Music to Help Us Get Through Everything Together: John Williams “Star Wars Main Title”
In honor of Star Wars Day, today’s music to help us get through everything together is the original film’s main title.
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Saturday Morning Cartoons: Star Wars Rebels
Tuesday (May 4) is Star Wars Day. To commemorate it, this week’s edition of Saturday Morning Cartoons features the theme music from Star Wars Rebels.
DEF: Meco “Christmas in the Stars”
For the 1980 holiday season, Meco produced the Star Wars Christmas album titled Christmas in the Stars. The album’s title track features Anthony Daniels as C-3PO on lead vocals.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Ewoks
With Star Wars Day coming up on Monday, this week’s edition of Saturday Morning Cartoons features the theme from the Ewoks series that ran on ABC from 1985 to 1987.
Birthday of the Week: Lin-Manuel Miranda
This week’s Birthday of the Week is performer extraordinaire Lin-Manuel Miranda. On Thursday (January 16), Miranda turns 40. In commemoration of his milestone, let us know your favorite song written and/or performed by Miranda....
Tunesmate Podcast Episode 6 – Movie Soundtracks
Join Ray & Marc as they discuss why movie soundtracks are so important and how they have changed over the years. What would the Harry Potter or Star Wars series be without an incredible...
Princess Leia’s Theme
As you likely already know, Carrie Fisher passed away yesterday at the age of 60. Fisher is most remembered for playing the role of Princess Leia in Star Wars and its sequels. Like many major...
Guess What Star Wars BB8 Stands For?
Guess what? The robot BB8 in the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens movie is rumored to stand for the Beastie Boys’ eight studio records. Director J.J. Abrams is a huge Beastie Boys Fan...
DEF: John Williams “Yoda’s Theme”
As the latest Star Wars film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, continues its record-breaking box-office domination, today the Daily Eighties Flashback looks back to the first of the two Star Wars films to be released in...
DEF: Meco “Empire Strikes Back”
Building off the phenomenal success of the film Star Wars, Pennsylvania-born musician Domenico Monardo, better known as Meco, hit number one on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart in 1977 with a disco version of the film’s theme...
