Tomorrow, August 18, will be the first two-program day since April 12, when I delivered The Beatles: Band of the Sixties at Salem Community College in Carneys Point, NJ in the afternoon and The Beatles' Alter Ego, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band at the Woodbury Public Library in Woodbury, NJ that evening.

Tomorrow, however, will be all Star Wars:

Thursday, 18 August 2016, 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Carmel High School, 520 E. Main St. Carmel, IN
The Music of Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Thursday, 18 August 2016, 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Carmel Clay Public Library, 55 4th Ave SE, Carmel, IN
The Music of Star Wars: A Celebration of John Williams' Film Scores

This blog is a comparison of The Force Awakens, For Your Consideration soundtrack with the music actually heard in the film. The timings of the soundtrack (minute:second) are on the left, followed by an equal sign (=) and the approximate corresponding timings where that cue is used in the film (hour:minutes:second) on the right. For coordination purposes, the opening musical hit comes at 10 seconds (in other words, the first 10 seconds are silence, which corresponds to “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...”).

Track 01: The Attack on the Jakku Village Part 1
0:00-5:27 = 0:01:35-0:07:02

Track 02: The Attack on the Jakku Village Part 2
0:00-1:53 = 0:08:07-0:10:00

Track 03: The Scavenger
0:00-1:52 = 0:11:14-0:13:06

Track 04: Lunchtime
0:00-1:12 = 0:13:27-0:14:40

Track 05: I Can Fly Anything
0:00-4:09 = 0:19:55-0:24:04

Track 06: Finn's Trek
0:00-1:35 = 0:25:13-0:26:49

Track 07: Follow Me and The Falcon
0:00-7:09 = 0:28:38-0:35:47

Track 08: The Rathtars
0:00-1:19 = 0:46:00-0:47:19

Track 09: Snoke
0:00-2:07 = 0:49:13-0:51:21

Track 10: You Got A Name
0:00-1:32 = 0:55:46-0:57:18

Track 11: I'm No Hero
0:00-1:06 = 1:03:04-1:04:11

Track 12: The Starkiller
0:00-1:48 = 1:09:24-1:11:12

Track 13: Kylo Ren Arrives at the Battle
0:00-2:15 = 1:11:12-1:13:28

Track 14: The Resistance
0:00-1:35 = 1:15:11-1:16:46

Track 15: The Abduction
0:00-1:35 = 1:17:57-1:19:32

Track 16: Finn and Poe, United
0:00-2:01 = 1:20:45-1:22:46

Track 17: The Bombing Run
0:00-1:33 = 1:39:18-1:40:51
1:33-1:47 = not used in film
1:47-2:02 = 1:41:10-1:41:26

Track 18: On The Inside
0:00-2:50 = 1:42:36-1:45:26

Track 19: Torn Apart
0:00-4:19 = 1:47:30-1:51:50

Track 20: The Ways of the Force
0:00-3:58 = 1:53:50-1:57:49

Track 21: The Journey Home
0:00-2:14 = 1:58:48-2:01:03

Track 22: Farewell and The Trip
0:00-3:49 = 2:01:03-2:04:45

Track 23: The Jedi Steps and Finale
0:00-3:23= 2:04:45-2:08:10
3:23-4:11 = not used in film
4:11-9:58 = 2:11:43-2:17:30


So, what do all these numbers mean?

It means that the For Your Consideration version of the soundtrack contains the music actually heard in the film. There are a few exceptions: Track 17: The Bombing Run is not used in the film from 1:33-1:47; and neither is Track 23: The Jedi Steps and Finale from 3:23-4:11. But EVERYTHING ELSE is used in the film, and exactly as heard on this version of the soundtrack.