scores. Williams himself introduced the theme in concert yesterday in a surprise appearance at “Star Wars Celebration” in Anaheim. Of course, the show is being streamed on Disney+, so I am unlikely to see it anytime soon. But the music sure does sound as if it’s from the pen of the composer of “The Rise of Skywalker.”
Williams conducts his theme from “Obi-Wan Kenobi”
The official studio recording, released as a single:
The complete Anaheim mini-concert, with an appearance by Harrison Ford:
Williams, 90, has been engaged to write the music for Ford’s latest Indiana Jones adventure, expected in theaters next summer.