{"id":1806187,"date":"2023-01-15T08:36:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T13:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1806187"},"modified":"2023-01-15T08:44:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T13:44:15","slug":"john-williams-surprises-steven-spielberg-by-telling-him-hes-not-retiring-after-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-williams-surprises-steven-spielberg-by-telling-him-hes-not-retiring-after-all\/","title":{"rendered":"John Williams Surprises Steven Spielberg by Telling Him He\u2019s Not Retiring After All"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjohn-williams-surprises-steven-spielberg-by-telling-him-hes-not-retiring-after-all%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1806187&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/john-williams\/\" id=\"auto-tag_john-williams\" data-tag=\"john-williams\">John Williams<\/a> is retiring after he finishes the score for the forthcoming Indiana Jones movie \u2014 right? Well, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/steven-spielberg\/\" id=\"auto-tag_steven-spielberg\" data-tag=\"steven-spielberg\">Steven Spielberg<\/a> Certainly. Or <em>Think about it<\/em> so. During the 90-minute conversation that lasted between the film titans, he was corrected about this notion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m\">\nThe event was sponsored and organized by <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/american-cinematheque\/\" id=\"auto-tag_american-cinematheque\" data-tag=\"american-cinematheque\">American Cinematheque<\/a> Presented at the Writers Guild Theater. Moderator (and <em>Variety<\/em> Jon Burlingame (film music writer) addressed the elephant who was gingerly lingering around corners of the room. \u201cA final question for each of you. John, are you really retiring from films? Are this\u201d \u2014 \u201cThe Fabelmans,\u201d the last film to come up for discussion \u2014 \u201cand the Indiana Jones film to come your last work for the medium?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m\">\n\t\u201cWell, Steven is a lot of things,\u201d The composer replied. \u201cHe\u2019s a director, he\u2019s a producer, he\u2019s a studio head, he\u2019s a writer, he\u2019s a philanthropist, he\u2019s an educator. One thing he isn\u2019t is a man you can say no to.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m\">\n\t\u201cYou never told me that before today,\u201d Spielberg smiled, slightly, and was happy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m\">\n\tWilliams pointed out that Arnold Spielberg, the director\u2019s WWII-veteran father, died at 102, was still working at the Shoah Foundation when he was 99 and 100. \u201cThis is what he expects from me,\u201d Although the composer was not expecting it, it was evident that Spielberg had.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m\">\nContinued Williams \u201cI had a 90th birthday and I met a woman at my age up in Boston. She was a very nice lady, exactly the same age as I, and I said to her, the greatest decade in a man\u2019s life is 80 to 90, if you have your health, because if you get to 90, there\u2019s an enormous compensation. You see everything with such magnetic vision that you recognize the most beautiful thing in the world are Peruvian butterflies. There\u2019s nothing more beautiful than that. And so it\u2019s the greatest decade. And she said, \u2018No, the greatest decade in a person\u2019s life is 90 to 100. So I\u2019ll stick around for a while\u2026 But also, you can\u2019t retire from music. I said earlier, it\u2019s like breathing. It\u2019s your life. It\u2019s my life. And so a day without music is a mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m\">\nQuipped Spielberg in response: \u201cI gotta get working, to find out what the hell I\u2019m doing next.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m\">\n\tWhen Spielberg fielded the final question \u2014 how he would you sum up the 50 years the two have spent working together \u2014 the director said, \u201cIt\u2019s very hard to sum it up because we\u2019re still in it together, and so I feel when I start to think about summing it up, it\u2019s almost like we\u2019re both retiring at the same time. I just found out that he\u2019s not. So, obviously I this is a whole new wrinkle to the story, other pages, other chapters.\u201d Williams is the next stop \u201cI can\u2019t believe you said that tonight. This is extraordinary!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  size-large alignnone\">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   lrv-u-max-width-100p\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image\">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\">\n<p>\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/P011223A0052A.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/P011223A0052A-1-scaled.jpg 6720w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/P011223A0052A-1-scaled.