4 Movies That Made John Williams The GOAT
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Third?
That's what I'm sayin'!!!
This is the way. May the force be with you, in a museum, at Jurassic Park, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s John Williams.
THIS IS WHAT WE *NEED.* just a livestream of us talking about Star Wars themes
The fact that Jurassic Park and Harry Potter weren’t even MENTIONED is a testament to how many bangers John Williams has put out.
I would even put Home Alone to the list. :)
@@starlighter930617 and also schindlers list!!
Probably a limit on video length for the algorithm. It would take 13:14 just to name all the themes and their key.
Catch me if you can (I haven't seen the video yet, sorry if it's mentioned)
Ik, i love harry potter
Everyone's talking about leaving out Harry Potter and Jurassic Park and no one seems to mention his work on Schindler's List, Memoirs of a Geisha , or even his great concert works like "On Willow and Birches" for Harp and Orchestra. There's so much out there that he's done besides his scores. Next time you watch the Olympics, you'll be hearing his work or even NBC news programs. Williams is a powerhouse and I hope one day we'll get to hear his unreleased symphony.
Schindler's list has such an amazing soundtrack and it makes me weep every time. The sound feels so familiar to me, what I'm used to hearing in prayers and jewish songs. He did his job wonderfully.
Agreed! Also highly recommend his American Journey CD, with some of his shorter concert works as well as the American Journey suite.
Interesting anecdote which I hope is true:
Spielberg gives rough cut of Schindler's List to John, asking him to write the score.
John watches rough cut, tells him "Steve, I can't score this movie. You need a better composer than me."
Spielberg says, "I know, John."
"But they're all dead."
I would add his score for Rosewood there too. The first time I heard the main theme (the way the melody jumps around, the guitar plucking) I was floored.
I think John had such an important job in Schindlers list. And he nailed it with the utmost care.
Random take: Williams' Star Wars score almost plays double duty by being a character in the film itself, that being of the Force. Leia's theme always feels like its building into the main theme. It feels like the music is a current directing the characters toward the will of the Force itself.
There is a reason the Forse gets it's own iconic them in the movies, used almost as charchter theme. It shows it is a living entity, and this created purely by music and (in originsl trilogy) Mark Hammil's expresions.
Completly agree Luke looking onto the sunset or Yoda getting the X Wing out of the Swamp those scenes are so magical because of the music dooing most of the heavy lifting
Music he mostly did not compose at all, stealing from great composers. Holst did. Mostly.
Lando, Yes, Holst’s Mars the Bringer of War has a similar feel to Darth Vader. A lesser similarity between Venus and Leia, and to really stretch it Jupiter and Luke. But fortunately there is a WEALTH of differences.
The are extremely similar so much so that being accidentally done seems unlikely
“Without John Williams, bikes don’t really fly, nor do brooms in Quidditch matches, nor do men in red capes,” said Spielberg
I'd add that without Williams the force wouldn't exist either...
Nor would a large man-eating fish be as scary.
@@daviydviljoen9318 what an awesome speech
Without him dinosaurs don’t ever live in Jurassic park
Private Ryan is never saved without him.
Charles: I could make a whole video on Star Wars music alone
Me: Dew it
with the emperor voice i read it
I second this
@@padakeno lolololol
Here's a testament to his greatness. My 5 year old daughter watched Home Alone for the first time this Christmas. A couple weeks later I was listening to Dual of the Fates on the speakers while doing stuff around the house and she commented that it sounds little like Home Alone.
Over the years, I’ve noticed that people really struggle to make a Christmas staple. John Williams’ score for Home Alone instantly does exactly that. Part of his magic is creating the feeling of wonder for the audience.
And there's like 4 incredible themes in there, too!
John Williams has the weird ability to make me feel nostalgic for films I've never seen
Omfg someone had too say it
This is one of the best comments I've read in ages on here, we done.
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As an Orchestral Composer who worked in the Hollywood Movie Trailer industy for several years, I wholeheartedly agree!
John Williams is to film music what Mozart is to Classical Music as we know it.
Btw, to anyone who loves his SW work a lot, I'd recommend to check out The Planets by Holst!
And if you want to hear how John Williams's style carried on Videogame Music, check out Final Fantasy XII's soundtrack by Hitoshi Sakimoto.
Yeah but john williams’ music isnt really annoying
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JW took direct inspiration from the planets! Great recommendation.
