He already is. He is a titan. He scored all the most famous blockbusters during the 80's and 90's made people think about movie music in a whole new level. He made movie music instantly recognizable. He forced other composers to up their game if they wanted to even keep up. He is the Michael Jackson of composers. Hard to think that there will ever be another one like him in this field.
There's no words to express how much I love this guy. I wrote a novel last year, and if by some miracle it were ever made into a movie, John Williams doing the score would be an absolute dream come true. What a genius.
+kevnar John Williams is just simply fantastic. I was thinking the other day how I wish I were a director (although I love my job being a composer and would never trade it for anything else) so I could have John score to a film. So awesome.
Joshqim Sure, he composes the themes, but the music is now orchestrated and conducted by William Ross. I thought it wouldn’t matter at first but I can definitely feel like the music has lost a little bit of its magic when you compare it to the previous scores... John was a master orchestrator!
John Williams is a magician! He secretly lives heads of every person ! How many people know the music to Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Jaws, or Star Wars so well that they can sing it? He makes his motifs so memorable that no one can forget it! He is truly the best composer since Beethoven!!! So inspiring!!!
When I left the cinema after watching superman in 1978 when I was six , I didn’t run home at lightning speed repeating the dialogue, no I flew home shouting the theme tune , his music is and will always be my life, I can date my life , thanks to the music of John Williams x
the music immediately stuck to me when i watched the movie, used to ring in my head in the nightb and during day! I even rent a cd of the soundtrack and listened with headphones ....such brilliant music....
I can't begin to understand where John's inspiration comes from, but I can surely appreciate the end result. He is simply a musical genius. Amazing to see Spielberg and Lucas and John Williams on screen at the same time!
I like how it seems Spielberg cares SO MUCH about the music and he appreciates the effect it has on the movie. He really seems like a genuinely loves it and is very invested. And John Williams is awesome of course.
The music when Indy was in the map room at Tanis still gives me chills to this day. I've watched that portion of the movie 1000 times and am always moved.
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"...so they seem inevitable." Sounds like he studied from the textbook by Samuel Adler entitled "The Study of Orchestration". Adler says the words about creating music. I have read that book and it's truly amazing and a great reference book when you need it. That book is so essential if you are writing symphonic scores and is used in the universities.
I've read the book, along with many others on music theory, harmony, orchestration, etc. but I still can't write music anything like that of Mr. Williams. What John Williams possesses is a musical genius that cannot be taught.
The face melting scene from the end of raiders is one of my favorite scenes in cinematic history ! I don't know why I think it's because I love those damn special effects so much !
John Williams never disappoints, and yet is always very humble. His scores for Raiders/Temple/Crusade/that other one...(ahem), Jaws, Superman, Star Wars elevated those movies to an entirely different plateau. Star Wars, for example, would have come out very differently, I think, if it had been done as a typical "sci-fi" soundtrack. Luckily, Lucas, when asked by John whether or not he wanted that sort of a theme or a more "epic" sound, George went with "epic" and boy, did he get it! The opening 5 seconds of Star Wars _still_ gives me a chill when I hear it. John Williams is probably the person I would like to meet the most in the world. Sure, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Peter Mayhew, Tony Daniels, and all the rest would be stupendously great to meet and chit chat with, but John just weaves magic into these movies like no other. I'm glad he is associated with SW 8 + 9 and Indy 5 (July 19, 2019, baby!). He's 82 now, so I really hope he can hang in there! JW3HH
Wildly imaginative music that perfectly traces the action and emotion of a film! Airplane Fight is a virtuoso masterclass--the brass literally slices as the Nazi mechanic swings his wrench at Indy's head!
John Williams NAILS IT: the hardest melodies to write are usually the simplest ones, the ones that sound inevitable. This is because so many melodies have already been composed / used, that it is difficult to compose something simple that sounds original and distinctive, and also sounds good.
