Music of the Movies - Part 1

Music of the Movies part one

John Williams - Soundtrack to the movies.

So no great movie is complete without a soundtrack to accompany it. Some music accompaniments become so well known that you only have to hear a few bars of the score to know which movie it's from. John William's has written some of the finest and well known scores for movies spanning several decades and the movies themselves have stood the test of time in terms of classics and epics. Spielberg knew he was onto a good thing because JW scores feature in many of his movies - from the classic yet simple two beats of Jaws, to the adventurous Indiana Jones and the magical flight of E.T. .

You must be living under a rock if you've not heard a John William's peice. His music has become as famous as the movies themselves that it's impossible to have missed his work, even if you don't realise what you are hearing, or humming along too, is him.

Some of my favourite scores are:


Schindlers List Theme

Jurassic Park Suite

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Jaws

But perhaps my favourite, because he was my first true love and you simply need to say the name to know the music -

Superman

I highly reccommend the John Williams Soundtracks of the movies album, scores performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. If you enjoy your movie soundtracks as much as movies themselves, then you won't be dissapointed.