My FAVORITE example of John Williams' "GOATness" is in ET when they are out on halloween and ET sees (and recognizes) a kid in a Yoda costume and John Williams sneaks "Yoda's Theme" into the background music so perfectly without it seeming out of place or forced. love it
yes, that was absolutely brilliant!
As SOON as heard Leia's theme, I got goosebumps and felt this overwhelming rush of emotion, and warmth over my head and my shoulders. It's absolutely magical musical writing. Mr. John Williams is an absolute gem of a person.
Star Wars and Indiana Jones wouldn't be Star Wars and Indiana Jones without his music
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correct supreme lord
Same thing with Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and The Dark Knight
or without Korngold and Holst's influence ...
@@HeriocAngels those are all great as well
The love theme from Star Wars you couldn’t remember is call “Han Solo and the Princess” and the second one you played was “Princess Leia’s Theme”
Thank you for preventing me from spending an hour looking up that name. I was thinking it was the "Han and Leia" theme..close but no cigar...
@@Kevinardo resident Star Wars nerd at your service
I guess I’m in that club. I listened to the first soundtrack on vinyl, cassette, and later, CD.
That's totally copied off of the Tchaikovsky violin concero though
All through the original film are quotes from classical orchestral repertoire. Holst - The Planets. Stravinsky - Petrushka. John Williams was inspired by great music but hardly copied directly. Besides that there are references somewhere where George Lucas had a temp soundtrack cut together from classical music and they asked Williams to give them music that sounds like what they already had.
As a bassoon player I love John Williams for including us lol, specially when watching clone wars, the bassoon solos are so pretty
The immolation scene from Star Wars Revenge of the Sith. The chords are amazing
I am shocked that Jurassic Park wasn’t even mentioned during this video.
Or the Harry Potter films. There are several really powerful and memorable themes from the films that Williams scored.
i'm shocked that duel of the fates wasn't mentioned in this video
shocked is putting it nicely. im enraged (cue t-rex roar and banner fluttering to the ground)
Home Alone too
Schindler’s List is really incredibly powerful as well.
I’m not completely sure, but I think this guy really likes music
I don't think Michael Giacchino gets enough credit. His jazz-pop feel is so unique and it's chock full of that same singable quality that we all love from John Williams.
He worked on the Incredibles, Up, the Star Trek reboots, and even some Star Wars!
You forgot the current Marvel Studios Fanfare
The Batman!
He scored my childhood. He's definitely the most impactful composer of my lifetime, and I am eternally grateful for his influence on modern composition.
2:00 He jump cut to him talking but he left the chord ringing so that he didn't cut off the music. LOVE this kind of editing and attention to detail!
bro sheeeeeesh the amount of detail with which you watch a video is higher than the detail on a goddamn bob ross painting...
It's very cool! It's called an L cut. The opposite would be a J cut, when the audio from the next frame plays over video from the previous footage.
@@corimono that's cool :)
@@proxima8574 as Mr. Plinkett would say, you didn’t notice…. But your brainnn diiiid.
Dont forget the Schindler’s List theme. That theme is the most heart wrenching thing I’ve ever heard and is another brilliant piece of music by Williams, expounding upon the emotional turmoil of the people that had to go through such an event. Truly one of his best
Yes I completely agree. That theme is so...heartbreaking.
Eeyep!
I can't listen to it without crying. Just thinking about it is making me tear up. An absolute masterpiece.
It is so, sooooo heavy. One of the best scores ever written.
I'd love to see you do a video on the LOTR score, there are so many great themes and motifs, as well as amazing use of group vocals that you don't often see in contemporary film scores.
Yes indeed. I really disagreed with the view that only the fellowship theme was the only recognizable theme from LOTR. Honestly I think LOTR is the greatest sound track of all time.
It’s got so many themes. The ring. Shire. Fellowship. Orcs. On and on it goes.
John Williams has certainly been more prolific but LOTR for me is the greatest movie sound track of all time.
Agreed. I remember the other themes better than the hobbit theme
@@crispypancetta681 not just orcs, but specific orcs. The Moria, Mordor and Isengard themes are all specific and distinguishable (obviously the Isengard one being the best one because it's in 5/4 time, as Charles pointed out in the video that he finally did 3 month ago ❤️)
My favorite soundtrack of all time is Prince of Egypt by Hans Zimmer, but still I definitely agree that John is the greatest. You can instantly recognize and separate his compositions from any other composer! Truly a legend!
