‘The Shark’, ‘Jurassic Park’, ‘Third Encounters’, ‘Schindler’s List’ or, of course, ‘Star Wars’, ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Indiana Jones’. John Williams is considering retiring, but hasn’t made an official announcement or specified when. Perhaps this musician thought it would be better to break such news gradually, because the day Williams retires, the big screen will be left without one of the most important composers in the history of cinema.
What Williams implied is this is considering giving up composing soundtracks for the big screenwhich would mean that the ‘Indiana Jones 5’ could be his latest film work. At 90, this prolific five-Oscar-winning film music object confesses he wants to rest. He did so in statements to APnews joking that Harrison Ford would be to blame for making him want to slow down. “Right now I’m working on ‘Indiana Jones 5’, which I think Harrison Ford, who is a little younger than me, has announced will be his latest film. I figured if Harrison can [retirarse]then maybe me too”.
This does not mean that he ceases his business completely, but given the work that is about to compose a great saga, it is normal that Williams wants to put the brakes on. A “Star Wars” movie takes six months of work, something that “at this point in life” hypothetical “a long engagement”. “I don’t want it to be understood that I will categorically eliminate any activity”adds this composer who at the same time ends up becoming sentimental, taking stock and explaining what music means to him.
“It has given me the ability to breathe, the ability to live and to understand that there is something beyond physical life. Without being religious, which I am not particularly, I understand that there is a spiritual lifean artistic life, a realm that is above worldliness, of everyday reality “.
“Music can elevate thought to the level of poetry. We can reflect on how necessary music has been for humanity. I always like to assume that music is older than language, that one We were probably playing drums and playing reeds before we could speak. So it is an essential part of our humanity. gave me life”. Of course, in order not to be a retreat, it can no longer sound like goodbye.
Farewell to your mythical
If John Williams finally decides he doesn’t want to spend six months in a row dedicated to just one project, ‘Indiana Jones 5’ would be his last movie soundtrack.. This film, also starring Harrison Ford, is the fifth chapter of a saga whose main theme is recognizable in every corner of the world. The same goes for “Star Wars”, whose lead song, first heard at the beginning of “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope”, is unbeatable for many.
We always remember the most important themes of each franchise, but the truth is that, especially in the case of the aforementioned galactic saga, Williams is responsible for many other songs to remember. He just signed a new song for the “Obi-Wan Kenobi” series, but much earlier The Imperial March stands out, a theme that introduces a villain like no one has managed to do besides Williams, who had already managed to terrify with only two notes in ‘Jaws’; but among the followers of ‘Star Wars’ there is not one who is not enthusiastic about ‘Duel of the Fates’. Simply brilliant.
Source: E Cartelera
