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= Christian Jessup (Composer) =

Christian Taylor Jessup [born 19 January 1996) is an American composer and musician. He has composed more than 200 pieces, including Star Wars: A New Score, in which he wrote an entirely new musical score to the 1977 classic, Star Wars. Jessup is a graduate of Crest High School and worked on his undergraduate degree in Music Composition and Film Studies at Gardner-Webb University.

Star Wars: A New Score
In the summer of 2016, Jessup began research on a new project entitled Star Wars: A New Score. The project involved writing a new film score that would correct certain flaws in John Williams' original score, specifically in regards to character continuity and music placement. "My idea was to look at the film from the perspective of a series," Jessup explained. "I evaluated which characters were important enough that we need to start off with that theme."

The film premiered on December 8, 2016 at Gardner-Webb University to mainly positive reviews. Film Critic Noel T. Manning wrote that "Christian Jessup took on the monumental task of re-scoring a cinema classic, and he did so with precision, passion, and attention to individual scenes, settings and characters. He captured the humor, the intensity, the fear and the hope of the Star Wars story."