I know many people think that it’s a weakness that the Star Trek movies have different themes from different composers, but no one would disagree that Jerry Goldsmith’s & James Horner’s scores are BREATHTAKING!
Charles: "John Williams is the best".
Star Wars fans: We know.
Lord of the Rings fans: *sigh* We know.
Jurassic Park fans: We know
Harry Potter fans: we know
Fans: We blow
I'm not sorry whatsoever
@@Lefinno fans blow but vacuum cleaners just suck
"Hedwig's Theme" and the music of the first three Harry Potter movies would like to have a word with you, Charles.
Also, gimme a Charles Cornell + Sideways collab! That'd be incredible!
And Jurassic Park!
I want that collab now
Yes! I was so shocked he didn't mention ANY of the Harry Potter music! Especially Hedwig's Theme!!
we need that collab
That collab would be the most amazing thing everrrr
I love the "Close Encounters of The Third Kind" soundtrack...its amazing
My personal favorite Williams piece, which I feel like few people talk about, is Hymn to the Fallen from Saving Private Ryan
“Regardless of all the special effects and graphics, at the end of the day, the audience is listening to the music.” -George Lucas
“Leia’s theme” and “han solo and the princess” are the songs he mentioned btw
Hi Charles- I'm an orchestra conductor and had the pleasure of conducting John William's music in concert a couple of years ago. Your joy is infectious and reminded me of just how much I love his chord choice, orchestrations, everything. It's phenomenal to nerd out with you.
Jerry Goldsmith is definitely my second favorite. I feel he was underrated in his lifetime for the incredible body of work he created.
I totally agree. Plus he's the most versatile in my opinion. As great as John Williams is, he's totally recognizable, which isn't really a bad thing. But it's like Jerry Goldsmith reinvented himself with each score he did.
I think he should review Goldsmith’s score for The Mummy
Jerry's way more deserving of a praise than someone like hans zimmer.
even Alan Silvestri's produced better and more memorable scores/themes than zimmer.
Goodness, I love me some John Williams, but I feel Jerry Goldsmith was a little more talented.
John Williams is indeed THE GREATEST!
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The star wars music guy! - liked your boba fett/mando theme song
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One of his soundtracks that gets sadly overlooked is his work on the Adventures of Tintin. He gets a very similar sense of adventure, action, and mystery to the Indiana Jones soundtrack, but his tone is altered to fit the tone of the movie. Whereas Indie is a gruff badass, Tintin is more plucky and upbeat, and his music reflects that very well. And the music during the pirate sequences is absolutely orgasmic. "Sir Francis and the Unicorn" is one of the single greatest orchestral pieces ever written, and it is a goddamn travesty that more people aren't talking about it.
Side note: I've loved John Williams ever since I was a kid, he is and always will be one of the greats, but for my money, Ennio Morricone just barely beats him out as my favorite composer
YES! I love the Tintin soundtrack so much! Truly an underrated gem.
this.
New subscriber here! I’m a professional orchestral violinist; last year, I got to play the entire soundtrack of HP and The Philosopher’s Stone, live, as the film was shown on a massive screen. Actually seeing the score, understanding how he writes (from a purely analytical perspective), has led me to the firm belief that he is possibly the greatest symphonic composer of our time- one who just happened to have an extraordinarily special talent for composing for film. Some impossibly hard writing for strings, but SO satisfying to play!
I love John Williams, and his ability to tie a motif to a feeling. The strongest motivic associations, however, have always been from LotR, especially the ring theme. I can FEEL the nature of The One Ring because of Howard Shore's brilliant composition.
Find someone who looks at you the way Charles does when he hears the Indiana Jones theme at 5:40
John Williams is the god of movie soundtracks
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@@innest7601 Hans is a close second for me, but I gotta give it to John Williams.
Harry Gregson-Williams is crazy too!! The Narnia Soundtracks
@@jazzblossom4122 the battle was one of the first scores I ever fell in love with
John Williams I think is by far the most consistently brilliant at writing simple melodies that are total earworms but then also perfectly encapsulates the themes of the movies he's writing for with the much more complex harmony behind them. Also, shout out to Michael Giacchino as possibly the greatest of the newer generation of film composers. The Incredibles soundtrack is the greatest Bond soundtrack that never happened and his work on Inside Out is just sublime!
