January 12, 2007
Conversations With John Williams
John Williams, Hollywood's premier composer, speaks in soft, sonorous phrases, like the music in the second half of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, a score he speaks about with special affection.
"There are certain things I like about all of my scores and others I wish could be better, but when I add it all up, I think about that very fondly."
Given Williams's amiability and his ability to bridge musical cultures, his attraction to Close Encounters — which depicts
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