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another. With their true feelings in the open, the cello is added in to a major version of “Sayuri’s Theme” along with some brass instruments. This merges with “The Chairman’s Waltz” to create an uplifting conclusion to their love story, and the realization of Sayuri’s childhood dream. 2:17:06 – “Sayuri’s Theme and End Credits” play during the end credits. 36
Relation of Selected Scores John Williams once stated of film composers that “So much of what we do is ephemeral and quickly forgotten, even by ourselves, so it's gratifying to have something you have done linger in people's memories” (Clemmensen). The significance of the film scores selected in this paper is to show representations of different eras in John Williams’ career in order to compare their similarities and differences. While many critics of Williams complain that he borrow or steals from many classic composers, there is hardly a composer a today who does not borrow in some way from their thematic elements. Most of the similarities found between Williams’ scores and classical composers, or even at times other film composers, are merely echoes of ideas. While originality is an important quality in film composition, it is more important to use creativity and originality in the development of the ideas to create an emotional response with the audience. One of Williams’ greatest talents and skills is his ability to create musical themes that evoke the perfect emotional response within the audience based on the action on screen. Some of his more prominent films such as Jaws, Star Wars, E.T., etc., may not have experienced the same level of success or achieved such high standing in public opinion with a different score. The score for Jaws is notable in its minimalism, which is similar to Igor Stravinsky’s style of bold and brash tones with less symphonic melodies. A huge contrast to this score would be Memoirs of a Geisha where there is rarely more than 1-2 minutes devoid of music. Even though the film contains such a rich mixture of 37
Page 1 and 2: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Danae
Page 3 and 4: The Art and Craft of John Williams
Page 5 and 6: Acknowledgement I would like to tha
Page 7 and 8: Introduction The Art and Craft of J
Page 9 and 10: Biography As one of the most well k
Page 11 and 12: networking, he built a friendship w
Page 13 and 14: Sleepers, Seven Years in Tibet, Sav
Page 15 and 16: composed his first pieces at the ag
Page 17 and 18: technique, where a specific theme o
Page 19 and 20: audiences were accustomed to. Strav
Page 21 and 22: acknowledged Spencer’s talents an
Page 23 and 24: y that music as anybody did that bu
Page 25 and 26: 0:25:30-0:27:46 - A slow, quiet ver
Page 27 and 28: 1:48:55-1:49:29 - Light upward pian
Page 29 and 30: score. Other pieces such as “Gran
Page 31 and 32: combine with the overall theme and
Page 33 and 34: emains confused about the lack of
Page 35 and 36: y horns. Overall, most of what we h
Page 37 and 38: employed both in the composition an
Page 39 and 40: 0:31:15-0:34:17 - The lone shakuhac
Page 41: 1:39:27-1:45:15 - Quiet but high pi
Page 45 and 46: Bibliography Bachar, Kevin, Tom Moo
Page 47 and 48: Tylski, Alexandre. "A Study of Jaws
Page 49 and 50: Appendix Filmography (Major Film Wo
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