I could talk about the emotion in John Williams composing all day, but something that does go a little unnoticed is the film score arrangers that work along side John’s composing to perfectly fit motifs into the film.
“Han Solo and the Princess” and “Princess Leia’s Theme” are the two you’re thinking about. But there’s also “Luke and Leia,” which weaves in some of those same themes.
1:54 "You think of"
me thinking of "the bridge of khazad dum"
1:54 Is it bad that the first thing that came to my mind was "THEY'RE TAKING THE HOBBITS TO ISENGARD GARD GARD GA-GARD GARD"?
I loled
Same lmao
It won't get old.
"What did you say?"
If you like Interstellar's OST, listen to Glassworks by Philip Glass and thank me later. :)
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Lol veritas didn't know you watched Charles
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or Glass's score for Koyaanisqatsi. There's an interesting tie between these films that is highlighted between their similar scores!
Veritas out here discussing Philip Glass lets go
absofuckinlutely when the saxes come in I cry every time
Even though we frequently talk about how great John Williams is, I still don't believe enough people realise that John Williams is at least 50% of the reason why they love a certain franchise.
Williams has the ability to truly transport you into these fantastical worlds. I'm not even sure that Shore pulls that off as well, but maybe that's just me.
the ability to make a great movie is inSIGNIFICANT next to the POWER of using john willaims music to make it 100x better
Across The Stars is one of my favorites
Ennio Morricone is one of the most theme-memorable film composers. Just search up “The Good The Bad and The Ugly theme” and you’ll know what I’m talking about
Agreed, Ennio Morricone is amazing, but especially his musical work on the film "The Mission". Emotional and inspiring!
@@user-vi7ru3gu1e Gabriel's oboe. Gotta give some props to old Johann Sebastian for that, but even then it's a hauntingly beautiful melody
Also worth checking out Cinema Paradiso. Perhaps less well known. Very uplifting film with a wonderful score by Ennio Morricone.
Ennio Morricone is probably my favourite film composer and on the second place would be John Williams and third probably Hans Zimmer or Danny Effman, I know you do not need to know that but I had to write somewhere how much I love Ennio Morricone.
God, his Death of a Soldier theme. The feels.
John Williams’ genius is found in no greater form than “Home Alone”. He created Christmas music that felt nostalgic and memorable even though it was original.
yesss I fricking love Home Alone
So much this.
Do you watch Sideways too??
Somewhere in my memory....
I have a feeling you watch Sideways . . .
This isn't an opinion, this is a straight up fact. I personally think John Williams is the greatest composer of our time. Almost every piece he's written are recognizable. Also I feel like the music makes the movies. None of his movies would have been those movies without the music he provides. Something else I think is cool about him is that he wrote the Olympics theme.
@@antoniosvasilellisneto379 different genres, doesn't make complete sense comparing them, but I get what u mean
@@antoniosvasilellisneto379 Hate to break it to you but Mozart, Beethoven, Bach and even Debussy died quite a long time ago.
@@grantmalone Yeah, so I misread the comment the first time 😅 I thought he said of all time :/
@@antoniosvasilellisneto379 Oh, good. Otherwise that would have been a lot to take all at once :)
The anthem that accompanies the reveal of the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park is pure genius. It is lovely and benign, almost lullaby-like. A lesser composer might have gone more obviously dramatic but Williams holds back for the mayhem to follow. It’s one of my favorite movie themes and a magical moment in film. Still holds up almost thirty years later.
My 14-yr old son introduced me to your channel and we love watching together! It's been awesome hearing someone put into words what I have tried to figure out for a long, long time. I play piano but I didn't take theory... My kid does theory. And we love all the "delicious" chords, too. Question: any chance you might analyze spy genre music or specifically Adele's Skyfall? It's so iconic Bond.
When I was in Elementary School, our teacher did "composer of the month" where she would pick a composer at the beginning of each month of school and tell us what they have composed. This is how I discovered that not only Superman (1978 - 85) and Star Wars (1977 - present) had the same composer, but he also scored Raiders of the lost Ark (1981) E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, Jaws (1975), Harry Potter 1 through 3, and Jurassic Park (1993). This man is a powerhouse to say the least.
DOOD you should talk about Hans Zimmer's masterpiece: Prince of Egypt
Or honestly any of the MASTERPIECES put out by Hans Zimmer
Seconded!