As John Williams implies, it is the basic melody that is the most important aspect of the music. You can have fantastic harmonies, counterpoint, rhythmic devices and other fancy things, however, if there is no obvious "tune" then the music is usually unsuccessful.
It seems that the odd numbered films in Indiana Jones are the best films of the series. Maybe the fifth film, hopefully released in 2022, will be really good. The first one not to be directed by Steven Spielberg. New director is James Mangold.
Oh no, good musicians will always be around. One of my favorite composers is Chris Huelsbeck, who composed many game soundtracks (Star Wars RS, Turrican).
The opening of the ark score reminds me a lot of the end of the first mvmt of hindemith's symphony in Bflat. I know Williams likes to reference different composers in his scores so I'd be curious to hear from him if that was the actual inspiration.
So true. I mostly compose (among other work in music) for tv commercials. Coming up with just the right motifs is tricky. I think the very best way is to switch between math plus a good reference pool - and an intuitive approach, to avoid writer's block when deadlines are tight.
3:01 I'll never understand this bizarre paradox that modern "concert music" should be atonal and experimental such that "people who heard the music without the film might be shocked by it" while music used as a tool for a film is melodic and hummable. If I go to a concert I don't want to be "shocked", I want to hear beautiful music. Several composers have lamented this phenomenon. Michael Kamen once told how not even the musicians like what they are doing (in "concert music").
you know, why does there always have to be someone that dislikes a video on youtube? tell, me, the two of you who disliked this, why did you not like it? what possibly could you have against this?
Something seems to have happened to this video since last year - all sorts of encoding errors/artifacts that weren't there previously. (I use this with my Music Technology classes as part of our unit on film scoring, and have been playing it for years without a problem. Today, video issues no matter what browser or machine I use.)
Those are my 3 favorite gentlemen. Without John bikes don't fly, you would never be able to enjoy going to a galaxy far, far, away, & we would never be warned when you are about to be attacked by a great white sharks 🦈🦈
"Very simple little sequence of notes... but I spent on those little bits of musical grammer to get them just right so they seem inevitable, seem they've always been there.."
Interesting comments about "The Temple of Doom" and how the scoring sessions were much like "Star Wars." You can certainly hear some Korngoldesque minor harmonies in "Return of the Jedi" bleed from Williams' Indiana Jones scores of the period, but I have to agree with Spielberg's '89 assessment: "Last Crusade" is my favorite "Raiders" score. So much nobility in the Grail theme, the scherzo is perfect, and he builds so much on original themes that he sweeps you up in its majesty out of nowhere.
9:53 Is a great idea but I just finished re watching Last Crusade and that wind motif comes about a second later in the movie together with his other hand. Personally I think the way they show it here was better.
i think that john Williams will go down as the greatest film composer of all time...
He did lol
+Mad Cat Sphere!: Already happened. No one else but him is or will become the greatest film composer of all time. Only John Williams. Period.
I agree completely, Hans Zimmer and James Horner are 2nd and 3rd best for me.
Mad Cat Sphere! ! He's the only film composer to be honored by AFI.
He already is. He is a titan. He scored all the most famous blockbusters during the 80's and 90's made people think about movie music in a whole new level. He made movie music instantly recognizable. He forced other composers to up their game if they wanted to even keep up. He is the Michael Jackson of composers. Hard to think that there will ever be another one like him in this field.
Spielberg whistling the parts of the Raiders theme made my day!
damn Spielberg is a good whistler
nice profile pic
He's a musician too. Believe he played clarinet.
I will never get tired of listen to Williams explaining how he made the music to the films he worked on. A true musical genious.
As much as we missed James Horner when he perished in that plane accident, we will absolutely lose it when Williams goes. He's a national treasure.
Make this man immortal!
I don’t want to think about
A global treasure
@@Avenger5412 No one wants to think about it.... :\
I cry listening to all these Indiana Jones Theme Scores... 🎧
John Williams is a Genius! Can you imagine all this pictures without his music?!
My favorite part of this is seeing Steven Spielberg being giddy and in awe of John Williams' work. Both geniuses. Both great guys.
