John Williams

Originally Posted by Legato

I'd coment in this thread, but then LeHah will probably show up and Zantesuken everyone's opinion, so I'll just watch from this safe distance.

We all know it's coming. I actually find his opinion on the man har to discern; half the time, Williams is compared favorably to other artists, and the other half, he's compared unfavorably to his predecessors like Wagner.

My personal opinion on the guy is that a lot of his music is so iconic that it's occasionally tiresome. Take Star Wars for example; it was a watershed in flim scoring, but it's been played endlessly and everybody knows it backwards and forwards. It's good, but I don't listen to it often.

I prefer Williams' lesser-known works, especially ones with a fantasy edge. Thus, Jurassic Park and Hook are in my CD wallet, while Star Wars remains on the shelf.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by LeHah

Eh, thats really kind of unfair. You don't say Paul McCartney sucks because Mozart came first. John Williams is John Williams - if you had to compare him to another composer, it would have to be someone from the 20th Century - perferably to someone from his generation (as I'd loathe someone to try and pigeonhole me into a Stravinsky versus Williams arguement)

True enough. But what I was trying to say was that I didn't really know what *your* opinion of John Williams was. I certainly don't ding composers for borrowing the work of others (I could never be a James Horner fan if I did )

There's nowhere I can't reach.