WAIT HAN ZIMMER DID PRINCE OF EGYPT WHAAAAAAAAT
@@RobinBaggett Yep, a quite young Han Zimmer did. And it’s such a landmark contribution to that small Ancient Egyptian pantheon of soundtracks, it’s become iconic.
YES
Every one of these songs gives me goosebumps, it’s wonderful.
Williams wrote such good music that Meco was able to build an entire career just by converting John Williams soundtracks into Disco. My 2nd favorite film composer is Vangelis. His number of films is fairly small but they are all amazing. His score for Bladerunner helped set the tone for all of cyberpunk for decades after the release.
As a kid I listened to the Star Wars and Indiana Jones soundtracks constantly. All of the songs. In those days I was the only person I knew that loved that music. It was transcendental to the point that the immediacy of my daydreams felt tangible and alive. It's REALLY nice to see someone else having these WOW moments with this music in the same way I did and still do. This video is fucking awesome.
But there are so many more of us...
Felipe Meirelles which is so rad. 🤘🏽
Lee Cornwall isn’t that amazing?
Lee Cornwall that’s awesome! My kids enjoy John Williams as well.
Anyone else get chills and almost feel like crying when he played the Lord of the Rings theme? Yeah...wow. The power of music
Me to man! The LOTR are just such incredible works of art. Words can't really do it justice. I think that's what makes the music so powerful as they almost encapsulate the magic or the essence of the films just in that one theme! Howard shore is a genious!
Ridin with the bois to save the world. Can't get much better than that
Jurassic Park?
1:54
And yet he was like “this is the only theme people know from LOTR”. I feel personally attacked. I mean, I could sing you about five or six themes from that without even going back to listen to them…
You need to know that you are a fantastic Music theorist!!! As an aspiring one myself, I marvel at your proficiency!!! Well done sir!
John Williams always manages to create music that somehow perfectly describes what is happening on screen, as if there is no other music that could suit it so well.
Yes! Exactly! There's a certain group of people who completely dismiss him for 'stealing' from classical music and his music not being 'complex enough', and videos like this that celebrate his work as a genuinely transformative phenomenon and the product of natural music making push back in a wonderful way!
"Not complex enough"?! What are these people smoking?!
mostly twoset fans and classical snobs
No film music makes me weep as hard in a movie as a carefully placed Force Theme. So powerful !
I'm convinced that John Williams will be remembered as a great Classical composer for this era. A century from now, his music will be featured in classical concerts alongside other greats like Beethoven and Tchaikovsky.
One of my favorite “deep cut” John Williams soundtracks is The Terminal. While everyone knows his epic scores to Superman, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, ET, Jurassic Park, etc, here comes this whimsical Eastern European soundtrack, full of clarinet and accordion, and it sounds absolutely amazing!
Check out his soundtrack to The Terminal if you have not already. It is worth the time invested.
Yess, I absolutely love that soundtrack. It is so beautiful
Check out Angelas Ashes… super beautiful and underrated
Had the privilege of playing some John Williams music and the way you feel moved as a performer is so powerful. I play the oboe and the way he understood each orchestral instrument so well and wrote solos tailored so beautifully to them was so inspiring and I honestly think playing his compositions is the best feeling I have ever had while performing orchestral music
"Hook" is my favorite overlooked soundtrack gem from Williams.
Definitely a hidden gem!!
I bump to flight to neverland regularly
it is A+
Oh wow, exactly what I was going to comment on. That movie will always be amazing to me just because of the soundtrack. It's soooo good.
I'm a little sad that the Harry Potter Soundtrack didn't make the list, but the Leaving Hogwarts theme makes me feel stupidly emotional every time I listen to it. It perfectly encapsulates the melancholy of the last day of school while still keeping a warm and contemplative feeling, like you'll never forget what happened within those walls.
For us who came of age in the 80s and 90s, John Williams I think captured our sense of wonder and imagination.
Binary sunset will always be on the godtier of his compositions. So good.
it's so beautiful. it's one of those songs where if you catch me on an emotional day it won't fail to make me cry. alongside probably king of pride rock from the lion king, god that song is beautiful.
He also created the framework for the entire Harry Potter series! Even though he didn’t do all 10 movies (including fantastic beasts), every single composer has used his themes to immerse us in the magic. Keep up the great content!!
