John Williams scoring "Saving Private Ryan"

John Williams scoring "Saving Private Ryan". Interview, recording session.

[@ChrisStuckmann]

John Williams is one man working in movies who undoubtedly has never disappointed.

[@marcothommen2484]

He deserves to be Knighted

[@markyochoa]

Wowa... I’m in the presence of royalty

[@jessemoog5310]

@@marcothommen2484 if he were british he probably would have been already

[@markyochoa]

omg I'm here again.

[@markyochoa]

Must be a yearly tradition

[@TreborJanessIII]

John Williams is definitely THE master of capturing emotion.

[@AhndreaSprattling]

I love John Williams and he should get a medal of freedom for making beautiful film scores

[@cyberprutser]

This particular score helped me enormously to endure my mother's dead and fulfill her last wish: honouring the brave men who died on Omahabeach by laying flowers at the Colleville sur Mer American War Cemetery in Normandy, France and visiting that place since then every year with 50 college students. Mum was born on october 23rd, 1943 and liberated by US forces on september 17th 1944. She died in may 2001. The Netherlands will be eternally gratefull. Thank you USA!

[@pjkorab]

And the Hymn To The Fallen really is the way Williams says. The movie ends and yet you sit, motionless and stare at the credits just because of this music... Amazing..

[@jamesc.7990]

Excellent commentary by the maestro. I appreciated it.

[@jahty]

In a hundred years John Williams will be remembered along side names like Mozart and Beethoven.

[@ronaldreagan3182]

He’s already earned his eternal place at the very heights of his field

[@davidryle1164]

He already is.

[@tailhookmd2546]

He is our Mozart and Beethoven! The 100 years is now!!!!

[@steveblanco7494]

The two most emotional films of our time Pte Ryan and Schindler's list both screen and scores .The masterpieces of Spielberg and Williams .

[@theknighttemplar8177]

One of the greatest movies i ever watched ❤️🥺

[@RobindeValkNL]

I also loved his score for The deer hunter. Amazingly touching. Enormous gifted man.

[@razzledazzle2006]

Some of the most empathetic, compelling, and passionate contemporary music I have ever heard. Add Spielberg's images to the music, and I am willingly entranced.

[@CL1996216]

John Williams is the best film composer all over the world. There is no "one of".

[@michaelfan86]

Lang Chen there are many beautiful and best composers all over the world, so yes he is one of the best..

[@ChristianSchonbergerMusic]

Absolutely. I heard many times this phrase from musicians who know: ask any class of film scoring students: "Who is your favorite film music composer?" You will most likely hear in unisson: "John Williams!". I would say the same in the blink of an eye. There are and were and will be many other fantastic film composers, some naysaywers even accuse J. W. of almost bordering on muzak, but J. W. seems to be THE composer who really reaches deep into feelings we didn't even know we could have.

[@MagnusAnand]

this is a master piece really

[@nexiva]

great interview, thx!

[@Lawd_Kolya]

He's already there in my eyes!

[@Markisagoodboy]

I salute the poster! Time to get the DVD out.

[@TurtleOnFire]

Such a modest genius.

[@ViktorJW]

I've been told a few weeks ago that a real genius is someone original and a model. Actually, only an artist can be a genius (Einstein was not : someone else could have discovered what he discovered because it's all science xD ). It sounds strange or too vague but I'm glad to believe it ;-). And John Williams is a genius of course ! That's indisputable. His music touches us in the deepest part of our heart. We can't explain it but we feel... well, extatic when it does. ^^ Thank you Mr Williams !

[@xXNickPXx]

Personal tastes aside, I think if one could be objective with music, John Williams is the better composer without a doubt. Knowing Zimmer's candor about his own work, I'm willing to be he would agree.

[@PEDROVGO]

Impresionante banda sonora del maestro, probablemente una de sus mejores. A pesar de pasar desapercibida, el Hym to the Fallen es una de las mejores piezas compuestas para el cine.

[@zoltan902]

4:16 to 4:35. Boy I don't know what I wouldn't have paid to benn been there in person. The climax of 'Hymn to the Fallen' is some of the most powerfully beautiful music I have ever heard.

