Of Steven Spielberg and John Williams' 29 collaborations—including Jaws, Jurassic Park, and Indiana Jones—the director has one fave
Often, the “Original Score” category is a little too niche for the average moviegoer to be invested in, but some scores are so iconic that they seep deeply into the cultural consciousness. Everybody recognizes the theme from Jaws, or Indiana Jones, or Star Wars, or Harry Potter, or Jurassic Park—and those are just a small sampling of 54-time Oscar nominee John Williams’ body of work.
” Spielberg, unsurprisingly, had some say in the final result. The not-so-retired composer recalls that he wrote two themes for the Holocaust film, “the one that we know and another one which is called ‘Remembrances’—and we recorded both of them with Itzhak Perlman. ‘Remembrances’ was my preference, but I played both for Steven and he said, ‘No, no, no, it should be this one.’ I said, ‘Really? I like the other one better.’ He said, ‘No, there’s a spiritual aspect to this one.
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