- "[B]ut I think it's okay to say that I go a little bit in The Dirty Dozen and Guns of Navarone direction with this one. Which works because they're a band of misfits and they're sneaking around, which is very much like The Dirty Dozen. […] The electronics are in full force at times and so is the orchestra. One of my specialties is I play a bunch of fretted instruments and I have a thing called the guitar viola, which is a bowed guitar, like a cello, but different. I play that soloistically in a very haunting way with a vocalist a few times. So, I'm definitely pushing things. I'm trying to continue to explore."
- ―Kevin Kiner
Star Wars: The Bad Batch – Vol. 1 (Episodes 1-8) is a soundtrack featuring music composed by Kevin Kiner for the first eight episodes of the first season of Star Wars: The Bad Batch. It was released digitally on June 25, 2021.[3]
The score features the "Bad Batch Theme" from Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Final Season (Episodes 1-4) and introduces "Omega's Theme." The two themes are played in the end credits of The Bad Batch episodes, with the former theme representing Clone Force 99 and the latter representing the character Omega, who debuted in the series premiere, "Aftermath."[5]
The soundtrack also uses motifs from other Star Wars media. Such as "The Imperial March," hinted at in the track "Civil War About to Begin" and featured prominently in the track "End of the War," which also uses "The Force Theme" and "The Emperor's Theme." The mystery motif is used in "Battle Simulation", while dies irae is used in "Caleb at the Cliff" and "Danger at the Market." An incidental motif from A New Hope plays in "End of the War."[6]
Contents[]
- Logo (Star Wars: The Bad Batch) - 0:19
- Omega's Theme - 2:58
- Civil War About to Begin - 3:21
- Onderon - 3:06
- Battle Simulation - 4:46
- Experimental Tactics - 2:34
- Omega Warns Hunter - 2:34
- Caleb at the Cliff - 3:01
- End of the War - 3:17
- Tension with Crosshair - 3:54
- Disobeying Orders - 4:52
- First Time in Space - 2:07
- Nexu Attack - 1:57
- Raising Kids - 3:31
- Smuggled Themselves - 4:48
- Ordo Moon Dragon - 4:24
- First Elite Squad - 3:57
- Financial Incentives - 3:23
- Danger at the Market - 3:13
- Pantora Chase - 3:13
- Fennec Shand - 2:40
- Zygerrian Camp - 3:22
- Muchi Unchained - 2:59
- Monster Challenge - 2:26
- Decommissioned Factory - 4:25
- Police Droids - 3:37
- A Diversion - 3:32
- Stranger at the Bar - 1:28
- To Bracca - 2:33
- Stay Above the Water Line - 3:02
- Chip Disorders - 3:35
- Bomb Disposal Training - 2:46
- Incoming Vessels - 2:27
- Fight in the Artillery Room - 2:44
- Breakaway Plan - 3:50
- The Bounty Hunter Is Back - 2:30
- Cid's Jukebox Mix Vol. 1 - 4:49
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2
"Star Wars: The Bad Batch, Volume 1" Soundtrack Available Now by Laughing Place Disney Newsdesk on www.laughingplace.com (June 25, 2021) (backup link archived on June 26, 2021)
- ↑
David Glen Russell (@Composer_Dave) on Twitter (post): "Hot off the presses!!! (Do they still have presses for these things??) Over an hour of music from the first 8 episodes of #TheBadBatch. Includes tracks by Kevin Kiner, @KinerMusic, @NolanMarkey, Peter Lam and...
Yours Truly." (backup link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3
Star Wars: The Bad Batch - Vol. 1 (Episodes 1-8) (Original Soundtrack) on Amazon.com (backup link)
- ↑
Interview: Star Wars: The Bad Batch Composer Kevin Kiner by Ames, Jeff on www.comingsoon.net (backup link archived on May 7, 2021)
- ↑ Star Wars: The Bad Batch — "Aftermath"
- ↑ Star Wars: The Bad Batch, Vol. 1 (Episodes 1-8) [Original Soundtrack] on the Kevin Kiner YouTube channel (backup link)