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/P011223A0052A-1-scaled.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" height=\"683\" width=\"1024\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-font-size-12 lrv-u-font-family-secondary lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-text-align-left\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"lrv-u-color-grey u-font-family-basic\">Alex J. Berliner<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m\">\n\tUndoubtedly the hottest ticket in town Thursday \u2014 with dozens of optimistic standby hopefuls in line, hoping for seats to open up \u2014 the event has Burlingame picking about a dozen film clips from the 29 feature films made together by the director and composer who would most likely be picked by popular acclamation as the leaders in their fields who best kept the gold going after the golden age of Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m\">\n\tSpielberg said that he\u2019d sought to enlist Williams for \u201cThe Sugarland Express\u201d after developing an obsession with Williams\u2019 scores for two Mark Rydell films, \u201cThe Reivers,\u201d For which he \u201cwore out\u201d The soundtrack album is available here \u201cThe Cowboys,\u201d Despite not having an album at the time, some of them were still kept by the budding filmmaker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m\">\nIt&#8217;s a Beverly Hills fine-dining establishment. \u201cI said, \u2018I\u2019m looking for Mr. Spielberg,&#8217;\u201d Williams was recalled. \u201cWe got to the table and there was a kid sitting there, who should be about 17 or 18, truly. And I thought, maybe this is Mr. Spielberg\u2019s son. We sat down and began to chat a little bit. And one of the parts I remember, Steven \u2014 I think accurately \u2014 the headwaiter came over and offered Steven a wine list, because he was the host, and he picked it up like it was something out of Mars. He obviously hadn\u2019t seen a lot of wine lists in his 17 years of life. I spoke to him for a few minutes and immediately realized, first of all, this kid was extremely bright, and he seemed to know more about film music than I did\u2026 and was almost a scholar in his level of information about it\u2026  I looked at \u2018Sugarland Express\u2019 and it was so magnificently edited, particularly the action sequences, like nothing I\u2019d seen at that level for a long time, that I quickly agreed to join Mr. \u2013 I mean Master \u2014 Spielberg.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m\">\n\t(Williams used his presumably deliberately inaccurate rendering of Spielberg\u2019s age as a running joke during the conversation before the director finally said, \u201cI have to correct you. I was 24\u2026 It was the acne.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m\">\n\tAfter a bit of joint admiration for the Toots Thielemans\u00a0harmonica soloing that made up much of the \u201cSugarland\u201d score, more attention was paid to Spielberg\u2019s sophomore theatrical feature, \u201cJaws.\u201d \u201cSteven was interested in my score to \u2018Images\u2019 for Robert Altman\u2026 very unsuitable for a adventure film like this,\u201d The composer added to emphasize the obvious.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m\">\n\t\u201cI temped the entire movie with the score from \u2018Images,&#8217;\u201d Spielberg admitted. \u201cAnd that wasn\u2019t \u2018Jaws\u2019 when we did that. It was a different movie. And you saw the movie with the \u2018Images\u2019 score and you said, \u2018No, no, no, no. This isn\u2019t a Robert Altman picture. This is a pirate film.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m\">\n\tOf the movie\u2019s famous two-note theme, Williams said, \u201cI played it for Steven (on the piano) and he said something like, \u2018Are you serious?\u2019 And I said, \u2018Well, by the time we get the cellos in \u2026 I think it may work.\u2019 So he said, \u2018Let\u2019s try it.\u2019 And we, we tried it. He seemed happy.\u201d Spielberg acknowledged that he was truly taken aback by the experience. \u201cI was scared when he first played it for me on the piano because after you finished playing it on the piano the piano, you looked up at me and you were smiling, and I started laughing because I didn\u2019t know you that well. I thought you were pulling my leg. And John said, \u2018No, this is serious.\u2019 \u2026 I was very lucky, you know, because God knows the shark never worked, but Johnny did.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  size-large alignnone\">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   lrv-u-max-width-100p\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image\">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\">\n<p>\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/P011223A0092A.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/P011223A0092A-1-scaled.jpg 6720w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/P011223A0092A-1-scaled.