John Williams's Film Music: Jaws, Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and the Return of the Classical Hollywood Music Style

List of Illustrations

xiii Il­ lus­ tra­ tions fol­ low­ ing page 41 Por­ trait of John ­ Williams (ca. 1977) John ­ Williams on the re­ cord­ ing stage (ca. 1978) John ­ Williams at the piano (ca. 1978) and at work in his stu­ dio (ca. 1990) John ­ Williams on the re­ cord­ ing stage for Jaws (1975) and on the re­ cord­ ing stage for Star Wars: Epi­ sode I—The Phan­ tom Men­ ace (1999) John ­ Williams in con­ ver­ sa­ tion with Zubin Mehta, with Ste­ ven Spiel­ berg at his side (ca. 1978), and with Le­ o­ nard Bern­ stein on the stage at ­ Boston’s Sym­ phony Hall (Har­ vard Night, 1989) John ­ Williams with ­ George Lucas, ­ Grammy ­ Awards in 1999 Of­ fi­ cial Por­ trait of John ­ Williams (1997) John ­ Williams re­ hears­ ing the New York Phil­ har­ monic Or­ ches­ tra (2007) John ­ Williams con­ duct­ ing the New York Phil­ har­ monic Or­ ches­ tra to film in a “multi­ me­ dia con­ cert piece” (2007) John ­ Williams at the AFI Achieve­ ment Award Gala, 2005 Em­ i­ lio Au­ dis­ sino with Maes­ tro John ­ Williams, 2 June 2012 xiv • Illustrations Mu­ si­ cal Ex­ am­ ples Erich Wolf­ gang ­ Korngold’s “Main Title” from Kings Row com­ pared to John ­ Williams’s “Main Title” from Star Wars 76 Gus­ tav ­ Holst’s “Mars, the ­ Bringer of War” from The Plan­ ets com­ pared to John ­ Williams’s “Main Title” from Star Wars 76 John ­ Williams’s “The Shark Theme” (A) from Jaws 112 John ­ Williams’s “The Shark Theme” (B) from Jaws 115 John ­ Williams’s “Main Title” from Star Wars 155 John ­ Williams’s “In­ di­ ana ­ Jones’s A Theme” from Raid­ ers of the Lost Ark 156 John ­ Williams’s “In­ di­ ana ­ Jones’s B Theme” from Raid­ ers of the Lost Ark 158 John ­ Williams’s “Marion’s Theme” from Raiders of the Lost Ark 159 John ­ Williams’s “The Ark’s Motif” from Raid­ ers of the Lost Ark 160 John ­ Williams’s “The Wrath of God Motif” from Raid­ ers of the Lost Ark 180 ...