Cantina Sounds: Star Wars source music

Alexander @PookaSlayer Aly San San! That's the tourism droid from the current version of Star Tours. I wanna say she's voiced by Alison Janney.

Mystery solved by @pookaslayer on Twitter!

YouTube video by Cody Matthew Johnson - Topic Outer Rim Rhapsody - Extended Version

At 15:12, the extended version is by far the longest piece of diegetic music in Star Wars, and therefore the longest jizz composition in existence. You can download it for yourself from your favorite music service. youtu.be/shXPeK33pN0?...

For day 212 of #TheDiegeticShuffle, @ithiliel.bsky.social found this smooth sax player in the Outlaws DLC, jamming on a raised platform. It wasn't until the Wild Card DLC soundtrack was released a few weeks later that we learned it was "Outer Rim Rhapsody" by @codymatthewjohnson.bsky.social.

DJ R3X says: "[After Hours at Oga's] always makes me think of my first love, Allie Son-Son [?]. She was the droid I was looking for, but she got reassigned to another part of the galaxy. Allie, if you can hear me, this one's for you. *sigh*"

lonas_music December 28, 2018 As most Nashville writer producers, I spend a good amount of my time and energy writing, recording and pitching songs for TV + Film placements. Sometimes a brief comes into my email asking to recreate the Lumineers or Imagine Dragons and though it melts my mind a little bit each time. I do it. Maybe cause I'm broke or maybe I just tell myself it's good practice. In any case, a couple months back I got one of those emails but instead of recreating "Radioactive" it was my friends at Disney asking for a modern recreation of the Star Wars cantina scene for the new theme park. long story short, I did like 10 versions and they'll be using one of them! The song above is one of the rejects but one of my favorites. I titled it, "Toydarian Crooner" and had a blast fucking with the vocals to give it an alien vibe. Happy new year guys, here's to working on fun projects in 2019. #newmusicfriday

Louis Johnson on "After Hours at Oga's": "…a couple months back I got one of those emails…it was my friends at Disney asking for a modern recreation of the Star Wars cantina scene for the new theme park. long story short, I did like 10 versions and they'll be using one of them!"

This was our pick for day 211 of #TheDiegeticShuffle, btw. Blutopians first appeared in Rogue One, and got their name from their creature shop nickname ("Blue Top").

Not only did I find Johnson, but I also found an unreleased track from Oga's! He says on Instagram, "The song above is one of the rejects but one of my favorites. I titled it, 'Toydarian Crooner' and had a blast fucking with the vocals to give it an alien vibe." www.instagram.com/p/Br8XCKxBZS...

An orange-lit young white man with short hair in profile, with his hand on his mouth

A attractive young white woman and man leaning against a wallpapered wall; she is wearing a short skirt and a white blouse with a tie and has shoulder-length dyed blonde hair, while he has glasses and a goatee and is wearing a black jacket over a white shirt

In reality it was composed by Louis Johnson, whose common name made him tricky to track down. Buuuuut I did! Johnson is a Nashville musician originally from Florida who performs solo as Lonas (www.lonasmusic.com) and as a duo with the Saint Johns first-avenue.com/performer/th....

YouTube video by Release - Topic After Hours at Oga's

"After Hours at Oga's" is a rollicking pop song that R3X plays in Oga's, with multiple vocalists singing in a language that sounds a bit French to me. The band is Bluetopian Blues, and since Oga Garra is a Blutopian perhaps it's her band…after hours? youtu.be/fmY1DIoXV6k?...

The music from this episode, "Out of Darkness", is credited to Kevin Kiner, though David G. Russell and Matthew St. Laurent also worked on the episode. The cue is not named on the cue sheet.

Zeb is just trying to enjoy some space waffles and listen to some Stereolab-esque avant-pop, but Ezra and Chopper have other plans on day 210 of #TheDiegeticShuffle.

YouTube video by The Magic In The Music Star Wars Cantina: Gungan Drinking Song #shorts

R3X plays it in Oga's Cantina and over the air on BSO 401.72 in Galaxy's Edge. On a good night you might get the bartenders leading the crowd in a singalong. "Una Duey Dee" is our selection for day 209 of #TheDiegeticShuffle. Hic! youtu.be/mgqHR74CpME?...

YouTube video by DisneyMusicVEVO Kra Mer 5 - Una Duey Dee (From "Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Oga's Cantina"/Audio Only)

"Una Duey Dee" (One Two Three) is "your favorite Gungan drinking song", says R3X, sung in Gunganese by Kra Mer 5 (really Michael Kramer, with additional lyrics by wife Allie Feder Kramer). It's got Gungan wind instruments and some good Boss Nass-style slobber. youtu.be/1_5I39eMqUY?...

THE CREDITS Witches are a fairly recent addition to the Star Wars canon. How did you approach scoring the coven introduced in The Acolyte? Even before the percussion, that was actually where I started because these witches are a very important element to the story, but also, there's a logistical reason I started there, which is that they perform the music on camera. That means it has to exist before they shoot it instead of being created in post-production. The music is mostly women's voices because the coven is all women, so that seemed natural, and even though they represent

an alien culture, it is very multicultural because it's meant to feel like a culture of spirit that's not of this world. So we deliberately made sure we had a range of vocals from throughout the world, and that each singer had an ability so they could sing riffs that were distinct to their cultural backgrounds, then I wrote music that allowed all those styles to coexist. The words are right from the script: "The power of one, the power of two, the power of many." Then, once it had been shot, l added some percussive elements because the scene is a ritual, and it had to feel supernatural, but it also had to feel ceremonial in a way that felt tribal.

