‘Ahsoka’ Composers Reveal How Music Connects Series to Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader
variety.comJazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Composer Kevin Kiner is no stranger to the world of “Star Wars” — he scored the character of Ahsoka Tano for “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” and “Star Wars: Rebels.” When he learned he was going to be part of Disney+’s “Ahsoka” and he would take the former Jedi from animation to live action, he wanted audiences to understand that she was a veteran warrior.
Having legacy themes from the animated shows gave him a soundscape to draw upon. He then recruited his children Sean and Deana to help him score the music for the eight-part series starring Rosario Dawson.
To track Ahsoka’s journey into adulthood, Kevin knew that Ahsoka’s melody would differ in that she’s a female heroine, one who has gone through a lot. “She’s had to endure things in her life.
All she has known is war since she’s been a young girl. It’s a theme that lends itself to that complexity — even though it’s a very simple melody — and those simple melodies can be arranged and drawn out in different ways.” Additionally, she’s a character trained by Anakin (Hayden Christensen), who later becomes Darth Vader, so she is in a constant state of being worried that she will end up embracing the dark side of the Force.
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