So this track is pretty obvious, right? I'm writing this on May 4th, so of course I had to pick some form of Star Wars. 

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This month, I got to introduce one of my besties to the fantasticness that is Star Wars, and honestly there is nothing like introducing something like this to a friend, and them GETTING IT! The little bits that they notice, the action, the music, the characters, the noises. Ugh, it means so much to share something as special as Star Wars with someone else. 

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But this track is BY FAR one of my favourites. In the space of 4 minutes we get the descent of one character, and the imminent rise of another, and its done so beautifully by John Williams. It's got Heroes theme intertwined with Duel of the Fates, and in between, we get those subtle hints at Vader's theme and the Imperial March, as well as the melancholy, minor versions of that powerful Skywalker theme as its brought down. 

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Ugh it is SO clever. 

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So you do hear this theme once more in the film, in the track called Battle of the Heroes, and interestingly, although put at the beginning of the soundtrack list, the two songs come together to form the whole scene. 

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If you've seen Revenge of the Sith as often as I have, you can follow the fight all the way along in this track, and you know when he says THAT line... only to fail completely, thus finishing that transformation into the most iconic bad guy of all time: Darth Vader. 

What a film this was. What an experience. What a cinematic masterpiece we've been given in the form of Project Hail Mary. 

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Who knew just how affected we'd be when it came down to a human and a rock-based alien, working together to save their home planets, choosing friendship to overcome the impossible. 

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This track is from the end, the last track we hear in the film. Its Rocky knocking on Grace's door, saying that he now had a way to get home if he chooses. However grateful he is, Grace knows he has more of a family on Erid than he does on Earth, because Rocky was there for him when no one else was. 

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The last third of the film, I was in tears. Good tears. I've not seen a film in the cinema since I've watched this one, because at the moment nothing can really compare, and if you get the chance to see this on the biggest screen possible, please do it! 

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It's built for IMAX, so go see it in IMAX and immerse yourself in this generation-defining film about a friendship that transcends everything. 

A bestie introduced me to this track (thank you Sophie) and it's been on repeat pretty much ever since. 

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It tells a story. The first part shows how the woman in question is feeling stuck in routine, scrolling, working, and just trying to survive day to day. The second part is her reaching out to her friends for a night out, for support and shared energy, essentially showing friendship as a lifeline. 

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It continues along this line, but the last minute or so is where Hans takes over. It just brings what is already quite beautiful lyrics to a head, pulsing that last part of the track with power, reinforcing the song's confident and uplifting message. 

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So yeah, thank you Soph. The Hans student has truly become the master, and I'm proud of my fellow Zimmer fan! 

This is one of those tracks that just fell into my lap. I was watching a character story edit, as you do when you love a couple from a TV show (this one was Shane and Ilya - yes I'm still obsessed with Heated Rivalry) and this track was underneath it. 

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It starts soft, it builds, its beautiful, and that's pretty much it. It starts off with what sounds like a very soft xylophone, which builds and becomes a soft piano undertone with building strings on top of it, giving it that natural kind of sadness that it promises in the title. But then as it builds, and I think that sadness builds into something strong, something with promise, and that's why I think it works for the video it had been chosen for. 

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My algorithm knows me way too well! 

I'd heard this track before in some guise, but there is a slight difference in this one. Its practically identical apart from a quieter section at around 3 minutes, but I just love how bouncy it is! 

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This track is the anthem for Q1 of 2026 for 1 Second Every Day project, where I've documented about 2 or 3 seconds of each day so far this year, and I feel like it fits. It's jolly, it's happy, and it's just got great vibes, so I figured it was the perfect track for positive vibes.