There's no words to express how much I love this guy. I wrote a novel last year, and if by some miracle it were ever made into a movie, John Williams doing the score would be an absolute dream come true. What a genius.
+kevnar John Williams is just simply fantastic. I was thinking the other day how I wish I were a director (although I love my job being a composer and would never trade it for anything else) so I could have John score to a film. So awesome.
What's your novel called?
hey kevnar I read your book and it sucks
Sad that he's too old now to continue making the music for Star Wars
Joshqim Sure, he composes the themes, but the music is now orchestrated and conducted by William Ross. I thought it wouldn’t matter at first but I can definitely feel like the music has lost a little bit of its magic when you compare it to the previous scores... John was a master orchestrator!
My favorite music are movie soundtracks
+David Good agreed
same!
Always have been for me.
7:17 that motif from Crusades sticks with me more than anything. Such a great melody......
matt dude I always liked when the knight waived goodbye for the last time when everything was crumbling.
I love that melody so much
John Williams is a magician! He secretly lives heads of every person ! How many people know the music to Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Jaws, or Star Wars so well that they can sing it? He makes his motifs so memorable that no one can forget it! He is truly the best composer since Beethoven!!! So inspiring!!!
I love these John Williams scoring session videos! Every single one of them is a true gem...
When I left the cinema after watching superman in 1978 when I was six , I didn’t run home at lightning speed repeating the dialogue, no I flew home shouting the theme tune , his music is and will always be my life, I can date my life , thanks to the music of John Williams x
the music immediately stuck to me when i watched the movie, used to ring in my head in the nightb and during day! I even rent a cd of the soundtrack and listened with headphones ....such brilliant music....
I can't begin to understand where John's inspiration comes from, but I can surely appreciate the end result. He is simply a musical genius. Amazing to see Spielberg and Lucas and John Williams on screen at the same time!
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I absolutely love when John describes his actual writing process. Makes so much sense.
I like how it seems Spielberg cares SO MUCH about the music and he appreciates the effect it has on the movie. He really seems like a genuinely loves it and is very invested. And John Williams is awesome of course.
The music when Indy was in the map room at Tanis still gives me chills to this day. I've watched that portion of the movie 1000 times and am always moved.
I awesome love John Williams music scoring here.
great advice from john williams. focus on the simple bits, get them right and the rest will follow smoothly
How exciting it must be for both sides, composer and director, to see this being put together for the first time. Exciting for me just to watch this.
these three characters are the best of the best!
Amazing I Like Watching Indian Jones it’s my favorite Movie ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💕💕💕 I Am his Big Fans Thanks I Like Your Videos Happy Friday everyone Stay Safe And Be Strong Never Give Up Have a Wonderful Night Have a Great Weekend!
"So that they seem inevitable, seem like they've always been there"
I feel like this about the Beatles, Mozart and John Williams.
at 10:02,George Lucas is going," I should put Jabba the Hut in this scene". lol!!!
What an amazing career. Out of all his work, I still have a soft spot in my heart for "lost in space".
I love whenever that (1:10) part plays during any Indy film!
"Okay....alright....I just conducted a freaking orchestra." --John Williams
John Williams is a masterclass at making music!
"...so they seem inevitable." Sounds like he studied from the textbook by Samuel Adler entitled "The Study of Orchestration". Adler says the words about creating music. I have read that book and it's truly amazing and a great reference book when you need it. That book is so essential if you are writing symphonic scores and is used in the universities.
I've read the book, along with many others on music theory, harmony, orchestration, etc. but I still can't write music anything like that of Mr. Williams.
What John Williams possesses is a musical genius that cannot be taught.
The love theme from Raiders is just gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous. It's my favorite theme from John Williams.
The best film composer ever.. this is a true artist ..
The face melting scene from the end of raiders is one of my favorite scenes in cinematic history ! I don't know why I think it's because I love those damn special effects so much !
I always loved the Lucas beard, it really gives the illusion of a jaw on him.