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/P011223A0092A-1-scaled.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-font-size-12 lrv-u-font-family-secondary lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-text-align-left\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"lrv-u-font-size-14@desktop lrv-u-margin-t-050\">Steven Spielberg and John Williams attend as Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment present Spielberg\/Williams \u2013 50 Years of Music and Movies: A Conversation with Steven Spielberg and John Williams at the WGA Theater on Thursday, January 12, 2023 (photo: Alex J. Berliner\/ABImages)<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"lrv-u-color-grey u-font-family-basic\">Alex J. Berliner<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m\">\n\t\u201cJaws\u201d came up again in a comical moment that touched on Spielberg\u2019s own instrumental prowess, or lack of it. Burlingame asked, &#8220;Is it possible to make a movie with Spielberg?&#8221; \u201cthe two of you have never had a disagreement over a musical approach,\u201d both avowed that they\u2019d never found themselves in dispute in five decades of consistent work. \u201cI mean, what am I gonna do, sit down and write the music myself?\u201d Ask the director.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m\">\n\t\u201cI think you probably could,\u201d Williams replied, and added: \u201cDon\u2019t play the clarinet.\u201d Spielberg explained: \u201cI play clarinet in \u2018Jaws\u2019 because I play it so badly. There was a little high school band marching down the street. John said (to the studio band), \u2018Well, you know, we usually do things to sweeten it, but we need you to sour this.\u2019 We had a great first (clarinet player) and he sounded too good. And I said to him, \u2018You\u2019ve gotta make it worse.\u2019 So he handed the clarinet to Steven.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m\">\n\tSpielberg provided a definitive answer to whether he ever inhaled, via a part of the conversation that followed the showing of a less legendary piece of Williams\u2019 work, a brilliant jazz theme for the opening credits of \u201cCatch Me If You Can.\u201d Jazz is \u201csomething that we share in common,\u201d Spielberg said, \u201cbecause when I was in college at Long Beach State, I used to hang out at jazz clubs. I used to walk down to Hermosa Beach Lighthouse. I went to Shelly\u2019s Manne-Hole, (the nightclub of) Shelly Manne,  Shelly wound up performing on both \u2018Close Encounters\u2019 and \u2018Jaws\u2019 As a session player, I was a percussionist. Shelly was someone I knew for a long time. I think I smelled my first marijuana in jazz clubs \u2014 not on campus, in jazz clubs. That\u2019s where I got a real whiff of it for the first time \u2014 and probably a contact high, too, although I\u2019ve never smoked the stuff\u2026 It was really amazing because I actually got to watch Lionel Hampton, six feet away. Art Tatum was an elderly man that I saw. \u2026 Just a little bit after \u2018Duel,\u2019 I was directing a TV movie and I was directing Sandy Dennis, and I\u2019ve been to all these jazz clubs and suddenly in walked Gerry Mulligan to my set. I had no idea why he walked onto the set, because I didn\u2019t know he was married to Sandy Dennis. Jazz was a huge part of my childhood. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m\">\n\t\u201cAnd so John surprised me\u201d (on \u201cCatch Me If You Can\u201d). He said: \u2018Look, unlike what we usually do, you\u2019We&#8217;re not coming over to the office. I\u2019m not gonna try to play this on the piano because, quite frankly, it\u2019s impossible. Just show up at the session.\u2019 And I got to hear it for the first time, cold.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  size-large alignnone\">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   lrv-u-max-width-100p\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image\">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\">\n<p>\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/P011223A0665A.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/P011223A0665A-1-scaled.jpg 6720w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/P011223A0665A-1-scaled.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/P011223A0665A-1-scaled.