Tuesday, December 21, 2004

Ever hum the first 10 notes....

... of Darth Vader's theme? Or hear the "Jaws" theme in you head whenever your swimming? I just watched The Kennedy Center Honors and they were honoring my all-time favorite movie composer - John Williams. Talk about an awesome career.

Let's take a quick peek -
Indiana Jones 4 (2006)
Sub-Mariner (2006)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2005)
Jurassic Park IV (2006)
Vengeance (2006)
Superman Returns (2006)
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
War of the Worlds (2005)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
The Terminal (2004)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Minority Report (2002)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)
The Patriot (2000)
Angela's Ashes (1999)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Stepmom (1998)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Amistad (1997)
Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Sleepers (1996)
Schindler's List (1993)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Far and Away (1992)
JFK (1991)
Hook (1991)
Home Alone (1990)
Presumed Innocent (1990)
Always (1989)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
The Accidental Tourist (1988)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
SpaceCamp (1986)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
1941 (1979)
Dracula (1979)
Superman (1978)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Star Wars (1977)
Midway (1976)
Jaws (1975)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Earthquake (1974)
The Sugarland Express (1974)
The Paper Chase (1973)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

Now how many of these movies have you seen and NOT realized who wrote the music? The man's a genius - and as Steven Speilberg said - he's a national treasure.

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