John Williams Appreciation Thread

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Posted by Lebezniatnikov on Feb-11-2008 14:49:

John Williams Appreciation Thread

I know there was a Hans Zimmer appreciation thread at one point, but seriously, John Williams is amazing. Post your favorite scores with a link, if possible to the audio.

Mine:

The crescendo at the end just kills me.

Posted by Halcyon+On+On on Feb-11-2008 16:16:

I had a Professor once who was close friends with both John Williams and Philip Glass - I guess he first met Glass some time at a party he was to deliver an intro speech towards Glass accepting some award... but just before the speech, Glass accidentally spilt a gravy boat on his shirt.

And they were friends ever since.

I know friend-of-a-friend stories usually aren't worth much, but I thought it was a decent one, gimmie a break.

Posted by stren on Feb-11-2008 16:20:

I appreciate, although he isn't as creative with his soundtracks for sequels

Posted by Acton on Feb-11-2008 16:44:

john williams is immense to be fair, provided some great soundtracks

hmmmm hans zimmer vs. john williams in a orchestral whore off

.....i'd go for hans zimmer

Posted by Ania_xox on Feb-11-2008 18:52:

OMGIDIE !

I played in the band for 10 years and my FAVE piece of ALL time was called "John Williams in Concert"

It had all the sexy classics... the BBC News theme, the Olympic song, ET theme (my solo *thanks very much* ) Jaws theme, Star Wars theme, Superman theme... omg I wish I knew the actual names of these songs but I can't remember...

Amazing composer