John Williams: The Greatest Film Composer of All Time

How to Take Over the World

Benjamin Wilson

Self-improvement, Education, History

5 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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John Williams is the brilliant composer behind film scores like Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, and more. On this episode, we take a look --- Sponsors: https://vanman.shop/discount/TAKEOVER - Use code TAKEOVER for 10% off your order https://www.vesto.com/ - All of your company's financial accounts in one view https://www.costofglory.com/cog-retreats/texas-retreat - Austin Retreat with the Cost of Glory. Use code TAKEOVER for $200 off. HTTOTW Premium - For all endnotes, takeaways, and bonus episode, subscribe to How to Take Over the World Premium --- Stay in touch: Twitter/X: @BenWilsonTweets Instagram: @HTTOTW Email me: [email protected] Sources: Music By John Williams on Disney Plus John Williams Always Settles The Score - Vanity Fair John Williams: The Force Is With Him - uDiscoverMusic The Force Is Still Strong with John Williams - The New Yorker An Interview with John Williams - Symphony.org --- Writing, research, and production by Ben Wilson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you don't know who John Williams is, I want you to take a second and think of a tune from a movie soundtrack, not a musical, but some background music from a movie.
0:10.6	Something you can hum.
0:12.1	All right, take a second.
0:13.1	Maybe try and hum it.
0:15.0	Okay, so there's a good chance that what you thought of was...
0:18.9	Dun-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da.
0:26.6	Or maybe it was
0:29.6	Don-da-da-da-da-da-da.
0:40.3	Or maybe... Or maybe...
0:41.3	...dun-da-da-da-da-da-da-da... or possibly
0:55.5	da-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
0:58.0	If you thought of any of these tunes, or Jurassic Park or Jaws or E.T, you were thinking of a song written by John Williams.
1:18.2	He's widely regarded as the greatest film composer of all time.
1:21.3	He's a true genius, a one of one, just an extraordinary artist.
1:24.8	He's one of those few people who transcended and changed their medium.
1:28.7	In music composing, he's been nominated for a record 54 Oscars and won five of them. He's won
1:34.4	six Emmys, four Golden Globes. Ultimately, it's not the awards that make him worth studying.
1:39.1	It is the brilliance of his music. There are certain time periods that are known for artistic
1:43.9	brilliance,
1:44.9	19th century Germany for music, 15th century Florence for painting, 20th century Paris for writing,
1:50.6	and I think that the late 20th century American film industry will go down as one of those great time
1:57.0	periods. And few people have contributed as much as John Williams to that brilliance.
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