0:00 Rebels vs Empire
0:29 Sponsorship
1:57 Major vs Minor
2:56 Chords vs Melody
4:03 Imperial Melody is Major
4:58 Rebel Melody is Minor
6:43 Why It Works
7:40 Balance to the Force

John Williams composed the Imperial March and the Rebel Fanfare Themes to represent the good guys and bad guys in the Star Wars universe. But musically, each theme both does and doesn't do what we expect, because John Williams played with our expectations of major and minor. This is why that works!

Leitmotifs: What Les Miz Taught Lin-Manuel Miranda (Musical Theatre Universe Part 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USuYD8ncHHc

Variety - Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3iHI65tR0k

Leonard Bernstein - The Poetry of the Earth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWeQXTnv_xU

Leonard Bernstein - The Delights and Dangers of Ambiguity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwXO3I8ASSg

The Music of John Williams documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy28rnPhGN8

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