Year: 2019
Type: Original Soundtrack (OST), Unofficial Soundtrack
Composer(s): Gordy Haab, Stephen Barton
Number of tracks: 44 / 34

★★★★★

John without Williams

This is the music review. Here you can find the game review of
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.

I was really looking forward to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order when it was announced. How disappointed I was when I saw the first gameplay and how surprised I was when I had a lot of fun playing it. And after this ups and downs, I can almost be glad to have arrived at a stage of indifference, into which the soundtrack by Stephen Barton (Titanfall, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare) and Gordy Haab (Star Wars: The Old Republic) has transported me.

In my game review of Fallen Order , I praised the great Star Wars-atmosphere and emphasized how well the style of John Williams' film music was emulated. It turns out that this probably works best in combination with the game's story and visuals. Unfortunately, the feeling is only transferred to a limited extent if the OST is decoupled from the overall work of art. Sure, what comes out of the speakers sounds like Star Wars, but more like the ambient tracks, the placeholders, the stretchers between the big, well-known pieces by John Williams. Highlights are nowhere to be found in the 44-track OST, everything sounds like a good copy of the original, but without its inventiveness. Like a pizza without cheese, the hunger for music from a galaxy far, far away is satisfied, but the result doesn't really make me happy either.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003)

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II – The Sith Lords (2004)

Star Wars: Republic Commando (2005)

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (2019)

Star Wars: Hunters (2024)

It doesn't help that two versions of the soundtrack have been released. And while the original soundtrack actually contains the music from Fallen Order Fallen Order, the other album, 34 songs long, is a strange best-of of the well-known tracks from the Star Wars-universe combined with a worst-of remix of the same. It didn't really make sense to me and so I'm left with an extremely critical opinion, which may sound unfair in this form due to the high quality of the compositions on the OST. But if, like me, after the forgettable film scores of the last three screen incarnations, you were hoping to at least get something noteworthy for your ears in the games, you should head for the nearest spaceport with your outrigger freighter. Here there is only more of the same.

And while John Williams can still be credited with being forced to write ambivalent and therefore interchangeable motifs due to the unplanned nature of the trilogy, this can only be explained by a lack of courage or creativity in the games. And that's a shame, because Gordy Haab in particular has proven through his work on the other Star Wars-games that he has grasped the essence, the magic of Williams' compositions. But perhaps I've simply heard it too often in too many variations for it to still inspire me. Perhaps the magic of these past masterpieces can simply no longer be reproduced. Alone, if we had always judged human history by these standards, we would probably never have gotten beyond grunting around the campfire.

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Ratings
01	Cal Kestis	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	4
02	Jedi Starfighter	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	4
03	An Unscheduled Stop	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	4
04	The Inquisition	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	3
05	Fight and Flight	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	3
06	Bogano	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	3
07	BD-1 and the Boglings	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	3
08	Oggdo Bogdo	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	3
09	The Path of the Three Sages	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	3
10	To Dathomir	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	3
11	Nightsister	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	4
12	The Wanderer	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	4
13	Kashyyyk	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	4
14	AT-AT Hijacked	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	4
15	The Mantis Lands	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	3
16	Saw's Plan	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	3
17	Infiltration	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	4
18	Flore and Fauna	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	4
19	Wookiee Liberation	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	4
20	Saw's Speech	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	3
21	Zeffo	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	3
22	Project Auger	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	3
23	Trilla	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	3
24	Crashed Venator	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	3
25	Exploring Ancient Tombs	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	2
26	The Origin Tree	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	3
27	Chieftain Tarfful	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	4
28	Flight of the Shyyyo Bird	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	4
29	The Ninth Sister	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	4
30	Tomb of Kujet	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	3
31	Gorgara, the Chyrodactyl	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	4
32	Memories of Days Past	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	5
33	Broken Saber	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	4
34	Ilum	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	4
35	Failure Is Not the End	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	4
36	A New Saber	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	4
37	Confronting the Past	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	4
38	Peacekeepers	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	3
39	Taron Malicos	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	4
40	Merrin	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	4
41	Opening the Vault	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	4
42	Fortress Inquisitorius	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	4
43	The Will of the Force	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	4
44	Eno Cordova's Theme	Stephen Barton; Gordy Haab	5

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order [Unofficial Soundtrack]

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Ratings
01	Battle of the Heroes	John Williams	5
02	Imperial March	John Williams	5
03	Scherzo for X-Wings	John Williams	4
04	Sunset Over Manaan	ATTLAS	2
05	General Grievous	John Williams	4
06	The Clones	Kevin Kiner	3
07	R2 Where R U?	Flying Lotus	1
08	C-3P0's Plight	Kaskade	2
09	The Throne Room / End Title	John Williams	5
10	Ahsoka Saves Anakin	Kevin Kiner	4
11	Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order / Rebel Blockade Runner	John Williams	5
12	Jabba Flow	Shag Kava	3
13	NR-G7	Rick Rubin	2
14	I. Mars, the Bringer of War	Gustav Holst	5
15	Rebels Theme ("Flux Pavilion’s the Ghost Remix" from "Star Wars: Rebels")	Kevin Kiner	3
16	Across the Stars (Love Theme from "Star Wars, Episode II")	John Williams	5
17	Star Tripper	Breakbot	2
18	Imperial Attack	John Williams	4
19	Princess Leia	John Williams	3
20	EWOK PUMPP	Rustie	2
21	March of the Resistance	John Williams	4
22	Help Me!	GTA	2
23	Bounty Hunters	Röyksopp	2
24	Cantina Band #2	John Williams	4
25	Jar Jar's Introduction / The Swim to Otoh Gunga	John Williams	4
26	Blue Danube Waltz	Johann Strauss II	4
27	The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme)	John Williams	5
28	Cantina Boys	Baauer	1
29	Duel of the Fates	John Williams	5
30	Battle of the Heroes	John Williams	5
31	The Imperial Suite	Michael Giacchino	5
32	Dueling Destinies - A Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Suite	KEKO	5
33	Darth Revan	Lucas King	3
34	Ahsoka Leaves	Kevin Kiner	3