John Williams

John Williams Won’t Score Spielberg’s ‘Ready Player One’
John Williams Won’t Score Spielberg’s ‘Ready Player One’
John Williams Won’t Score Spielberg’s ‘Ready Player One’
John Williams is one of Steven Spielberg’s most frequent collaborators, and earlier this year he was set to score both of the director’s upcoming movies: Pentagon Papers drama The Papers and pop culture-infused sci-fi Ready Player One. But because both of these movies are being put together at about the same time (Ready Player One’s production began last year, and The Papers was filmed this spring in a matter of weeks for a December release) Williams has had to give up scoring duties on the latter in favor of the former.
John Williams’ Different Cue for a Key ‘Force Awakens’ Shot
John Williams’ Different Cue for a Key ‘Force Awakens’ Shot
John Williams’ Different Cue for a Key ‘Force Awakens’ Shot
The best part of The Force Awakens, if I had to pick just one, is probably the fakeout when Kylo Ren is chasing Rey and Finn through the snowy forest, and the lightsaber he reaches for zooms past his face and into Rey’s outstretched hand. I went to see that movie three times in theaters, and every time that moment happened, people cheered. It’s made even cooler by the addition of John Williams’ “Force Theme,” also known as “Binary Sunset” from the original Star Wars. It was adopted somewhat as Luke’s personal theme, but generally signals the Light Side of the Force.

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