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Genre: Music
Date of upload: Dec 19, 2023 ^^
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I think I speak for many of us when I say that John Williams was the first orchestral music I heard as a child and the first time I really fell in love with the sound of the orchestra. So many of my early explorations into classical music were just trying to find things that sounded like John Williams. If not for his work, would I still love Mahler and Stravinsky and Wagner and Brahms as much as I do? Whether or not his music can really be considered “classical,” I think John Williams has done more for classical music than any other living person.
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The composers for movies soundtracks must bring out the suspense, passion, (every emotion basically) during most of the scenes as you mentioned. Without music in the background, a movie would feel "empty" and I think that the same goes for videogame music composers ! It would be nice if you could cover someone of them 😀. Your videos are always relaxing to watch, thank you Nahre !
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A couple of points I'd add:
- Melodies he creates are always combined of intervalic and scale-wise motion; also very closely related to the underlying chords
- He uses rhythmic repetition to establish a theme, then modulates it masterfully to introduce interest, and then takes this to incredible levels where he takes the listener on a journey, but always ensuring that the listener doesn't get lost by reintroducing the theme clearly ever so often
- He is the master of structure - he knows how to write in the long symphonic format, which is why his film scores are so effective - he can introduce a simple theme in its simplest form in the beginning but at the end of the film, where the audience is very familiar with the theme, he makes it more obscure
These are just a few of the most important aspects that make John's music one of a kind and John the best living composer - there are many that try to emulate his *sound*, but don't fundamentally understand the content of his music...Yeah many can try emulating the sound but no one can get close to his structure. You don't become John Williams any other way than doing what John has been doing for 80 years :)
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I always enjoy when you do things like this.
On John Williams: remembering a radio interview from 15-20 years ago he did with Jim Svejda of KUSC. It was basically 2 hours of Williams discussing dramatic music -- not only his own music for film, but some of the composers he listened to and drew from while learning his craft. Lots of Wagner, natch, but also R. Strauss and others. Great stuff, if it can still be found anywhere.
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10:41 Fx can help reinforce the emotion - the tremolo on the strings here suggest crying, which reinforces the tragedy.
Thanks for this video! There were many aspects I've blown over, or maybe only controlled subconsciously, or instinctively... which doesn't offer as much flexibility as conscious intention. Nice track at the end - it especially reminds me of Williams' flying scenes.
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Fantastic video, Nahre! I would love if you could delve into the musical world of Middle Earth and give us your perspective on Howard Shore's work on Lord of the Rings. It is my all time favourite work of film music; the way he uses leitmotif, how he relates them to each other, how he moves develops them with the plot and with the characters, how he creates the mood and shows us how the characters feel.
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@NahreSol
4 months ago
What deep dive should I do next???
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