John Williams - the scores you'd forgotten

Published: July 4, 2020, 2:55 p.m.

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John Williams is one of the most successful and most identifiable of all Hollywood composers, with the likes of Star Wars, Harry Potter, ET, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, Saving Private Ryan and Schindler's List to his credit. But what might the Williams legacy be had Steven Spielberg and George Lucas turned to other composers to write their scores? Matthew looks back over John Williams\\u2019 long career and celebrates his associations with the likes of Oliver Stone, Robert Altman, Irwin Allen and Alfred Hitchcock. The programme features music from \\u2018How To Steal A Million\\u2019, Lost In Space\\u2019, \\u2018Land Of The Giants\\u2019, \\u2018The Valley Of The Dolls\\u2019, \\u2018Images\\u2019, \\u2018The Long Goodbye\\u2019, \\u2018The Towering Inferno\\u2019, \\u2018Black Sunday\\u2019, \\u2018Family Plot\\u2019, \\u2018The Fury\\u2019, \\u2018Dracula\\u2019, \\u2018The Witches Of Eastwick\\u2019, \\u2018Home Alone\\u2019, \\u2018Memoirs Of A Geisha\\u2019, \\u2018The Book Thief\\u2019 and \\u2018Jane Eyre\\u2019. The Classic Score of the Week draws on music for Oliver Stone\\u2019s \\u2018Born On The Fourth Of July\\u2019.

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