Originally published July 26, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.
The official Star Wars site has announced that British composer John Powell (Bourne, Shrek) is heading to the galaxy far, far away to compose the score for next year’s untitled Han Solo Anthology movie.
Powell is just the third person to have the honour of scoring a Star Wars movie after John Williams and Michael Giacchino (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story). The official announcement states that Han Solo “will be scored in the style of the original Star Wars movies but retain Powell’s distinctive voice.”
Powell’s other upcoming credits include the animated movies Ferdinand, Pigeon Impossible and How to Train Your Dragon 3.
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Han Solo stars Alden Ehrenreich (Hail, Caesar!) as the famous smuggler, Donald Glover (Atlanta) as Lando Calrissian, Woody Harrelson (War for the Planet of the Apes) as Beckett (Solo’s mentor), Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag), Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones), Thandie Newton (Westworld), Ian Kenny (Sing Street) and Michael K. Williams (The Night Of) in as-yet-unrevealed roles. It is set for release on May 25th 2018.
