”I have never been particularly fond of film music", says the renowned composer and means that it is mostly for nostalgic reasons that people attach themselves to film music.
This comes from the man behind unforgettable themes for everything from ”Jaws” and ”Jurassic Park” to ”Star Wars” and ”Schindler's List”. Despite five Oscar wins and 54 nominations, the most nominated living filmmaker in Oscar history, he himself downplays the importance of the genre.
He also dismisses the idea that film music should have the same place in the concert hall as the classics. ”It is a mistake to compare it to the historical masters' works,” he says.
Tim Grieving, who wrote the actual biography, says that one should not take Williams too literally.
He obviously took film music as seriously as anyone else in history, he says to The Guardian.