[@coolwainy]

jamieariss I completely agree, Williams is far more talented than any of these Xfactor and Britain's Got Talent contestants yet they seem to be far more glorified. People have forgotten what real talent is, and it's not exactly helped by an oblivious media.

[@ancestron]

yeah, Good call on not putting music over the most visceral battle scenes, makes the points of the film with music hit even harder.

[@NickRossi]

absolutely jahty!

[@johnjohanspear]

6.12 minutes of goosebumps.

[@josephodriscoll]

disc 2 of the special edition dvd

[@MrSpotlight101]

1. John Williams 2. Enino Morricone 3. John Barry 4. Bernard Hermann 5. Alfred Newman 6. Jerry Goldsmith 7. Hans Zimmer 8. Thomas Newman 9. Alan Menken 10. Howard Shore 11. Danny Elfman 12. James Newton Howard 13. Alan Silvestri

[@guileniam]

1. Herrman, even JW here agreed. 2. John williams, The master 3. Miklos rosza, no one in film history has managed to get even close roszas epic scores. Just youtube "quo vadis prelude" for example.

[@jandreidrn]

Dizzy Blu Miklos Rozsa's student, Jerry Goldsmith. Just google"The Blue Max - The Attack", or "The Wind and The Lion - Main Title".

[@ConstantineJoseph]

Miklos Rosza is a true genious

[@paule123ify]

The voice of god is speaking

[@RedisForFire]

Derivative? You do realize of course that John Williams career far pre-dates Zimmers. Further, Williams composed his greatest scores before Hans was even on the radar, Star Wars and Jaws were in the mid to late 70s. Zimmer didn't come to real attention until the early 90s.

[@KayWildcat]

@AroundSun John Williams is definately among the best.....James Horner isn't even close

[@ethositachi]

@xXSparky117Xx "Einstein was a brilliant philosopher, by the way." Care to list his works?

[@wimmzey]

Here's the TRUE list based on real ENDURING talent, NOT popularity, Salieri was MORE popular than MOZART in his time!

[@BrawnyBuddha]

All I can say is Bryan Cranston.

[@bromixsr]

John Williams could score some retarted hillbilly reality show and it would end up being epic, he could do the soundtrack for Cheese:The Movie and it would get an Oscar nomination, the man could conduct the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in the collected symphonies of the of the Teletubbies and it would be a big hit. God save the King of music scores...John Williams!!

[@frepi]

Where is Ennio Morricone?

[@Letissiaskatetapes24]

James Horner for 3rd.

[@ViktorJW]

@xXSparky117Xx I didn't want to be anti-science, you know ;-) (even though I don't like it so much). I do respect Einstein, but it depends on your view of a "genius". What's a genius ? By saying that he's not one, I'm not despising him. Actually, I've to admit it... I used my philosophy lesson. xD Don't laugh don't laugh ! ;-) It's up to you to believe it or not. I do. ^^

[@groovygrandmaprod]

This movie is brilliant, the directing, the score, alot of it is amazing, except vin diesels performance i would have never out him in the movie. he sux.

[@adamiam01]

stop the non english text. we read english here in the united states. show english text. always show english text. we speak and read english here in the united states of amerca. you know what i mean. don[t pretend like youre hi and mighty. there are plenty of goof balls out there to respond. It dosent matter if you like clinton or trump. what matters is what we do now. what do we do?

If you know english, WHY DO YOU NEED TEXT ON ENGLISH????? PUM!

[@joshqim3110]

Jesus Christ, what a first world problem. Be happy this video even exists

[@SoundtrackFred]

my friends, hans zimmer is nothing...you call him a composer? is a composer paying money to musicians to compose music for himself? sorry! hans zimmer is a music PRODUCER no COMPOSER...and please, who not can make music with expensive music programs? everybody! the art of williams work, writing down notes for the whole orchestra by hand is incredible! THAT is music THAT is composing....not this factory music of zimmer!

[@TurtleOnFire]

This man is a legend. The music he created is sublime.

[@JohnWesleyDowney]

Not only the greatest film composer of them all, but I notice in all of his interviews he is a class act and a true gentleman. It's nice to see a nice guy experience so much success and acclaim.

[@Ocelot2000]

Any time I hear this man's music I want to cry..... There's something about the way he writes!