As Hans Zimmer himself said in his masterclass, John Williams is an amazing pianist. So it makes sense his melodies start on a piano and sound good on just a piano. Zimmer said he is more of synth guy himself, a geek using computers, and self thought to add, and he can talk for hours about synths. It's actually a very interesting masterclass about how he got there and his process of thinking when he is scoring movies.
I love John Williams! E.T. is my absolute favorite. I bought the sound track and listen to it all the time. It’s why I play Horn. The end credits are my happy place.
you forgot across the stars, imo best film love theme ever written...
Imagine making the score to Jurassic Park and yet in a 13 minute long video about your musical achievements it doesn't even get mentioned. The man isn't human.
The music that plays in Return of The Jedi when Luke goes "ape" after Vader threatens to turn Leia (the scene where Luke is hiding in the throne room battle), still gives me chills every time.
My favourite is Lord of The Rings, everytime I hear that soundtrack, it will just take me back! Another is How To Train Your Dragon 2! Awesome score by John Powell!
I feel like you'd really enjoy Joe Hisaishi's work in all the Studio Ghibli movies. Like John Williams, Hisaishi's compositions are very lyrical and melodic, and he often composes western orchestral with inspirations from Japanese folk music and jazz.
On another note, on the gaming side of things, Yoko Shimomura and her work on Kingdom Hearts -- especially the character themes -- has a lot of depth and interplay between them, might be worth checking out
Charles: “John Williams is the best composer of all time. You may disagree”
Us: No no, we all agree with you
Tbh I think he is pretty good. Buttt I think Jeff Lynne is unmatched. He even got an Order of the British Empire award. He's just insane. And he wrote Mr. Blue sky. How do you compete with that?
@@groos188 That is certainly an opinion, but not a popular one :/
@@gjermundnorumbugge7373 Popularity doesn’t equate with quality and vice versa
@@DefenestrateYourself I just told you, everyone is entitled to their own opinion 😅 My opinion is that it is quite rediculous to believe that any other movie composer is more accomplished, taking everything into consideration. And yes, popularity does off course matter... It is not everything, but it does matter A LOT. That just my opinion tho 😉
@@DefenestrateYourself saying that John williams music is not of high quality is just stupid... So then u have to look at other factors after that
This is an excellent video- John's use of the MM7 chord is SO prevalent in his works from the "era" of 1977-1982 and are featured heavily in his themes from "Star Wars" (Lando's theme, anyone?), "Superman", and "Raiders of the Lost Ark". I think that's honestly part of the magic of his sound and musical constructions of that era. Great stuff, again. Thanks for sharing!
My first ever record purchase was the Star Wars soundtrack, from the discount bin of the local dollar store back in 1978. Prior to that, I’d listened a lot to classical music on public radio, a little R&B from my dad’s record collection, random disco from my older brother’s 8-track stash and many, many replays of his newly-purchased Superman soundtrack - which I just adored. At the time, I was nine years old and I just responded to what I loved - namely, both movies and their music. Before purchasing the Star Wars soundtrack and reading its extensive liner notes, I had no idea Star Wars and Superman shared a composer, an orchestrator, a recording engineer, a music editor and, not least of all, the inimitable performance of the London Symphony Orchestra. But I was hooked and have been ever since. The movie music of John Williams has been the most consistent companion - yes, underscoring many of my favorite movies but also transcending them to become the soundtrack of my life. Adventure, triumph, failure, joy, romance, tragedy, death...there’s some there for everything! Of course, there are other composers whose music occupies a place in my heart - Goldsmith, Bernstein, Horner, Sylvestri, Shore come quickly to mind. But, even when he’s pulling a James Horner and blatantly sharing thematic material across contemporary but unrelated movies (for example, Attack of the Clones and Minority Report), nobody’s work is as distinct, emotional, memorable/singable and durable as John Williams. I got to see him for the first time in Chicago in 2018, conducting the CSO and what an experience that was! So, I’m in agreement: John Williams is the greatest film composer of all time.
We shall not forget famous Disney Composers Randy Newman & Alan Menken , who composed a lot of iconic disney songs.
Yes! I was looking for this!! They’re a little bit different but have a very similar and just as important effect!
Petition time!
Who else d e s p e r a t e l y needs a Star Wars and LoTR breakdown series with Charles?? I DO!!
Let's try to get him to do it!
Probably on Nebula!... But yeah, that would be awesome
We desperately need this!
That would be great!
