Last week Lucasfilm announced the title of Gareth Edwards’ upcoming Star Wars movie to be Star Wars: Rogue One, and it seems that the first standalone Star Wars film will also be the first not to include music by John Williams, as Alexandre Desplat has revealed that he’s signed on to compose the score.
The French composer has recently collaborated with Edwards on last year’s blockbuster Godzilla, and is coming off the back of an Academy Award win for his work on The Grand Budapest Hotel. Desplat was also nomintaed this year for The Imitation Game, while he has six previous Oscar nominations for Philomena, Argo, The King’s Speech, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and The Queen.
Star Wars: Rogue One is set for release on December 16th 2016 and is set to star Felicity Jones (The Imitation Game) in an as-yet-unrevealed role.
Source: FilmMusicReporter
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Originally published March 16, 2015. Updated November 29, 2022.
