The Last Jedi soundtrack was pretty underwhelming. Why is this? In this video, I introduce the concept of reification and use it to assess the entire Star Wars canon (as of early 2018). Why is the music of The Last Jedi so less impactful than the music of the original Star Wars Movies? What is being lost?
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Helpful Reification Links:
Introductory:
Reification, Music and Problems of Modern Philosophy - Jonathan Lewis, 2014
https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/reification-music-and-problems-of-modern-philosophy(c07e3c0b-baa5-4001-85f5-a8a6db1c8340).html
Adorno: A Critical Introduction - Simon Jarvis, 1998
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0745611796/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Advanced:
History & Class Consciousness, Georg Lukacs, 1923
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lukacs/works/history/hcc05.htm
Dialectic of Enlightenment - Adorno, Theodor, 1944
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dialectic-Enlightenment-Classics-Theodor-Adorno/dp/1859841546
Philosophy of Modern Music - Adorno, Theodor, 1949
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Philosophy-New-Music-Theodor-Adorno/dp/0816636664
Some of the animations used to describe reification came from this excellent video: https://youtu.be/1RWOpQXTltA