Composer John Williams Reveals How He Came Up With Cinema's Biggest Scores

[tillychar]

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Five-time Oscar winner (and 54-time nominee) John Williams breaks down his career, from his earliest jobs as a pianist on films such as Some Like It Hot, to the way the Jaws theme has changed in the cultural landscape over time, to the time he wrote a love theme for Luke and Leia during the first Star Wars movie before George Lucas clued him in

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[mandapandao_o]

Howard Shore and the work he did for the LotR films will always be in my top. But a super underrated score that I wish got recognition was John Powell's work in How to Train Your Dragon. It is criminal that he wasn't widely recognized for those pieces. Romantic Flight (and Test Drive) will forever have an emotional hold on me!

[steffi_333]

I love Test Drive! It’s gotten some popularity on TikTok - lot of horse people use it for galloping clips

[jojito]

The score of HTTYD movies is perfect. I listen to 1 and 2 regularly. Test Drive, Flying with mother, Forbidden Friendship, Stoick's Ship... so beautiful.

[mandapandao_o]

Forbidden Friendship will never not make me cry lol

[cuteej4]

I adore the How to Train Your Dragon soundtrack. It's one of the scores I listen to when I do puzzles. Obviously LOTR is part of that playlist too.