12 Reasons Star Wars: The Force Awakens Is A Disappointment

3. John Williams' Score Is Just OK

Star Wars fans were practically convulsing with glee when legendary composer John Williams was said to be returning to score Episode VII. Sadly, though he does a perfectly fine job with the music, there's just nothing especially memorable about it while you're watching it, and it could easily have been a hired gun simply attempting to ape Williams' style. Leitmotifs from previous films are used fairly frequently throughout to good effort, but in terms of original compositions, there's nothing that's even a patch on Duel Of The Fates from the Phantom Menace (that movie's one true trump card). Perhaps opinion will improve when listening to the score in isolation, but as it's incorporated into the film, it's merely decent rather than the mind-blowingly emotional symphony we were all hoping for.