John Williams, the theme composer of 'Star Wars', will reportedly not be working on the film 'Star Wars
The movie, directed by Gareth Edwards and starring Felicity Jones, would include music by composer Alexandre Desplat, who himself revealed that he would be working on 2016's 'Rogue One', CNN reported.
The Oscar winner, who had scored every single Steven Spielberg movie for the past three decades, would also be absent from their next film 'Bridge of Lies'.
DreamWorks has indicated that Williams' absence was due to a 'minor health issue, since corrected'.
However, an upcoming Spielberg movie, 'The BFG', would include the soaring music by Williams.
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