[@raer_o]

I could watch this over and over

[@monstermunch4956]

Me too, love this guy

[@alexanderdelacruz9249]

Rebecca Oliverio yes indeed,although some parts was painful to watch. I cried on some parts .

[@marcothommen2484]

Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, John Williams..... questions?

[@Radioswim]

Hanz Zimmer is a bit overrated in my opinion. None of the scores he's made ever felt that 'important' to me. He's pretty good, but not 2nd place, at all.

[@dannyhmmcup]

Id say James Horner was second. But John Williams stands alone.

[@superfast30]

One of the greatest scores of all time!

[@matthiasmoylan4815]

The man ! An incredible person

[@PeterTheGr3at]

Greatest filmcomposer of all time. Period.

[@hanscombe72]

November 1998. I was in a packed theatre on a warm Sydney night. Word had gotten out about how graphic the film was so there was a sort of nervousness in the theatre. The opening of the film with The elder Ryan in the cemetery and on the Higgins boats riding into Omaha beach doesn’t hit you right away. But when the ramps go down and the first rounds hit the rangers I was shocked at the sound the bullets made. The whizz and smack of the bullets hitting the bodies was nothing like I had heard before. Unforgettable!

[@nielslauridsen2323]

Favorite Film Composers 1 - John Williams 2 - Hans Zimmer 3 - Howard Shore 4 - Alan Silvestri 5 - Michael Giacchino 6 - Jerry Goldsmith 7 - Danny Elfman 8 - Ennio Morricone 9 - James Horner 10 - Brian Tyler (Brian Tyler is one of the most innovative composers of all time, so he get's the 10th place.. Considering the many great composers who could have made my top ten list, James Newton Howard, Bernard Herrmann, Thomas Newman, Michael Kamen, Nino Rota, Henry Mancini, John Powell, etc. etc.)

[@russellh6152]

Niels Lauridsen Great list

[@tailhookmd2546]

Shocked that James Horner is 9th on your list… he’s top 5 on mine… where is Bill Conti?

[@nielslauridsen2323]

@@tailhookmd2546 Oh wow, that was my list 12 years ago. I was young at that time, and a lot has changed since then. Number one remains unchanged, however. Revision list: 1. John Williams 2. Hans Zimmer 3. Ennio Morricone 4. Jerry Goldsmith 5. Howard Shore 6. James Horner 7. Thomas Newman 8. Alan Silvestri 9. James Newton Howard 10. Michael Giacchino - unsorted: John Barry, Danny Elfman, Michael Kamen, Randy Newman, Max Steiner, Bruce Broughton, John Carpenter, Alan Menken, Bill Conti, Henry Mancini, Elmer Bernstein, Bernard Herrmann, Vangelis, David Arnold, Erich Wolgang Korngold, Basil Poledouris, Nino Rota, Maurice Jarre, Miklós Rósza, Daniel Pemberton, John Powell, Lalo Schifrin, Elliot Goldenthal, and many more…

[@edgoodsiroquois8390]

Thank you John Williams for bringing to the world of cinema the most intense and sweet feeling that can ever be developed for this great medium... Your music shakes our souls in honor and respect to those great men who fell in Omaha and on other fronts ... sadly this feeling of respect for the work of these men for peace, is again overshadowed by the ambition of the descendants of the promoters of slaughterhouses of men and women, these beings who without remorse, still do not feel what they you deliver through music; that little remnant of humble humanity that we still have as "civilization"... Thank you for drawing the notes of my childhood and recording in my memories every work in which your music moved every fiber of my being... thank you John, My family and I give you our deepest thanks.

[@boatingnyc123]

Ennio Morricone is one of the greatest film composers of all time. In fact some of his composing is better then some of the films he composed for (not including cinema paradiso of course) . His body of work is truly remarkable unlike a lot of composers today that just piece unrelated thematic sections together in protools software. Most of the masters, Williams , Mancini ..etc. we're classic Pencil and paper composers as technology doesn't help writing the overall composition that includes depth and meaning. That's something you build up by playing, listening and writing.. And sometimes rewriting.

