The Road to Masada - Jerry Goldsmith

[@iceomistar4302]

Jerry Goldsmith has such a distinctive style but is so malleable, he and John Williams are my two favourite film composers.

[@shmuelgoldberg8105]

We agree.

[@andrewgrundy744]

Magnificent Jerry Goldsmith.This is a series I watched when it first came out and I loved it and it had this masterpiece of a score and this cue must be one of it’s highlights wow

[@carljohanrydberg357]

Masada was epic, and so was the soundtrack!

[@shmuelgoldberg8105]

Wonderful music. Jerry was a genius.

[@CaminoAir]

There's a similarity between Goldsmith's Roman march and the John Williams cue 'Slave Children's Crusade' from Temple of Doom. I'm not claiming it is a 'steal', or a copy, just that listening to one does remind you of the other.

[@jandreidrn]

Numinous20111 well Masada was released in 1981 and TOD was released in 1984.

[@rolandh4947]

Goldsmith piece of music is far better and has more complexity than Williams great March of Temple of the Doom ! Williams was a big friend of Goldsmith and he loved it so much...

[@iceomistar4302]

@@rolandh4947 I'm not a student of composition so pardon me but how is Goldsmith's more complex than John Williams' march in TOD?

[@robertcorbell1006]

Either way, both pieces play during the best part in each.

[@coltenlance6337]

Williams and Goldsmith were always influenced by each other. I do hear a similarity in the first five notes of each theme (they are also in a march style) but they quickly deviate into different ideas. Additionally, the theme that starts at 1:17 is the exact same as the secondary theme that Williams wrote for a film called The Cowboys in 1972. Both men are genuises. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYXCdYt-jrWsaqsm51s