It’s given me life.”īeyond the realm of the galaxy far, far away and the man who gave adventure his name, both of which feature a number of musical compositions that any accomplished musical composer would kill for, John Williams has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to his film scores. So it’s an essential part of our humanity. I always like to speculate that music is older than language, that we were probably beating drums and blowing on reeds before we could speak. We can reflect on how necessary music has been for humanity. Music can raise one’s thinking to the level of poetry.
Without being religious, which I’m not especially, there is a spiritual life, an artistic life, a realm that’s above the mundanities of everyday realities. “It’s given me the ability to breathe, the ability to live and understand that there’s more to corporal life. He explained that his commitment to the field of music has helped him gain a better appreciation of life: However, John Williams noted that he will not be retiring from music altogether, as he plans to continue writing and composing concert music outside of scoring for film and television.
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Star Wars franchise creator George Lucas referred to his work as “the special sauce” that helped make the long-running science fantasy franchise movie magic, and Harrison Ford emotionally cited his lifelong friendship with the composer as a highlight of his life at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim last month. Williams is also not planning on doing anything beyond Indiana Jones 5, given that film is the end of its respective franchise.
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Williams already confirmed the end of his involvement with Star Wars feature films after completing his work on every installment of the nine-film Skywalker Saga with Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, although he agreed to compose themes for Galaxy’s Edge, Solo, and the recently-completed Obi-Wan Kenobi series for Disney Plus. John Williams, who is now 90 years old, cited the long commitment a film score takes to make as a reason why he will not be committing to more after the long-awaited 2023 finale to the adventure franchise. So, I thought: If Harrison can do it, then perhaps I can, also.” “At the moment I’m working on Indiana Jones 5, which Harrison Ford – who’s quite a bit younger than I am – I think has announced will be his last film. (His only other unreleased film score, which is being made for Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical film The Fabelmans, will arrive later this year.) Incidentally, he also implied that Harrison Ford will be retiring from film acting with the movie as well, although he has not made any such announcement: While speaking to The Washington Post, John Williams explained that he will be putting down the baton when his work on Indiana Jones 5 has finished. Through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.John Williams, the man who gave Star Wars its iconic musical themes, has announced that he will be retiring from scoring films after completing his work on Indiana Jones 5 – but this will not be the end of his musical career. You can listen to Williams' recent work with his main theme music for Obi-Wan Kenobi, which is available to stream to Disney+.Įpicstream is supported by its audience. The Extra Terrestrial, Jurassic Park, Home Alone, and many more.Īlso Read: Moon Knight Star Ethan Hawke Is Still Campaigning to Join the Star Wars Franchise He may be writing his final notes right now, but his works will always be there and we can look back at them anytime.īesides Star Wars and Indiana Jones, Williams also composed scores for other iconic films such as Jaws, Superman, Harry Potter, E.T. However, he already had a lot of wonderful contributions in his storied career.
While it might be unfortunate to hear that Williams will stop composing film scores soon, it is impressive to think that he is still actively working as a film composer up to the day.