Legendary film composer John Williams talks to CNN's Chris Wallace about how he conceived the theme for 'Star Wars' and other iconic movie themes.
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John Williams reveals a surprising fact about creating iconic ‘Star Wars’ theme song
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He’s still the man even at over 90!
Same as biden
He is the reason I love classical music.
It’s contemporary, not classical. I’m sorry. But it’s never late to discover new things!
@pacha 79 yeah I know but this was where I started. I would never have dug deeper if it hadn’t been for the Star Wars music
Same with me, he to me as a child of seven back in the eighties, made the door wide open for Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart and my journey continued to Bach etc. Without him, I presume I would never have had an interest for classic, romantic, baroque etc music. And – to me, he still is the benchmark wrt to melodies and themes. Nothing compares to him, nothing. Btw, me as an adult, eventually studied music sciences.
John Williams is one of my all-time composers and conductors of music. I have loved all of the movies for which he composed and conducted the musical themes. His themes helped bring the movies to life even though you know it is just a film. Without his music the films would not seem to be as real.
@Tom S Mainly Steven Spielberg movies and George Lucas ones! Secondly I am not here to argue about John Williams. I am only stating that people whom claim he is the greatest of all the film composers would be unjustified to the rest of the great composers whom also have enriched the genre of film music. One prime example is the great composer “Miklós Rózsa” who composed for the greatest motion picture of all time “Ben Hur”
John Williams is right up there with the late, great Jerry Goldsmith.
@RizMid Of course. Like you mentioned, I’m merely mentioning here Williams. Music in the film is so important. Great composers who have lent their talent to composing music/themes to films add so much to the overall experience.
This guy is a genius, not another like him, ever…
He is national treasure & Genius.
The Stars Wars and Jurassic Park soundtracks are perfect and could not be improved upon.
Bravo Maestro!
The theme for Star Wars , when the movie starts ,reminds me when in ages past royalty would arrive with the sound of trumpets.
Superman theme is iconic
Oh my goodness. I need Chris Wallace to interview John Williams about every single main theme from each of his movies. He is just so insightful and asks such great questions with such great answers.
That’s funny, I thought this interview deserved a better interviewer. The questions were basic and repetitive.
Blows my mind how active he is for 90. One of my biggest disappointments in life will be I didn’t drop what I was doing to see his 90th birthday concert at tanglewood this past summer.
A living legend & national treasure 🙏
What an absolute genius, his themes will move me forever.
Yes for myself as well 🌈
So much talent that brought so many of us music that will be with us…always. Thank you John Williams❤️
It’s his musical genuis having created all these iconic movie themes coupled with iconic movies that will continue to make these movies stand the test of time.
He was at his peak musically at an awesome time in movie history .
No other film composer could have added what he added musically to these iconic movies.
The worst part about this video is that it ended. Would’ve love to hear more of this conversation with the legend about his many other contributions to film.
There is more. Just look it up on CNN YouTube.
He has the ability to see the world from a child’s perspective.
Truly genius.
Thanks for a great interview.
Williams’ earliest Oscar nomination was in 1968 for Valley of the Dolls, 55 years ago. He has 53 nominations, but wasn’t nominated in 53 separate years. He was actually nominated in 37 years. Some of the nominations were for Best Song as well as Score, meaning he sometimes got two nominations for the same movie. For a long time, the Oscars had separate awards for scores to musicals vs. non-musicals, so sometimes he got nominations for each of those in the same year. And there were indeed multiple years where he was nominated in the exact same category of score twice, competing against himself for the wins, in 1973, 1978, 1985, 1988, 1990, 2002, 2006 and 2012. At this point, he’s gone 29 years without a win. In another interview, he remarked that his wife wears black to the Oscars because they “always lose.” His last win was for Schindler’s List in 1994. His Jurassic Park score from that same year was not nominated, which some might consider his biggest snub by the Oscars. A lot of his sequels have been passed over for nominations as well, including Jaws 2, Home Alone 2, the second Jurassic Park, the second Harry Potter, all three Star Wars prequels and the fourth Indiana Jones. Other scores to his Spielberg collaborations that weren’t nominated include The Sugarland Express, 1941, Always, Hook (which did get a Song nomination), Minority Report, The Terminal, War of the Worlds, The BFG and The Post. Williams even has one Golden Raspberry nomination, for 1982’s Monsignor.
“…you don’t have that liquid synchronisation that you want.” Jesus – what an absolute bona fide Grade A genius. What a man. What a mind. What a soul. We are truly, truly blessed to all live under the glorious umbrella of Mr Williams’ imagination. ❤
Thank you for respecting and appreciating someone over 50 and treating him with dignity.
Like his predecessor Elmer Bernstein, Williams lifted movies to another realm with his score. A genius
If you just pick any random Williams score and listen, it’s always an emotional experience.
His contribution to cinema and pop culture is immeasurable.