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John Williams should score Star Wars sequels, says composer tipped to replace him

April 17th, 2013 by Marc 2 Comments

J.J. Abrams collaborator Michael Giacchino (above right) has said he hopes John Williams scores the new Star Wars sequels.

Rumoured to be in contention to compose music for the films himself, he addressed the subject at a post-concert Q&A in Switzerland.

“He [Williams] has been a great inspiration to me over the years,” Giacchino said. “He has been a great teacher to me and good friend and I would love nothing more than to hear more of his music from that universe.”

“If it were up to me I would say ‘John, you must do it’.”

Williams himself previously expressed interest in returning to Star Wars and told a concert audience in February

Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….