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-font-size-12 lrv-u-font-family-secondary lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-text-align-left\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"lrv-u-color-grey u-font-family-basic\">Alex J. Berliner<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m\">\n\tSpielberg\u2019s most solemn films, \u201cSaving Private Ryan\u201d  \u201cSchindler\u2019s List,\u201d These were addressed by a clip of the closing scene of the first scene, which moved some of the audience even though it was removed from the main body of film. \u201cThe trumpet and the low strings \u2014 musically, it honors all of the veterans both today and yesterday,\u201d Spielberg. \u201cIt\u2019s such a great honor that the military is always asking if they could perform this score.This is one of the most requested scores throughout our entire United States military. The Marines, the Army, it\u2019s played all the time because it has the deepest reverence and respect for those who have laid their lives upon the altar of freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m\">\nThe present is the focus of talk \u201cFabelmans\u201d clip was shown in which Michelle Williams, playing a fictionalized version of Spielberg\u2019s mom, does an impromptu dance in front of her family (and her lover) on a camping trip at night. Although it\u2019s presumably silent in the real-life setting for the scene, Williams\u2019 score was intended to evoke \u201ca kind of music that can invoke or create a kind of dream state, where gravity is suspended and emotion is slowed down and we ruminate about our situation in the universe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m\">\nAdd the composer \u201cI knew both Steven\u2019s parents and admired them\u2026 I hope it is worthy of them, whatever I\u2019ve done in this.\u201d \u201cOh, it is,\u201d Spielberg&#8217;s answer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m\">\nFurther discussion \u201cThe Fabelmans,\u201d the filmmaker said, \u201cYou know, I\u2019ve spent my entire life leaving home to go make movies. It was the first time that I had the opportunity to return home to film. It is this reason that this film is so important to us and why we collaborated on it. Because I had never done anything that made me really feel that I was exposing something that, 10 years ago, I never would\u2019ve dreamed of talking about.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m\">\n\t\u201cMy mother encouraged me to tell the story. At (her) restaurant, the Milky Way, I\u2019d go in there and she\u2019d always say, \u2018Steve, throughout our entire lives, I\u2019ve given you a lot of good material. When are you gonna do something with it?\u2019 And Tony Kushner, who wrote this with me, was on the other side of me actually pushing me to take some of these memories and put them down on paper and then find a way to express this. But I think after my mom passed and after I lost my dad\u2026 what\u2019s today? January 12th? Today would\u2019ve been my mother\u2019s birthday.\u201d The audience cheered. \u201cYou know, she would\u2019ve loved that round of applause, because she was a performer.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  size-large alignnone\">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   lrv-u-max-width-100p\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image\">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\">\n<p>\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/P011223A0873.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/P011223A0873-1-scaled.jpg 6720w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/P011223A0873-1-scaled.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/P011223A0873-1-scaled.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" height=\"683\" width=\"1024\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-font-size-12 lrv-u-font-family-secondary lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-text-align-left\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"lrv-u-color-grey u-font-family-basic\">Alex J. Berliner<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m\">\nWilliams spoke about their shared heritage. \u201cWhy have Steven and I stayed together for 50 years? What held us together was the fact that I loved this man immediately, when he was a baby. But Steven grew up loving the great past of the film industry with the kind of psychology of: Can\u2019t we be as good as the people who came before us? He loved the old composers. He loved Korngold, he loves Franz Waxman and (Max) Steiner and all this kind of things. So in a certain sense, Steven\u2019s affection for film was not retrograde \u2014 quite the opposite of that \u2014 but he was listening back into the accomplishments of these people before, I\u2019m sure in a way that he does directorially also. Not that he is not a forward-moving force, but he\u2019s connected to a past. And I think one of the things I wanted to do with music is to write as well as Korngold \u2026 In a way, I was kind of looking in the same direction that Steven was always in our love for fulfillment and our desire to measure up to the shoulders we stood on. Something like that, I think, explains our mutual sympathy artistically.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Williams is retiring after he finishes the score for the forthcoming Indiana Jones movie \u2014 right? Well, Steven Spielberg Certainly. Or Think about it so. During the 90-minute conversation that lasted between the film titans, he was corrected about this notion. 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