John Williams

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q131285: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Empire of the Sun, which Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri credits them on.

Counted as writer. The films the hosts said they wrote, which the two lists below run through too: Stoner. Count them as composer (20 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Danny Elfman: 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · them, directly: John Williams ⇒ Danny Elfman (the host's read). Elfman's score for the theatrical cut of Justice League reuses his own Batman theme and Williams's Superman theme; the speaker can't tell if it's clever or fan service.
    “I'm going to use my Batman theme. I'm going to use the Williams Superman theme.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Marvel Nerdfest · 0:19:39 · unidentified host (0.30 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Music (26) everyone in music

Writing (1) everyone in writing

What was said about them, by kind

career (3)

  1. career (career): John Williams → Steven Spielberg. Williams is part of Spielberg's people, who apply what they know about assembling a movie and tip it darker for Empire of the Sun.
    “it really is Spielberg and his people, including John Williams, trying to take like what they know about how to put together a movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 0:30:20 · Bilge Ebiri (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): John Williams → Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Williams delivered a career-defining score every few months: Jaws, Close Encounters, Star Wars, Superman.
    “Jaws, close encounters, all the Star Wars, and then Superman”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 2:37:11 · Brian Michael Bendis (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Hans Zimmer → John Williams. Zimmer's F1 soundtrack is pictured as Zimmer closing in on John Williams as the top film composer.
    “Coming at John Williams now. Has John Williams in his sights?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘F1’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:44:26 · unclear (one of the hosts) (0.30 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): John Williams → Elliot Goldenthal. Williams should have won for Catch Me If You Can but lost to Goldenthal's Frida score.
    “he lost to Elliot Goldenfall, the great LA Goldenfall. For Frida”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 0:42:21 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (9)

  1. craft (score): John Williams → Empire of the Sun. Williams' score is his most classical, with a big motif that is a hymn he did not write.
    “One, the biggest motif in it is one that he did not write.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 0:30:04 · Bilge Ebiri (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): John Williams → A.I. Artificial Intelligence. The A.I. score is beautiful on its own but is not always well used in the film and overwhelms the ending.
    “And also, I would argue that the score isn't always that well used in the movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 0:41:41 · Bilge Ebiri (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): Raiders of the Lost Ark → John Williams. Williams' Raiders score is lighter and jauntier than expected, with ten perfect alternating themes, Marion's theme only the fifth most important.
    “I also think like John Williams score is so much lighter than you would think.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 2:35:58 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. craft (craft): John Williams → 1941. 1941's score is argued to be among Williams' very best.
    “you can argue 1941 is among his very, very best”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 2:38:44 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. craft (craft): John Williams → Heartbeeps. A speaker remembers John Williams' Heartbeeps score as good, though the exchange is garbled.
    “I remember the heartbeat score being good.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 2:38:59 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. craft (craft): The Lost World: Jurassic Park → John Williams. A host credits Williams for holding back his main Jurassic Park theme in the score until the end credits.
    “Williams, to his credit, does not use his theme until the credits.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · The Lost World: Jurassic Park · 0:52:24 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. craft (craft): JFK → John Williams. Williams wrote six pieces without seeing the film and Stone cut to them.
    “Oliver Stone cut the movie to the music that John Williams provided”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:19:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)
  8. craft (craft): Jaws → John Williams. Jaws on a big HD set is helped by the booming sound of John Williams's score.
    “And the sound that John Williams scored booming, you know?”
    The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:46:01 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  9. craft (craft): Danny Elfman → John Williams. Elfman's score for the theatrical cut of Justice League reuses his own Batman theme and Williams's Superman theme; the speaker can't tell if it's clever or fan service.
    “I'm going to use my Batman theme. I'm going to use the Williams Superman theme.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Marvel Nerdfest · 0:19:39 · unidentified host (0.30 sure it was them)

industry (2)

  1. industry (industry): John Williams → Schindler's List. Williams has not won an Oscar since 1993 (Schindler's List) because the Academy keeps treating his work as another good job.
    “And it's like, he hasn't won an Oscar since 1993.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 0:14:24 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): John Williams → The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Williams, nominated for A.I. and Harry Potter in 2001, was never going to win because Lord of the Rings won best score.
    “He probably was never going to win in 2001 because Lord of the Rings wins.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 0:41:16 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (people): John Williams → Brian De Palma. John Williams scores led Bendis to other filmmakers like De Palma.
    “John Williams works with him, then he must be equal to Spielberg.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 2:37:59 · Brian Michael Bendis (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker → John Williams. Rise of Skywalker earned John Williams his 52nd nomination.
    “John Williams, who we talked about on our last podcast earned his 52nd nomination”
    The Big Picture · The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations | The Oscars Show · 0:13:20 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): John Williams → Harry Dean Stanton. A movie with John Williams cannot be entirely bad, like the Ebert rule about certain character actors.
    “there is no entirely bad movie with a John Williams score.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 2:38:28 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

what-if (1)

  1. what-if (Oscar what-if): John Williams → Home Alone. Williams should have won for Home Alone over Dances with Wolves.
    “I think he should have won for Home Alone over Dances with Wolves.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri · 0:38:53 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

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