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MusicX #4: "MusicX At The Movies: The Musical Toolkit of John Williams

Heroic melodies, foreboding underscore, and classic love themes: How John Williams used music to tell a story.

How did opera influence Hollywood blockbusters? What does “Tonight” from West Side Story have in common with the love theme from Superman? How does one pronounce ‘leitmotif,’ anyway?

We celebrated Star Wars Day today by analyzing the musical style of legendary film composer, John Williams — complete with a improvised movie score to end the day — all in MusicX lecture #4.

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