'The Mandalorian' composer reveals how he used classic 'Star Wars' themes to create the dramatic season 2 finale score

"The Mandalorian."Disney Plus

• Warning: Spoilers below if you have not seen the finale of "The Mandalorian" season2.
• In an exclusive interview, "The Mandalorian" composer Ludwig Göransson spoke about coming up with the thrilling score for the season finale when Luke Skywalker comes to save the day.
• He said that he teamed with "The Tragedy" episode director Robert Rodriguez to create the Boba Fett theme, which featured a war horn and breathing sounds.
• Familiar "Star Wars" themes were used for the first time in the series during season 2 because Göransson felt it captured the "power" of the moment.
• Göransson learned of Mando and Grogu's moving farewell two months before making the music for the finale episode to prepare him for its significance.

Oscar-winning composer Ludwig Göransson is responsible for the unique music throughout Disney Plus' "The Mandalorian" series, which includes the vast array of woodwinds and heavily produced synthesized sounds in season 1 that gave us the now-iconic gunslinger theme for Mando and rousing end credits score.

Though all of that is still featured prominently during the second season of the series, Göransson and show creator Jon Favreau weren't satisfied. Like the storytelling itself, they wanted the music in season 2 to continue to push the envelope of what could be put on display within the "Star Wars" universe.

With this season featuring the addition of characters like Boba Fett, Bo-Katan Kryze, Ahsoka Tano, and a certain Jedi legend, Göransson had his hands full trying to give each a distinct musical theme. But the Swedish composer says season 2 also gave him the ability to advance the existing score.

"In season 1 it was all new so audiences didn't have a relationship to the music, but now they are connected to these themes," Göransson told Insider. "So when I started season 2 I wanted to use the themes in a different way - different harmonies and counterpoints to the main theme, but in a way that people would still understand what it is."

The result is a musical tapestry that elevates the action we're watching.

Here Göransson talks exclusively to Insider about the process that went into creating some of the new music in season 2 and how he incorporated existing "Star Wars" scores.