[kvanbrunt2]

Most of his stuff sounds the same. pretty sappy composer in my book. And they are movies, not like it’s real art.

[Borges]

Were you trying to parody a clueless poser?

[ClearCase_guy]

Yes. I prefer Howard Shore or Hans Zimmer.

[Disambiguator]

Don’t be such a wet blanket.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uqQglwBzFT4

[one guy in new jersey]

He has worked with skill and subtlety, certainly. But the greatest living composer? One would think that would require true originality, uniqueness, a career on the cutting edge. Not sure Williams has earned that kind of reputation.

[know.your.why]

Most of his stuff sounds the same. pretty sappy composer in my book. And they are movies, not like it’s real art.

Well thats depressing. Not art? His Imperial March was epic! I didnt even have to see the movie and just listening to the music made it feel like a dark powerful army was marching to battle. Spielberg actually changed Jaws to conform to Williams music when its "supposed to be" the other way around. No, man. Williams' music defined a huge part of movie experiences in the 1970's and on. The fact that this guy was given a script and artists conceptions drawings and he captured the emotions of the scenes perfectly in music...even made them more real...is absolutely an art. I still listen to the symphony of SW4 and never get tired of it. Williams is a Jedi Master Composer as far as I'm concerned and the Force is definately with him.

[reg45]

The big money is in music for cinema, not symphonies, but Williams has done both.

[Sans-Culotte]

Most of his stuff sounds the same. pretty sappy composer in my book.

If his music sounds "the same", it is partly for some of the movies being "the same". In several cases, he was writing music for sequels of movies he had already scored, so there is no helping that. Had he not been tapped for so many sci-fi/franchise epic films he might have been seen in a different light. His scores for two Mark Rydell films - The Reivers with Steve McQueen and The Cowboys with John Wayne are nothing like his Star Wars/Superman scores. The Cowboys is one of the great western scores, IMO.

[Pining_4_TX]

Agreed! The Star Wars theme seems like a copy of the theme music from Lawrence of Arabia. They are remarkably similar.