Books in French are on www.livres-cinema.info
John Williams's Film Music
Jaws, Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and the Return of the Classical Hollywood Music Style
(0 vote)Average rating:
| 0 | rating |  = We can do without |
| 0 | rating |  = Good book |
| 0 | rating |  = Excellent book |
| 0 | rating |  = Unique / a reference |
Your rating: -
Book Presentation:
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.
See the publisher website: University of Wisconsin Press
See the complete filmography of John Williams on the website: IMDB ...
> From the same author:
The Film Music of John Williams (2021)
Reviving Hollywood's Classical Style
Subject: Others persons > John Williams
> On a related topic:
The Screen Music of Trevor Jones (2021)
Technology, Process, Production
by David Cooper, Ian Sapiro and Laura Anderson
Subject: Others persons > Trevor Jones
John Barry (2008)
The Man with the Midas Touch
by Geoff Leonard, Pete Walker and Gareth Bramley
Subject: Others persons > John Barry
A Heart at Fire's Center (2002)
The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann
Subject: Others persons > Bernard Herrmann
Hitchcock and Herrmann (2026)
The Friendship and Film Scores that Changed Cinema
Subject: Director > Alfred Hitchcock
Back