[@airbender4040]

I was Born in 1977 so This Man is a theatrical part of my youth……teenage years…..and Adult life. His music is Genius!!! Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s list, Saving Private Ryan just to name a few….Pure emotional musical Genius

[@helpstopanimalabuse8153]

I have been a member of several Symphony orchestras (Boston Symphony etc) that have recorded the soundtracks of several films that John Williams have composed & conducted in the recording process, (Saving Private Ryan,Pearl Harbour. Attack of the clones etc) . I have been a professional musician for almost 30 years & have never came across a better composer & conductor. John is a musical Genius & his scores are brilliant & emotionally moving. He is a musical genius & I have the upmost respect

[@SoundtrackFred]

hey guys! i would NEVER try to compare williams and the others. williams is the ONLY of them who can write only with pencil and paper and that for each instrument of the orchestra etc.. he works like the great composers of the past and he still IS one of them (did you know he has written 2 whole symphonies ???). to compare williams with others, like zimmer, the electro fool who let others write his music, is a shame! only wanted to say that. long live maestro williams! :-)

[@jimhults2490]

I love john williams very much.

[@xDudeHimSelfx]

Same here! One of the best composers of all time!

[@ViktorJW]

@walecs2 Yes ! Yes ! This is exactly what I wanted to say at the beginning when I said that Einstein was probably not a genius... I didn't want to be offensive towards science. But the thing is that "Hymn of the fallen" could not have been written without John Williams

[@alexanderdelacruz9249]

Yes,John Williams no 1. No contest there. As for hans zimmer.i wonder if he contracts ppl to arrange for him. Its 1 thing to come up w a great melody....u still have to arrange it. Steve Jobs said "great artists steal". Wonder if Zimmer is in this catagory? Id still give hans thumbs up for his great taste in sounds. He does seem to know how to make use if the computer to its full advantage.so that being said......all in all,he gets what the director wants.

[@savp199524]

Music is the art of theft, for the most part, current composers of classical romanticism such as John Williams are meant to continue the tradition along with adding his own elements Any one that claims he steals is just ignorant

[@jslasher1]

Zimmer does not compose the music attributed to him; he hires his 'minions' to do it for him. I do not believe that Zimmer has the capacity to 'steal', given that he can hardly read a music score. The computer is his best mate; nothing more, nothing less.

[@alexanderdelacruz9249]

jslasher1 the main thing is,its not writing music,its what you can do with it. And hans got an award to prove it.

[@praestant8]

Indeed. And certainly Williams was consistent with his individual style throughout his career.

[@MemoryDealer]

@walecs2 Your whole point is dull, mediocre, and pointless. Someone like Albert Einstein only comes along once in a lifetime, just as someone like John Williams. If you haven't taken the time to study what Einstein did to change our views on time, space, and gravity (one example: gravitational time dilation) then please don't go around putting him down like some average "scientist." And by the way, music and mathematics (some would consider science) have a very strong relationship.

[@MemoryDealer]

@ethositachi Do some research, it's clear you don't know much about him. For simple starters: rescomp(dot)stanford(dot)edu/~cheshire/EinsteinQuotes(dot)html (change all (dot)'s to periods)

[@typo1345]

The day Steven gets a different composer than John will be the day the sun collapses

[@MagicSoundsandMusic]

He did few times. Bridge of Spies, Player One...

[@typo1345]

@@MagicSoundsandMusic oh god oh shit oh fuck what have I done?!

[@davedirector7]

@dmiraie1 lol that is actually so true. Nowadays Zimmer relys on technology to get his scores pumping

[@composerdavidisaac]

Thank you for posting this. I am a big fan of Williams. Also, the video will help me practice my Spanish!

[@gregpruitt1647]

Hymn to the fallen moves me each and every time I hear it. It is an epic track which pays homage to men and women who's sacriface literally saved the world from a true evil.

[@krispy432]

Are you saying she's over 100? If so, that's incredible. There's no way she's a titanic survivor though, all the remaining ones are documented. I think there's no more than 2 left.