Hahahahaha
3:47
I love the music where Toht and his henchmen walk and enter the bar.
steven spielberg + george lucas + john williams = fuckin perfection
cory winkler yes just legends
cory winkler , Thank you Mr. Cory is nice to find a kindred spirit. I feel the exact same way as you do.
John Williams never disappoints, and yet is always very humble. His scores for Raiders/Temple/Crusade/that other one...(ahem), Jaws, Superman, Star Wars elevated those movies to an entirely different plateau. Star Wars, for example, would have come out very differently, I think, if it had been done as a typical "sci-fi" soundtrack. Luckily, Lucas, when asked by John whether or not he wanted that sort of a theme or a more "epic" sound, George went with "epic" and boy, did he get it! The opening 5 seconds of Star Wars _still_ gives me a chill when I hear it.
John Williams is probably the person I would like to meet the most in the world. Sure, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Peter Mayhew, Tony Daniels, and all the rest would be stupendously great to meet and chit chat with, but John just weaves magic into these movies like no other.
I'm glad he is associated with SW 8 + 9 and Indy 5 (July 19, 2019, baby!). He's 82 now, so I really hope he can hang in there!
JW3HH
John is the King!
Dear God, I love Indiana Jones.
I ADORE his work. There is no other composer i respect more. He finds the emotionality of every scene.
john williams is one of the greatest film score composers of all time!!
John Williams = extraordinary beauty and perfection in music!!
11:13... "I look forward very much to revisiting all of this in Indiana Jones 4" Little did We know....
Wildly imaginative music that perfectly traces the action and emotion of a film! Airplane Fight is a virtuoso masterclass--the brass literally slices as the Nazi mechanic swings his wrench at Indy's head!
John Williams is a genius🎹✌🍺👍
9:58
Williams and Spielberg talking animatedly about the movie, then there's Lucas.
Willams it’s a damm genius. He scored so many iconic soundtracks. One it’s great but he bests that 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
John Williams NAILS IT: the hardest melodies to write are usually the simplest ones, the ones that sound inevitable. This is because so many melodies have already been composed / used, that it is difficult to compose something simple that sounds original and distinctive, and also sounds good.
As John Williams implies, it is the basic melody that is the most important aspect of the music. You can have fantastic harmonies, counterpoint, rhythmic devices and other fancy things, however, if there is no obvious "tune" then the music is usually unsuccessful.
Wonderful, just wonderful!..
Say what you will about Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, but John Williams' music was on point as always!
Bisbeatle couldn’t agree more.
I agree. The Jungle Chase and A Whirl Through Academe are two of the best pieces of chase music I’ve heard in the series
Steve your intonation is quite good. I am very impressed.
This man is such an inspiration
John Williams is the man who score Star Wars films, I like him and James Horner too.
"I hope there will be a 4th indiana jones".... Little did he know...
The CRYSTAL SKULL score is nothing short of genius, specially all the new/original themes.
Noone said otherwise.
I think his score for "Temple of Doom" is vastly under-rated. He scored the hell out of that movie.
VG Part time
It seems that the odd numbered films in Indiana Jones are the best films of the series. Maybe the fifth film, hopefully released in 2022, will be really good. The first one not to be directed by Steven Spielberg. New director is James Mangold.
John Williams is now the last of the great composers :(
Oh no, good musicians will always be around. One of my favorite composers is Chris Huelsbeck, who composed many game soundtracks (Star Wars RS, Turrican).
cripplehawk: That was the same thing said when Enrich Korngold died. Every generation has it heroes.
Hans zimmer and Harry geegson williams are also amazing.
Williams and the late James Horner were the best, though.
David Arnold is good too.
i have to rewatch all of star wars and indiana jones....
Rest in Peace, John Williams. The greatest film composer of all time
He's alive
He alive.
thank you , great quality, love this guy
John Williams is the man !!!
The opening of the ark score reminds me a lot of the end of the first mvmt of hindemith's symphony in Bflat.
