February 27, 200818 yr Does anyone else find it funny that in Beethoven's 5th, mvmt. IV you hear a very John Williams ET theme. Dear lord... :P
February 27, 200818 yr I was just listening to the 5th the last week for the first time in a while and I remember chuckling to myself that that theme in the 4th mvt. sounded rather Williams-like.
February 27, 200818 yr :O Are YOU suggesting that John Williams might *shudder* steal from classical masterworks and pawn them off as original music?! COME ON!! Next you'll try and tell us he 'borrowed' from Mahler or Strauss or Holst... :angry: :whistling:
February 27, 200818 yr Yes, Beethoven was obviously thinking of ET when he wrote it. The way you said it makes it sound like Beethoven borrowed from Williams, and not the other way around :P.
February 27, 200818 yr Author Yea I realize that now, but lets get real. Have we heard the new Star Wars scores it full of Beethoven and Dvorak!!! ARG!
March 18, 200818 yr There's also lots of Vaughan Williams, Britten, and Sibelius in Williams..... but that diminishes him in no way. That's like "OMG I see the influence of Vivaldi in this work of Bach", or "Beethoven's C minor piano concerto/piano sonata, A major string quartet, E flat septet / string trio, etc., show the influence of Moztsheart!!11 Call the police! Or the vice-kapellmeister!" Ahem...
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