"Film music, however good it can be and it usually isn't, other than maybe an eight-minute stretch here and there I just think the music isn't there. That, what we think of as this precious great film music is we're remembering it in some kind of nostalgic way Just the idea that film music has the same place in the concert hall as the best music in the canon is a mistaken notion, I think."
"He added: A lot of [film music] is ephemeral. It's certainly fragmentary and, until somebody reconstructs it, it isn't anything that we can even consider as a concert piece. Among the more than 100 movies he has scored are the Indiana Jones films, ET, Schindler's List and the first three Harry Potter films. He is the world's most nominated living Oscar recipient, with a record 54 nominations, recognising that his music has played a crucial role in enhancing and heightening a film's emotion and atmosphere."
John Williams, aged 93, composed iconic scores for Jaws, Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, E.T., Schindler's List and the first three Harry Potter films. He has won five Academy Awards and received a record 54 Oscar nominations. He considers much film music to be generally inferior to the great works of the classical canon, describing it as ephemeral, fragmentary, and often unsuitable for concert-hall presentation. He allows that occasional stretches of film scoring can be exceptional, but contends that nostalgic memory elevates perceived greatness. His themes remain powerful in enhancing cinematic emotion and atmosphere.
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