I know Williams likes to reference different composers in his scores so I'd be curious to hear from him if that was the actual inspiration.
You are right Mr. Williams, I know from my own composing experience. It's the little motifs, so important and so hard to capture!
One of my favorite characters out of Lucasfilm
Dr Henry Jones Sr
R.I.P. Sean Connery
To be in the presence of that much brilliance......
Just......wow.
John Williams is a talented composer. The music he composes seems so natural.
So true. I mostly compose (among other work in music) for tv commercials. Coming up with just the right motifs is tricky. I think the very best way is to switch between math plus a good reference pool - and an intuitive approach, to avoid writer's block when deadlines are tight.
John Williams is a music genius !
3:01 I'll never understand this bizarre paradox that modern "concert music" should be atonal and experimental such that "people who heard the music without the film might be shocked by it" while music used as a tool for a film is melodic and hummable. If I go to a concert I don't want to be "shocked", I want to hear beautiful music. Several composers have lamented this phenomenon. Michael Kamen once told how not even the musicians like what they are doing (in "concert music").
10:17 "stfu george, you wanted to have aliens in this movie"
John Williams is made of awesome.
Best music score of all time.
He is a very kind man. I remembered him doing a special for the late Alexander Courage.
10:03
everywhere i go.... everywhere i turn... i see this man... why are we still here.... just to suffer?!
The Last Crusade score is beautiful to listen too, its my favourite of the original 3 movies.
you know, why does there always have to be someone that dislikes a video on youtube? tell, me, the two of you who disliked this, why did you not like it? what possibly could you have against this?
the master!
Something seems to have happened to this video since last year - all sorts of encoding errors/artifacts that weren't there previously. (I use this with my Music Technology classes as part of our unit on film scoring, and have been playing it for years without a problem. Today, video issues no matter what browser or machine I use.)
Those are my 3 favorite gentlemen. Without John bikes don't fly, you would never be able to enjoy going to a galaxy far, far, away, & we would never be warned when you are about to be attacked by a great white sharks 🦈🦈
nobody dose it more powerful then john Williams.
now hes 85 time goes by and he looks still good today :)
Steven Spielburg + John WIlliams = F%cking amazing!!!!
Experience minds put together to make a great film
"Very simple little sequence of notes... but I spent on those little bits of musical grammer to get them just right so they seem inevitable, seem they've always been there.."
Interesting comments about "The Temple of Doom" and how the scoring sessions were much like "Star Wars." You can certainly hear some Korngoldesque minor harmonies in "Return of the Jedi" bleed from Williams' Indiana Jones scores of the period, but I have to agree with Spielberg's '89 assessment: "Last Crusade" is my favorite "Raiders" score. So much nobility in the Grail theme, the scherzo is perfect, and he builds so much on original themes that he sweeps you up in its majesty out of nowhere.
Without a doubt the greatest composer since Beethoven, and the greatest composer of the 20th century
Steven has a respectable level of musical intelligence!! Good pitch when whistling...
great videolist, i love it. thanks
"Old School" composer at his best!!!
Spielberg + Williams = Good Movie
9:53 Is a great idea but I just finished re watching Last Crusade and that wind motif comes about a second later in the movie together with his other hand. Personally I think the way they show it here was better.
So glad I grew up with all their work!
Edit: I love this being all about the real series...NO KotCS!!
i like that heroic action and adventure music.
an amazing score!
Man, Steven Spielberg can whistle!
6 legends: John Williams, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, the uploader, Karen Allen and Harrison Ford.
John Williams has been touched by God. There is no other explanation for his wizardry. Oh yeah, that and 100 years of practice.
11:42 la cara de saber que has compuesto una obra de arte.
Lucas called Maestro Williams JOHNNY. Oh my lord.
Where does this video come from? Is it from a DVD extras? I would like to know plz! :)
It's the 4th disc of a box set featuring all three movies. The adventure collection. check it out on google. It's your best shot. I have it.