Star Wars: The Old Republic doesn’t usually make a big show out of music releases. That’s why today’s official upload of “Landing Zones” to the game’s YouTube channel stands out. Not because it’s flashy.Because it’s deliberate. After more than a decade, SWTOR is still commissioning and spotlighting brand-new Star Wars music—and choosing to present it outside the game client says a lot about where the MMO is right now. What just happened BioWare and the SWTOR team have published “Landing Zones,” a newly composed music track, on the official Star Wars: The Old Republic YouTube channel. The track is credited to Gordy Haab, Samuel Joseph Smythe, and Yitong ET Chen, three composers closely associated with modern Star Wars game music. This is not archival audio, a remix, or a repurposed film cue. It’s original material written specifically for SWTOR. The upload appears as part of SWTOR’s growing official music presence…
