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Legacy Conversations: Kevin Puts

Acclaimed contemporary classical composer talks his career and his cinematic music for the concert hall, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning opera Silent Night, his approach to composition and how much John Williams’ music touched him since childhood and inspired him to become a composer

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Maurizio Caschetto Composers, Legacy Conversations, People, Podcast March 22, 2021March 22, 2021 6 Minutes

Eternity is a Sound: Farewell, Maestro Ennio Morricone

Remembering one of the most influential and talented composers of our times

by Maurizio Caschetto

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Maurizio Caschetto Composers, Essays, Reflections July 6, 2020July 6, 2020 7 Minutes

Legacy Conversations: Marcus Paus

The acclaimed Norwegian composer talks about his artistic journey, his approach to composition and why John Williams’s music has been a continuous source of inspiration

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Maurizio Caschetto Composers, Legacy Conversations, Podcast June 9, 2020July 27, 2020 3 Minutes

Uplifting musical experiences: Interview with Peter Boyer

An exclusive interview with the talented award-winning American composer about his impressive career in the classical music field and how the music of John Williams inspired his own artistic journey

by Maurizio Caschetto

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Maurizio Caschetto Composers, Interviews September 16, 2019September 16, 2019 22 Minutes

Legacy Conversations: Joe Kraemer

The composer of The Way of the Gun, Jack Reacher, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation talks about being inspired by the music of John Williams and his life as film composer in Hollywood.

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Maurizio Caschetto Composers, Legacy Conversations, Podcast June 10, 2019July 27, 2020 3 Minutes

Legacy Conversations: Conrad Pope

The talented composer, conductor and orchestrator talks about his working relationship with John Williams and his views on the Maestro’s legacy

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Maurizio Caschetto Composers, Legacy Conversations, Podcast 1 Comment April 26, 2019July 27, 2020 2 Minutes

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"A five-note motif in some ways may not be a melody. It may be more of a signal than it is a melody. Melody may need seven or eight or twelve notes to be defined as a melody or to have that effect. But to reduce things down to a very few notes... I find that very difficult to do. Some of these themes that I will write like 'Superman', where you hear it and you hear Superman, probably took me weeks to find. It is a very simple tune but changing things, having it go up, down, less, usually simplifying it... to try to reduce it to an essential message that is more than a signal but less than a melody, that can be done repeatedly in the piece that it will guide people in terms of emotional and character identification... it's fun to do, but it's very difficult. I think that's the hardest part of it all: tune writing, motivic construction, and so on." — John Williams

Sunday April 18 at 5.30pm UK time, our friend #conductor Ben Palmer (@conductorben) will lead the Deutsche Philharmonie Merck in a concert featuring beloved selections of film music, including many pieces by John Williams.

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It's official! Lucasfilm just announced that composer John Williams will score the fifth installment of the adventures of Indiana Jones.

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