好莱坞配乐大师：约翰•威廉姆斯(2/2)

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概述：约翰•威廉姆斯为多部知名电影配乐，代表作不计其数。这是他的成长历程。
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Williams
Steven Spielberg
George Lucas
Oliver Stone
Lukas Kendall
Film Score Monthly
Boston Pops
Lincoln
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答疑：淘淘啦Williams wrote his first film score in 1960 and hasn't looked back. Whether he is writing for Steven Spielberg or George Lucas or Oliver Stone, Williams says his process has always been the same. He writes music the old-fashioned way, with pencil and paper, and doesn't begin composing until he's actually seen a rough cut of the film.
''I, over the years, have always felt more comfortable if I could go into a projection room and look at the film and not really know what to expect. And if I have the luxury of going into the dark projection room and being surprised when the audience is surprised and being bored when they're bored, I think that gives me a sense of what my job is, where I can press the accelerate button if I need to, or support an emotion or don't.''
Lukas Kendall is founder and editor of Film Score Monthly.
''His themes sound inevitable. They sound like they fell out of his sleeves. They sound like they've always existed.
Williams says it takes two to three months, on average, to compose a film score, going back and forth from his studio to his screening room to make sure everything matches up properly.
At age 80, his energy seems boundless. He's laureate director of the Boston Pops. He is composing new classical works. And Steven Spielberg's Lincoln comes out in November.
''I'm happy to be busy. I'm happy to have a wonderful family and I think, also, especially for practicing musicians, age is not so much of a concern, because a lifetime is simply not long enough for the study of music anyway; you're never anywhere near finished.''1960年，威廉姆斯完成了他第一部电影配乐，但他并没有追忆过去。威廉姆斯说，不管他正为史蒂芬.斯皮尔伯格、乔治.卢卡斯，还是奥利弗.斯通谱曲，他的做事方法一直是相同的：他采用用铅笔和纸来谱曲的这种老派方法，并且直到已经看过初剪的电影才会开始为其谱曲。
“多 年来，走进电影放映室观看电影，并且不知道电影接下来讲些什么，会让我感到更舒适。如果我能享受走进黑暗的放映室，当观众吃惊的时候我也觉得纳闷，他们无 聊的时候我也觉得烦闷，我想这种乐趣会让我感觉到什么是我的工作，如果需要我能在什么地方按快进键，或者是否需要维持一种情绪。
《电影音乐月刊》创始人兼编辑，卢卡斯.肯德尔说：“他音乐的主旋律让人听起来觉得它们是注定的，是唾手可得的，仿佛是一直存在着的。威廉姆斯说，为一部电影配乐平均花2-3个月的时间。期间来回地往返去他的工作室和放映室之间，以确认每件事都完全相配。
80 岁的威廉姆斯似乎有无穷的活力。作为波士顿轻音乐团 的获奖导演，他正在创作新古典音乐作品，而史蒂芬.斯皮尔伯格的影片《林肯》将在11月份上映。“我乐意忙碌，乐于拥有一个美好的家庭。我想尤其是对正在 创作的音乐家而言，年龄不是一个大的顾虑。因为人的一生无论如何不足以长到完成对音乐的研究;你永远不会接近终点。”