Quote: "No one in our history has even been able to come close to the innovativeness and flow of his music. "
I would suggest researching Igor Stravinsky... I might beg to differ.
Also if you did indeed mean in our history as by in the time weve been alive, then a bit before that is Maurice Ravel who was from what it sounds like, all of John's inspiration.
Ravel was the first to do what john's music does and I wouldn't exactly call it a knockoff but it is definately Ravel esque, what he does.
Try listening to Ravels "The Planets" and see what I mean.
to add on to this, the "so called great composers" might not sound all that different to you, but what you obviously don't realize is that they pioneered that sound, and then everyone else jumped on board.
Its alot harder to code an OS if theres no example of one already around.
Mozart and Bach both had music that sounded great but that wasnt all, it was the undertones and feeling the music gave people. The pure genius of some of the bass and treble lines flowing in and out of each other sometimes playing each others parts is what made the music artistically and intellectually great.
People think that all they were good for is that stupid melody of Beethovens 9th or Pacabels Cannen (sp) so wrong... You wouldnt be able to realise the true greatness unless you looked at the notes and score sheets they came up with and had a decent knowledge of the work they did.
to anyone with knowledge of that type of music John Williams is great, but nothing more than a new dog doing the old dogs tricks and making more money for it.
formerly KrazyJimmy
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