tenor10 Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Does anyone else find it funny that in Beethoven's 5th, mvmt. IV you hear a very John Williams ET theme. Dear lord... :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grainger Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinjessome Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 :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: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onearmedbandit Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 well I'm glad he did :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Gently Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenor10 Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 Yea I realize that now, but lets get real. Have we heard the new Star Wars scores it full of Beethoven and Dvorak!!! ARG! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oboeducky Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 John williams is one of the world's greatest borrowers, after PDQ bach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JairCrawford Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 I have yet to hear any Beethoven in the Star Wars scores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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