I also recommend Star Wars Oxygen but Rebel Force Radio to anyone interested in a deep dive into John Williams’ score. The podcast kind of fell off back in 2016, but there is something like 30 hours of content to enjoy. One of the hosts, David W. Collins, also hosts a new podcast called The Soundtrack Show that explores a broader pool of entertainment scores. David is very gifted musically and has a similar approach to Charles. He plays a keyboard as he discusses the scores.
If you need LotR analysis, look no further than my channel.
Jk look at Jaime Altozano's videos too they're also great
I recommend you watch Nerdwriter’s video on Leitmotifs and the Lord of the Rings score
John Williams’ works have done so much for my childhood. He WAS Star Wars, Superman, etc. You could completely remove the dialogue and still understand and enjoy the movie.
Greatest composer of all time and forever.
It always fascinated me that the E.T. main theme melody ends on the 7th!! He slides right past the tonic... He's such an expert melodist.
Jazz note expressed symphonically creating something very grand and very human at the same time.
Charles: Thats just my opinion
Everyone: Yeah thats mine aswell
Couldn’t have been more right
I would die to see you talk about your favorite video game composers. There's so much talent there that no one really talks about!
god imagine a 3hr stream on the soundtrack for hollow knight, Christopher Larkin is SO GOOD
@@elijahy8433 Wasn't expecting someone to be praising Hollow Knight's score down here in the comments. A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one :)
Koji Kondo!
Nobo Uematsu
would also like to mention Gustavo Santaolalla and Yuka Kitamura, some amazing pieces of music they've made :)
Schindler’s List theme makes me tear up every time.
My Top 6 Favourite JW Scores:
1. Star Wars
2. Harry Potter
3. Superman
4. Indiana Jones
5. Jaws
6. Schindler's List (criminally underrated)
John Williams is also my favourite film composer
2. Hans Zimmer
3. Michael Giacchino
4. Alexandre Desplat (criminally underrated)
5. Alan Silvestri
6. Ludwig Göransson
Jazz Medley of Star Wars Themes?!?! Please make this happen.....
Yessssssss
When I think of lord of the rings I think of “DADADUUUUUH, DUH DUH Duh. DADADUUUUUH, DUH DUH.”
*ominous drums rumble*
i thought the same lmao
I think of the Shire theme first, but then the Fellowship theme, then the Rohan fanfare, then the Nature's Reclamation motif, then the Isengard 5/4 pattern, then that brassy Mordor figure, then the Ring theme...
Took me 5 minutes to figure out that was the isenguard theme.
Movie scores are soo integral to what constitutes a good movie - it's like looking at the clouds feeling depressed or feeling joyous of life - the underlying feeling that gives a sense and taste to the things seen - that is music! Imagine the best movie you've ever watched but without music to it - it is not nearly as impactful! So wonderful.
It should be pointed out, speaking of Star Wars, that Ludwig Göransson has somehow made a soundtrack for a Star Wars property that is nothing like John Williams' approach yet still captures the essence of that world beautifully. What he did on the season finale for season 2 of The Mandalorian is simply amazing. This guy is going places too!
garbage-tier disney junk
Nope lol the Mando score and theme sucks 🤣
@@HugoStiglitz88Says the minority view.
Home Alone and Harry Potter are two more of his great and memorable themes
I love it when Charles just gushes about stuff he loves, regardless of if its topical or not. John Williams played a massive role in my discovery of my love of music.
I used to be a part of an English brass banding outfit (because I’m cool and not a dork) and we once performed an arrangement of the Superman theme to a kid’s music camp during a concert. The movies were at least three decades older than the oldest kid at the time, but every single one of them were out of their chairs dancing and pretending they’re flying and singing along to the theme within the first 8 bars, just like it just hit theatres that summer. Just speaks to the dent Williams has made in cultural and cinematic history.
3:02
"I love you"
"I know"
I can literally hear it in my head
You should do a whole video about LOTR, I think you’ll find there’s a whole lot more to it than one theme. Loved the video by the way!
Hes indeed the best i love his compositions and way of writing so much
I absolutely LOVE the joy and enthusiasm you display in your videos.
I would love to see more long form videos like this deconstructing composers iconic works. I really love your takes on the subject. I'm pretty much begging you to do a John Williams pt 2 featuring Jurassic park and full episodes for Howard Shore and Hans Zimmer. I'm still subscribed either way, but I would love to see videos song this line.