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Andor: How Throne Room and the Andor Main Theme sync up perfectly

By Mark Newbold

June 23, 2025

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How’s this for brilliance, both in composition and in picking it out. Over on Facebook, Bimal Desai has posted a Reel highlighting the harmony between the Andor main theme and the closing music of A New Hope. Take a listen; stripped back to single notes, the score by Nicholas Britell and John Williams fit hand in glove.

We had the great fortune to chat with Nicholas on Making Tracks during season one, a conversation you can hear below.

SourceBimal Desai

Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.

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How’s this for brilliance, both in composition and in picking it out. Over on Facebook, Bimal Desai has posted a Reel highlighting the harmony between the Andor main theme and the closing music of A New Hope. Take a listen; stripped back to single notes, the score by Nicholas Britell and John Williams fit hand in glove.

We had the great fortune to chat with Nicholas on Making Tracks during season one, a conversation you can hear below.

SourceBimal Desai

Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.

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