20 Things You Somehow Missed In Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

19. A Lin-Manuel Miranda Piece Amidst John Williams' Score

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The Force Awakens didn't just see the return of a number of familiar faces on-screen, the masterful John Williams was also back to produce yet another mesmerising and magical score for this latest Star Wars adventure... mostly.

What you likely didn't catch is that Williams wasn't actually responsible for all of the music heard in this Sequel-starting epic. The legendary composer simply didn't fancy writing another cantina banger this time around.

So, after J. J. Abrams bumped into Lin-Manuel Miranda during a trip to see Hamilton, the mind behind that theatre smash hit jokingly suggesting he could write the tune for the Maz Kanata's Castle scene ultimately led to precisely that happening.

That is very much another Miranda original going down in the background on Takodana, folks.

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