[@wimmzey]

1. John Williams 2. Jerry Goldsmith 3. Bernard Herrmann 4. Ennio Morricone John Barry 5. Miklos Rosza 6. Phillipe Sarde. 7. James Horner 8. Pino Donaggio. 9. Philip Glass 10.Laurence Rosenthal 11. David Shire 12. Trevor Jones 13. Elliot Goldenthal 14. John Corigliano 15. Henry Mancini 16. Alan Silvestri 17. Jerome Morose 18. Thomas Newman 19. Quincy Jones 20. Don Davis 21. James Newton Howard . . 98. Danny Elfman 99. Hans Zimmer 100. Michael Giacchino

[@ronthejazzcat]

He may be genius, but he borrows a bit too much from other composers for my taste. I'm not necessarily saying he is the Handel of his time, I just hear themes from time to time that are from various great composers from many years past. That being said, borrowing IS essential for music to evolve and build. Creativity is a collaborative process, and John Williams does a great job. I love the score!

[@BassistPaul]

Pure genius.

[@dylanlawless1]

I think more and more we have our first experiences from film and media. And in real life the love scene doesn't have those violins welling up and the traumatic accident doesn't have that beat pumping, just a strange silence which can be bizarre the first time it happens.

[@edithann1284]

Lincoln's letter to mother of dead

[@Islwyn37]

@jahty I soooo wish that were true... sadly, people don't seem to care enough about the music being written for movies such as Saving Private Ryan, Star Wars, and Indiana Jones. People are always asking me who John Williams is when I bring it up. :\

[@mariomguy]

John Williams is a music genius!

[@justkaizer4]

thats not what i meant, compare all you want but being objective ignores the more emotional pull that music has, which is often what leads us to prefer one musician over another, and they are both great composers

[@TromboneConductor767]

I don't think he's that good. He's quite derrivative of Hans Zimmer, who is derrivative of himself lol, but that's okay. I will agree that John Williams is amazing though. Him and Jerry Goldsmith are my favourites.

[@tromuniapp]

33 percent of us soldiers voluntarily enlisted durning ww2 and out of the 16 million servicemen who were in the military at the time 1 million were from the then most populated state of New York- my state

[@TromboneConductor767]

I don't believe I was talking about Williams. I know Williams is a genius. I think I was talking about Steve Jablonsky being derrivative of Hans Zimmer. I don't remember who said that though.

[@NewEquinoxProduction]

I'm so sad that I don't undestand all what he said,'cause I'm fro germany. But just his voice makes me calm. When I see him I think hes a good wizard in history. Like merlin.

[@DuckwalkSupreme]

Williams derivative of Hans Zimmer? What do you mean by this? Williams has been composing longer than Hans Zimmer has been alive.

[@KayWildcat]

I wouldn't put Hans Zimmer as second....he's incredible...but lately he has become no better than his Remote Control clones...

[@Dantallica1]

john williams is a COMPOSER. zimmer is a technician.

[@neilbhonsle4879]

John Williams is such an amazing composer, so articulate and humane too. ❤

[@stevielovesjazz]

This man is brilliant! Simply brilliant!

[@kittyburger000]

@AroundSun John Williams and Hans Zimmer are the best to this day. James Horner is.... well.... shit.

[@rfgust]

1 - John Williams 2 - 3 - Hans Zimmer 4 - Danny Elfman John Williams is so fucking awesome that the second place is empty, just to show how distant he is about the others composers

[@BelovedCaptain]

He's a legend. Enough said.

[@davedirector7]

Hans Zimmer? I'm sorry but that guy is second best. No way is he better then John WIlliams

[@destroyedtheozone]

Simply, he is my idol who helped me to pursue music for the rest of my life

[@DaneBryantFrazier]

Forgot to mention Howard Shore.

[@jahty]

@Islwyn37 Everyone becomes more famous after their death. Have a little faith.

[@HINDS5045]

To the 17,725 DRAFTEES Killed in the Vietnam War.

[@tolkien1997]

Second place should be Howard Shore, the Rings score is nearly unnmatched.

[@TheSpiritOfTheTimes]

Hauntingly beautiful.

[@justkaizer4]

I think is zimmer is more prolific, and to me better but each to his own.

[@davedirector7]

Jeez I get goosebumps every time I hear this part of the score

[@RogueRotting360]

@kittyburger000 Hans Zimmer's got nothing on Williams.

[@justkaizer4]

being objective is kind of missing the point of music is it not?