Gareth Edwards’ upcoming Rogue One, Walt Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm’s first “Star Wars Story” spinoff film, is today making a creative change.
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As you probably know by now, Rogue One underwent extensive reshoots over the summer, pushing production a number of weeks, and according to THR, that schedule shakeup also altered the scoring calendar. Disney and Lucasfilm then turned to Giacchino, who has a long relationship with the studio and its various divisions.
Despite the apparent issues, Rogue One is slated to be released December 18th.
For Pixar, the maestro created the music for Incredibles, Ratatouille, Up (for which he won an Oscar), Cars 2 and Inside Out. He also scored this year’s Disney Animation breakout Zootopia, and has previously worked with the live-action division on Sky High, John Carter, and Tomorrowland. I will admit a slight fondness for Giacchino, if only because he’s scored more than half of the movies I’ve seen in the last five years and I’m anxious my ears won’t be able to fully understand something without his fingerprints on it. And he’s making his Marvel Studios debut with Doctor Strange, which opens November 4. As the first standalone film in the series, it’s success or failure will likely determine to some degree how the public views any Star Wars film to come after lacking the word “episode” in its title. This key event in the Star Wars timeline brings together ordinary people who choose to do extraordinary things, and in doing so, become part of something greater than themselves.
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The official Star Wars Twitter also revealed a Korean poster which, for our money, is a tad less cool, simply because it feels even more Photoshopped.
