The opening theme of The Clone Wars is brilliant in the fact that it is still recognizably the traditional Star Wars theme while managing to be different enough that you know this is something else.Kevin Kiner (the show's composer) also has some of the soundtrack released on his own website. The Clone Wars has plenty of its own Awesome Music made just for the show instead of always relying on the iconic soundtracks introduced in the theatrical films. The Dark Troopers ' Leitmotif is a horrific mess of metallic Scare Chords unlike anything else in the entire franchise, instantly making clear just how scary and unnatural they are." Open the Door " is a gorgeously bittersweet piece that culminates in an amazing Triumphant Reprise of the main theme to cap off the Season 2 finale.Whereas "Hope" used heavy orchestra and dramatic vocal chanting to instill the terror of Darth Vader, "A Friend" uses a soft choir and heroic strings to convey a sense of quiet awe for the Jedi. " A Friend " serves as an intriguing counterpoint to "Hope" from Rogue One, highlighting the stark contrast between their otherwise very similar hallway scenes.The opening of Season 2 Episode 7 is accompanied by a more tense, downbeat version of the main theme to hint at the danger and tests of his creed Din will have to go through to get Grogu back from Moff Gideon.Boba Fett gets a theme similar to Mando's but with a harsher, more ominous quality to contrast our noble, compassionate hero with the more selfish (at first) and unhinged older bounty hunter.Ahsoka's theme returns with her in Chapter 13, present throughout the episode in small snippets and returning in full, bittersweet force just before the credits.Moff Gideon has a particularly sinister anthem, incorporating trap beats and ominous string sections into a particularly unsettling time signature of 15/8 (imagine a regular 4/4 piece but every other bar is skipping half a beat) to emphasize his status as the true threat.It's been compared to the stormtroopers hearing JRPG boss music. Nurse and Protect plays for the main action sequence of Season 1, Episode 8.The music for Season 1, Episode 6 has a very different, but fitting feel to it it foregrounds the electronic elements of the score in an innovative fashion (for Star Wars), showing the influence of both John Williams and John Carpenter.
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Perfectly contrasting the movies' usual fanfares, it's low key and embraces the dangers of a bounty hunter's life, fitting the Lower-Deck Episode tone of the series like a glove.