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I wonder how Jerry Goldsmith fans feel knowing John Williams is responsible for "pretty much every major music moment in film over the last thirty years."
Also, did you guys know the same guy who did Home Alone also did JAWS?????
And that John Williams is scoring Jurassic World???????
Boy am I counting down to June 12th now!
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By the way, where do I sign up to get paid to write about things I know nothing about?
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The thing is—even considering how little the rest of the world knows about film music—how difficult is it to find an entertainment journalist who knows even just a marginal amount about a figure as renowned as John Williams? Honestly, is this really how bad it is?
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I happen to love the theme from MEET THE PRESS, but I don't dispute the theory that this guy knows nothing at all about film music.
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May 30, 2015 - 6:52 AM
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The Thing
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That article isn't targeted at the people that frequent these boards.
It looks like a bite-size snippet for the teenies to read in under a minute on their mobiles.
And then they'll move on to read about Beyonce or Miley Cyrus, or whoever is gossip-worthy today.
John Williams has written many iconic scores that have transcended the niche film-score market into the mainstream. Most people can probably hum Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Jaws etc, even if they don't know who wrote them. He's written music from some of the biggest blockbusters ever with Lucas and Spielberg, and that's what is required to get elevated to that level. In a sense, it's not what you know, but who you know.
Goldsmith has also written great music, but little that people can probably recognise or differentiate as anything special outside of our little circle. Williams' recognition is on a much higher level, regardless if he is preferred on here or not.
If anyone, I would have thought Danny Elfman could have become a "name" in the mainstream, what with his ongoing collaborations with Tim Burton and other big thematic scores. And possibly Hans Zimmer. Maybe even John Barry in the past for doing a sequence of Bond scores. But I doubt film music is seen as anything other than perfunctory these days with moviegoers, rather than becoming iconic in itself.
Back in the day when Williams wrote all the BIG movie music, you'd see these scores as merchandise in the high-street stores along with pop music. John Williams' Star Wars... John Williams' Jaws... Close Encounters... E.T.... Jurassic Park... etc. Now that retail avenue no longer exists, people are less likely to associate a name with the music. That visual, "in your face" name association has gone.
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