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Legacy Conversations: Remembering Leslie Bricusse

Soundtrack Producer Mike Matessino remembers Academy Award-winning composer, lyricist and songwriter who collaborated with John Williams on several projects including Superman, Home Alone and Hook

Hosted by Maurizio Caschetto and Tim Burden

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Maurizio Caschetto Composers, Insights & Analysis, Interviews, Legacy Conversations, People, Podcast January 29, 2022March 30, 2022 8 Minutes

Legacy Conversations: Remembering Alexander Courage

A tribute to the award-winning composer, arranger and orchestrator who collaborated with John Williams on many projects, as remembered by his stepdaughter Renata Pompelli

Featuring Special Guest Mike Matessino

Hosted by Maurizio Caschetto and Tim Burden

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Maurizio Caschetto Composers, Legacy Conversations, People, Podcast 1 Comment December 10, 2021March 30, 2022 6 Minutes

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 inspired him to become a composer

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Maurizio Caschetto Composers, Legacy Conversations, People, Podcast March 22, 2021March 30, 2022 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 1 Comment July 6, 2020March 30, 2022 7 Minutes

Legacy Conversations: Marcus Paus

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

Hosted by Maurizio Caschetto

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Maurizio Caschetto Composers, Legacy Conversations, Podcast June 9, 2020March 30, 2022 3 Minutes

Uplifting Musical Experiences: Peter Boyer

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Exclusive interview with 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, 2019March 30, 2022 22 Minutes

Legacy Conversations: Joe Kraemer

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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, 2019March 30, 2022 3 Minutes

Legacy Conversations: Conrad Pope

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

Hosted by Maurizio Caschetto

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Maurizio Caschetto Composers, Legacy Conversations, Podcast 1 Comment April 26, 2019March 30, 2022 2 Minutes

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"I don't draw a strict dividing line between the two aspects of my music. It's a working life, and when I find myself at my writing desk every day, whether it's for a film or a commissioned piece, in terms of the working day it's really, dare I say, all the same thing. I understand how Miklós Rózsa felt when he described his career as a 'double life', but I don't think in my life I've felt quite that divided up. There is these days a different psychology about film music in the wider musical community compared to the mentality in the period when Rózsa was active. I'm not so young any more, but many of the young composers of today are interested in film and most of them are willing to consider giving at least some of their time to film composition. [...] I'm as painfully aware of visual distractions and how they can detract from the pure art of music as anyone else, but I think we all need to be aware that writing for film is going to be part of what composers of the future do." —John Williams

The Legacy of John Williams Editor-in-Chief Maurizio Caschetto was kindly invited by the super-passionate Luke Bugg @thegeekofsteel to be guest on his terrific Superman podcast show.

‘I have been very fortunate; I can’t say I was “mentored” by people like Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Newman, but in retrospect they befriended me; they would ask me to their homes for dinner and I didn’t think about any of it. I took it all pretty much in my stride. I worked as a pianist for these composers and some of them would begin to ask me to orchestrate things, which I could do, and eventually write scores for television shows. I don’t think I can say it was something I always wanted to do; it was just part of an evolution, a series of good luck turns. I can’t say to you that aged 22 I wanted to be a film composer; I didn’t have aspirations that high, frankly. I was interested in piano, I’d studied it, and was a fairly good pianist and a reasonably good sight reader – which helped in the studio work. I was blessed with a kind of luck and, fortunately, I was able to do the work when it came along. But it was not part of a plan or an ambition of mine. I simply put one foot in front of the other.’

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For the first time ever, Maestro John Williams appears on the cover of prestigious classical music magazine "Musica" in Italy. Inside an interview with @anne_sophie_mutter by Nicola Cattò and a very insightful essay by @simone_pedroni detailing the incredible musical career of Maestro Williams.

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