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John Williams's Film Music - Jaws', 'Star Wars', 'Raiders of the Lost Ark', and the Return of the Classical Hollywood Music Style (Paperback)
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John Williams's Film Music - Jaws', 'Star Wars', 'Raiders of the Lost Ark', and the Return of the Classical Hollywood Music Style (Paperback)
Series: Wisconsin Studies in Film
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John Williams is one of the most renowned film composers in
history. He has penned unforgettable scores for Star Wars, the
Indiana Jones series, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, Superman,
and countless other films. Fans flock to his many concerts, and
with forty-nine Academy Award nominations as of 2014, he is the
second-most Oscar-nominated person after Walt Disney. Yet despite
such critical acclaim and prestige, this is the first book in
English on Williams’s work and career. Combining accessible
writing with thorough scholarship, and rigorous historical accounts
with insightful readings, John Williams’s Film Music explores why
Williams is so important to the history of film music. Beginning
with an overview of music from Hollywood’s Golden Age
(1933–58), Emilio Audissino traces the turning points of
Williams’s career and articulates how he revived the classical
Hollywood musical style. This book charts each landmark of this
musical restoration, with special attention to the scores for Jaws
and Star Wars, Williams’s work as conductor of the Boston Pops
Orchestra, and a full film/music analysis of Raiders of the Lost
Ark. The result is a precise, enlightening definition of
Williams’s “neoclassicism” and a grounded demonstration of
his lasting importance, for both his compositions and his
historical role in restoring part of the Hollywood tradition. Best
Special Interest Books, selected by the American Association of
School Librarians, Best Books for General Audiences, selected by
the Public Library Reviewers.
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