It finally happened, we won a ‘Best Score’ award! And I mean “We”, because I was blessed to work with a kick ass story, cast and crew. And without any of that, there would have been neither the inspiration nor impetus, to write the music for ‘STAR WARS: Rebels On The Run’, a lovingly made fan ode to the saga with plenty of Easter eggs. It is the first sequel to ‘Rebels In Hiding’, where I first attempted my efforts in a John Williams-esque vein.

Brian Matthews - Murphy was chief on set again, and he was very helpful in guiding the sound of this score, so an extra huge thank you to him. 

We knew this one was a darker affair, and a little more psychological. A story about internal struggle / man's darker nature so we kept it a little more understated and definitely a little gloomier, even scarier. I also purposely avoided using my own derivative theme from the first film, nicknamed “The Farce”, (geddit?), so I could concentrate on some more original ideas while still (hopefully) inhabiting the sonic worlds originally written by John Williams.

I couldn't make it to the festival on account of some home matters, but I was certainly there in spirit when Brian contacted me to inform us of our win at the May the 4th Sci Fi Film Festival.

Again, OUR WIN. Everybody worked their socks off. Without the story, the acting, the cinematography, special effects and sound design, all to a massively high standard, it was all the inspiration I needed to try and provide a score worthy of it.

So a big thank you to all the gang at NO-WIFI Productions and Fear Dearg films. Bring on the next one!