Sound Of Cinema - 406. Spielberg And Williams

SOUND OF CINEMA - 406. SPIELBERG AND WILLIAMS (320kbs-m4a/134mb/58mins)
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 30th December 2023

Matthew Sweet celebrates 50 years of one of cinema's greatest collaborations - that of director Steven Spielberg and his composer of choice, John Williams.

With music from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Indiana Jones, Jaws, Schindler's List and Jurassic Park. Matthew gives us a close encounter with the music for Close Encounters Of The Third Kind as he analyses the scene of humanity's first contact with the alien mothership.

John Williams - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - Escape/Chase/Saying Goodbye [Geffen]
John Williams - Jaws (1975) - Main Title and First Victim [Decca]
John Williams - The Sugarland Express (1974) - Title Theme [Sony Classical]
John Williams - Indiana Jones: Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981) - Washington Ending/The Raider's March [Walt Disney]
John Williams - Empire Of The Sun (1987) - Jim's New Life [Warner]
John Williams - Hook (1991) - We Don't Wanna Grow Up [Sony Classical]
John Williams - Jurassic Park (1993) - Theme From Jurassic Park [Geffen]
John Williams - Schindler's List (1993) - Jewish Town (Krakow Ghetto, Winter '41) [Geffen]
John Williams - Saving Private Ryan (1998) - Revisiting Normandy [Geffen]
John Williams - A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) - The Mecha World [Warner]
John Williams - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - The Mothership [Arista]
John Williams - Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977) - Wild Signals [Arista]
John Williams - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - The Visitors/Bye/End Titles [Arista]
John Williams - Lincoln (2012) - The People's House [Sony Classical]
John Williams - The Fabelmans (2022( - The Fabelmans [Sony Classical]