John Williams Composing New “Star Wars” Music For Disney Theme Park

"Star Wars": Galaxy’s Edge is due to open in 2019.

Star Wars resort continues the narrative guests start when they visit the theme park. (Disney/Lucasfilm)
Star Wars resort continues the narrative guests start when they visit the theme park. (Disney/Lucasfilm)

Cue the fanfare: There’s new “Star Wars” music being composed by John Williams for Disney Parks Attractions. Williams is currently recording with the London Symphony Orchestra at the famous Abbey Road Studios.

The new, original music will be featured in two new attractions at both Disneyland and Disney World theme parks, as part of a new section dubbed Star Wars: Galaxy Edge. They will play during the attractions, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance and Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run are set to open in 2019.

The Millennium Falcon attraction allows park visitors to pilot Han Solo’s famous spacecraft while Rise of the Resistance places folks in the middle of an epic battle between the First Order and the Resistance.

A first look of the model of the parks was showcased at D23 in 2017 with two new videos spotlighting the new attractions being released this past Saturday, November 17th.

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