Movie: any music people around?

[Kristin]

Cassie,

JW does do themes for specific characters as well as places to help 
set the mood of the scene and the movie in general. Examples from the 
Star Wars Saga include The Imperial March aka Darth Vader's Theme, 
Han Solo and The Princess, The Forest Battle, Yoda and The Force, 
Duel of the Fates (which is one of my favorites next to Darth's 
theme). He has also done soundtracks for E.T., all the Indiana Jones 
movies, Schindler's List, Jurassic Park and Empire of the Sun just to 
name a few. He has been the conductor of The Boston Pops as well as 
works with the London Symphony (who he uses to record the 
soundtracks).

You might ask him how he writes a theme for a character(s)? How does 
he decide what mood to set for a specific scene, place, or for the 
movie as a whole? One of the links below said he read the book first, 
contrary to usual practice, before scoring The Sorcerer's Stone. You 
could ask why he decided to do that?


Here's a few links that give some background info on him and his 
music.
http://www.johnwilliams.org/
http://www.filmtracks.com/composers/williams.shtml
http://www.starwars.com/bio/johnwilliams.html

Hope this helps a bit. 

Cheers, 
Kristin