John Williams: The Legacy Of Music

John Williams once states, “So much of what we do is ephemeral and quickly forgotten, even by ourselves, so it’s gratifying to have something you have done linger in people’s memories.” John Williams is an incredibly talented composer, scoring the music for over hundred famous films. Some films he has composed the music for include: E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Home Alone, several Harry Potter movies, and many, many more. Williams has left a legacy for himself that will not soon be forgotten. John Williams has lead a very interesting life. While many will argue, some of Williams best work is in the movies, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Jurassic Park, and Star Wars. John Williams website labels him as, “One of

Steven Spielberg, the director of this film was very picky about many details of this movie, especially the sounds of the dinosaurs. It took a combination of some very different animal sounds to get the classic T-rex roar. The website Mental Floss states, “The sound design of the T. rex's roar was reportedly a composite of tiger, alligator, and baby elephant sounds.” While the roar of the T-rex is an important part of the movie, the music is vital as well. The music for this film is listed as Billboard Music’s number two on a list of the ten best film compositions from John Williams. There are twenty incredible compositions in the film. The most memorable composition in the film is “Theme for Jurassic Park”. This theme music has gained even more fame recently. An author for Business Insider states, On the strength of the recent box-office domination by the film's sequel, "Jurassic World," John Williams' "Jurassic Park Theme" has jumped to No. 1 on Billboard's Classic Digital Songs list — a "205 percent gain" after selling 3,000 copies last week.” No one can deny the incredible work John Williams did on the compositions for the