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Just like all the best artists, much of their work comes from bits and bobs borrowed from the fantastic artists who came before them, and John Williams is no exception to this rule. Many of John William's renowned scores and themes draw overtly from pieces by the classical authors who came before him.
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0:00 Intro.
0:25 Star Wars vs. Stravinsky.
2:23 Star Wars vs. Holst.
4:02 Princess Leia vs. Tchaikovsky.
4:44 Apple Music Classical.
6:10 Home Alone vs. Tchaikovsky.
7:02 Jaws vs. Dvořák.
7:40 Star Wars vs. Korngold.
8:58 Patreon.
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Congratulations on being sponsored by Apple, man! That’s a great leap forward for your channel 🙂
You created this (unoriginal) video for the sole purpose of promoting Apple Music Classical didn’t you
@Nil so? This is a great video and he deserves money for the high quality content he puts out
I love Jhon Williams his tracks are just iconic
Love this! I knew a few but not all. Planning to share with my fellow music loving friends. Thanks!
Merci beaucoup.
A Piano professor told me about a student that wanted to drive his neighbour nuts. So he practiced his scales and ended them all on the leading tone, never playing the tonic. He moved out in less than 2 months.
The other day I observed the Imperial March (Darth Vader theme) sounds a lot like both parts of the theme from Dragnet
Thanks for showing actual scores and highlighting notes being played – would studies like more like this
Awesome video as always, David! John Williams is one of the GOATs when it comes to film composers.
Don’t forget that John Williams worked from a temp track with classical music for Star Wars. George Lucas didn’t trust John Williams, thinking he was “just” a jazz pianist, which he also is – and a brilliant one. I adore John Williams. BTW The “Scene D’Amour” by the great Bernard Herrmann, for Vertigo, is basically Wagner’s Tristan And Isolde. No human being creates anything from scratch and film composers are always working on the edge of getting fired by the director.
Exactly, he was working within a context at a certain time for a particular purpose. People also forget that Williams has composed concert pieces outside of the strictures of film music.
1:35 Stravinsky sustains a D Minor and creates a masterpiece
I sustain a D Minor and have to repeat the school year
The main theme from the 1970 film version of Jane Eyre was taken from a tune in the opera Pelleas and Melisande.
Star Wars’ Imperial March has always reminded me of a part of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake
Well done! I had noticed some of these, but you’ve catalogued far more. So the difference between “borrowed from” and “violated copyright” is a matter of waiting 70 years after the composer has died. Thanks!
Strawinski died in 1971.
The Jaws theme is also faintly reminiscent of “Great Gate at Kiev” from Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky.
I think you mean “Baba Yaga”, not the Great Gate of Kiev”. 🙂
I, ve always thought the same. Nevertheless, his themes and soundtracks are so good and appropriate and definitely they are golden classics themselves.
John Williams I feel is a pioneer in film score composing. He gave each of his iconic pieces it’s own identity and it perfectly fits with the vibe and feel of the movie. The Harry Potter score feels whimsical and magical. It’s fluttery and airy with all the clarinets and horns. Indianna Jones has a sense of motion and movement which adds to the adventurous feel. The main Star Wars theme is loud and bombastic and grand representing the vastness of space and the inhabitants of it. ET has that sense of childlike wonder, Superman feels bold and brash and heroic. He told full stories and painted full pictures with his film scores. A whole world in a piece of music. He’s a genius. Those pieces of music could be played anywhere in the world by any orchestra and you will instantly know it and where it is from and the vibe it is evoking.
There’s another “inspiration” moment that I think gets overlooked. It’s the second movement of the Neilson violin concerto which inspired a moment in Jurassic Park. The melody, chords, and orchestration are almost identical.
The Stars Wars theme is very similar to Maurice Jarre’s music for Lawrence of Arabia.
When i first heard Tchaikovsky’s Swan lake, i immediately thought it was the Anakin vs. Obiwan theme. And i swear if you listen to Swan Lake’s Turning Point, you can hear the Darth Vader theme!!
The Imperial March from the Empire Strikes Back was based on A Spoon Full of Sugar Makes the Medicine Go Down from Mary Poppins. Once you hear it, you cannot un-hear it.
Wasn’t it Picasso who said something like, “Good artists borrow, but great artists steal”? It’s reminiscent of Led Zeppelin’s early albums where they were lifting things left and right. But like John Williams, Zeppelin almost always turned it into something new and (arguably) improved upon it.