What we want people to do is to in some ways just sit back and let this powerful storytelling hit them right between the eyes. You will have a new understanding of the importance to the music as it relates to the visual by the music.
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We will use short clips - five, six seven minutes of these movies and then the orchestra will play as the movie rolls as the as the images appear. The way we will bring this music forward on Saturday night does allow you to contemplate the music to understand and appreciate the genius of John Williams the way we all do. I do because I'm a musician and musicians are hyper aware of the elaborating that's amplifying the emotion or carrying the story forward. Most people go to the movies and don't listen to the music. How did you set it up? I want to get a sense of what you want us, the audience, to experience.
#Harry potter music composer series#
The New World Center will hold a three film series - each scored by John Williams. It was the power of the cultural reference and we decided based on that that we would go for these pieces. In some cases maybe more powerful than they were when they first came into our understanding. They were enormously powerful when they premiered and now in some cases decades later still as powerful as they were then. and Star Wars, those are the movies that continue to resonate. Close Encounters of a Third Kind, Harry Potter and Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T. HERRING: The list is endless and of course when we began to do our homework we were surprised by the incredible offerings that John Williams brings forward. WLRN: How did you choose the music for the performance? Howard Herring, President and CEO of the New World Symphony, spoke to Luis Hernandez on Sundial about the significance of music in film and what audiences can expect this weekend.
The New World Symphony is paying tribute to Williams’ more than five-decade career in the industry as part of their 31st Anniversary Gala, "A Celebration of John Williams." Williams has served as music director for more than 100 films and is most known for his film scores for Jaws, Jurassic Park, E.T., Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Indiana Jones.
Legendary film score composer John Williams' music will be celebrated at the New World Symphony’s SoundScape Park on Saturday, and he will conduct the performance himself.
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