The Last Jedi Soundtrack Musical Analysis: Track 03 – Revisiting Snoke

0:00-0:08 incidental

0:08-0:38 Low male voices for Snoke. This is also reprised from The Force Awakens, but I'm not sure I can call it a “theme”.

0:38-0:49 Low, scratchy viola as we see Ren approach Snoke

0:49-1:12 Wannabe motive x2 by horn. Snoke: “When I found you...”

1:12-1:20 Imperial March. Snoke: “A new Vader. … I was mistaken.”

1:20-1:31 incidental

1:31-1:38 Brooding motive, bass clarinet

1:38-1:43 Power motive x1, muted trombone, e minor, as Ren takes off his mask.

1:43-2:06 incidental music leads to orchestral crescendo. Snoke: “You fail!”

2:06-2:22 more incidental music

2:22-2:30 low voices again

2:30-2:41 brooding, x2, cellos

2:41-2:57 brooding continues, wannabe superimposed. Snoke: “You're no Vader, just a child.”

2:57-3:17 Power motive, horn, x2 as Ren smashes his helmet

3:08-3:17 incidental

3:16-3:27 wannabe, horn