It's not clear how much of what we hear is diegetic—some of the singing is, but the full chorus ("a blend of international vocalists and languages") and percussion are ambiguous. It was the first cue Abels wrote for the show, as it was performed on camera. www.motionpictures.org/2024/06/the-...

A slightly walleyed middle-aged man with close-cropped hair and beard looking serious against a red background

A young Hispanic man with bangs, heavy eyebrows, and full lips, dramatically lit from the side and holding a conducting baton diagonally across his chin

It was composed by Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Abels (michaelabels.com), who also composed the scores for "Us", "Nope", and "Get Out", and Pablo Croissier (www.pablocroissier.com/en/home), a composer from the Canary Islands who worked with Abels on "Us". youtu.be/EPzBL9CMW2Q?...

Happy Thanksgiving! For day 208 of #TheDiegeticShuffle we're listening to the music that is, perhaps, second only to "Jedi Rocks" in provoking irrational anger from Star Wars fans: "The Ascension Ceremony", sung by the witches of Brendok in episode 3 of the Acolyte.

YouTube video by Curzon Daxx Cantina: Womp Rat Stomp - The Music of STAR WARS: The Old Republic

"Womp Rat Stomp" is another @PeterNMcConnell jizz tune from SW:TOR, with the traditional instrumentation established in 1977. It's very danceable, evoking WWII GIs swing dancing with ladies in petticoats, and it's day 207 of #TheDiegeticShuffle. youtu.be/hotbO84tzVM?...

Qi'ra takes a drink from a tray, asking the server "Have you been attentive to Dok-Ondar?"

Dok-Ondar, the Ithorian shopkeeper at Galaxy's Edge

Old news presumably, but I just noticed Dok-Ondar was apparently at this party?

YouTube video by John Powell - Topic Stormtrooper JP-054 Karaoke (3M20S)

The "stormtrooper", as his ID code hints, is actually Solo composer John Powell (JP, age 54), who sings the male vocals (the other sounds like Baraka May). This song got an official release on the deluxe soundtrack, and it's day 206 of #TheDiegeticShuffle. youtu.be/zP0BeVwP3LE?...

"Stormtrooper JP-054 Karaoke" is a cha-cha that plays in the background of Han's awkward reunion with Qi'ra on Dryden's yacht in Solo. We don't see it, but presumably there's a stormtrooper up on stage singing karaoke just off-camera?

A smiling, heavyset white man with raised eyebrows and white hair brushed back from his forehead in a dark suit and tie

Chukha-Trok was voiced by Michael Pritchard, a comedian and voice actor who appeared on Taxi and Sesame Street and in the Captain EO show. I'm guessing this song was mostly his improvisation. Pritchard has since worked for decades as a motivational speaker for kids.

The great warrior Chukha-Trok sings a little marching song in Ewokese to himself after he joins up with Wicket, Deej, Weechee, Widdle, Cindel, and Mace in 1984's "The Ewok Adventure"/"Caravan of Courage". We're playing it for you on day 205 of #TheDiegeticShuffle.

YouTube video by MandoKyramud Gra'tua Cuun (Our Vengeance)

Motir ca'tra nau tracinya.
Gra'tua cuun hett su dralshy'a. Taung!

"Gra'tua Cuun" was a Mando'a war chant in an operatic style, written by @jesseharl.in for Republic Commando. It's bold, stirring, and intense, and it's day 204 of #TheDiegeticShuffle. youtu.be/t6gKLk-5QPw?...

It's a deep cut on day 203 of #TheDiegeticShuffle! When Pace and Lena, who would one day become the parents of the Freemakers, visit the Vandor Lodge in LEGO Star Wars: All-Stars, someone is noodling on a honkytonk piano. "Welcome to Vandor" is by Michael Kramer.

Prado kindly included "Jabba's Birthday Party" on his demo reel, so you can listen to the whole thing (and download the mp3, if you can navigate the code) on his website: www.rpradomusic.com?wix-music-tr... Click the link and scroll down.

Oh mighty Jabba, let us celebrate your glorious birthday on day 202 of #TheDiegeticShuffle with some galactic funk from Roberto Prado! Max Rebo, Sy Snootles, and Droopy McCool played "Jabba's Birthday Party" in LEGO Star Wars: Summer Vacation.

Living the dream!

YouTube video by Joseph Shirley - Topic The Mod Parlour

This track cheats a little; it starts as clearly diegetic when Boba is outside, then keeps playing continuously even as the scene skips forward in time. I'd call it "scourse" (both score and source). It was released on the Book of Boba Fett soundtrack: youtu.be/kHY07ClkJTs?...

We visit a Tatooine mod parlour on day 201 of #TheDiegeticShuffle for a few different flavors of techno. "The Mod Parlour" was written by Joseph Shirley and Ludwig Göransson, and features Thundercat (aka Stephen Bruner, theamazingthundercat.com, who plays the Modifier) on bass.

(This isn't quite true—we also have "Game Source" and "Aunt Z Source", but details are scant.)