Solo: A Star Wars Story (soundtrack)

Solo: A Star Wars Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Film score by
ReleasedMay 25, 2018 (2018-05-25)
StudioAbbey Road Studios
GenreSoundtrack
Length1:17:11
LabelWalt Disney
ProducerJohn Powell
John Powell chronology
Ferdinand
(2017)
Solo: A Star Wars Story
(2018)
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
(2019)
Star Wars soundtrack chronology
The Last Jedi
(2017)
Solo
(2018)
The Rise of Skywalker
(2019)

Solo: A Star Wars Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to the 2018 film of the same name directed by Ron Howard, which is the second instalment in the Star Wars anthology series. The score is composed by John Powell, with the Han Solo's theme conducted and composed by John Williams, whom he had collaborated for several Star Wars films, was included in the album. Williams further composed several demos, that were not included in the soundtrack but was released in the deluxe edition. Besides composing the original themes, Powell also incorporated Williams' music from Star Wars films.

Walt Disney Records released the soundtrack album on May 25, 2018,[1] and debuted at third position on soundtracks chart from UK's Official Charts Company. It further received positive response and Powell won the Film Music Composition of the Year award by the International Film Music Critics Association. It was followed by a deluxe edition release on November 20, 2020, that featured Williams' additional cues and unedited demos from the score, and a 2-LP vinyl album was published by Mondo in January 2021.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference OST was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Solo: A Star Wars Story - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 2XLP". Mondo. Archived from the original on April 24, 2022. Retrieved April 24, 2022.