John Williams and Humanity's Spiritual Drive Toward Music
John Williams (b. 1932) is an American composer and conductor who is probably responsible for your all-time favorite film score. His films include:
-The Star Wars series,
-Jaws
-E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,
-The Indiana Jones series,
-Close Encounters of the Third Kind,
-Superman,
-Home Alone 1 & 2,
-Hook,
-Jurassic Park 1 & 2,
-Schindler's List,
-Saving Private Ryan,
-The first three Harry Potter films,
-Catch Me If You Can,
-Memoirs of a Geisha,
-War Horse,
-Lincoln.
He's also responsible for many sports themes and numerous classical concerti.
Below is Williams' personal philosophy with regard to music as human expression:
"There’s a very basic human, non-verbal aspect to our need to make music and use it as part of our human expression. It doesn’t have to do with body movements, it doesn't have to do with articulation of a language, but with something spiritual."
Below, American Symphony Orchestra conductor Leon Botstein gives a masterclass on the utility of art and music:
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