好莱坞配乐大师：约翰·威廉姆斯(1/2)

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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。
Hints：
John Williams
the Juilliard School
the Air Force Band
John Browning
Van Cliburn
Los Angeles
Henry Mancini
Peter Gunn
Universal Studios
校对：MilanISIS
翻译&注解：石佳丽
组长：cherryxyr
答疑：viyarFor over 50 years the music of John Williams has taken us to galaxies far, far away, on adventures around the world.
His scores made us feel giddy with joy and occasionally scared us to death.
John Williams might be the most recognized contemporary composer in the world but he says writing music wasn't his focus when he was young.
"My primary focus was always on piano performance. I had no idea that I'd ever compose music."
Williams grew up in a musical household. His father was a professional jazz percussionist and he was such a serious pianist that he studied with a famed teacher at the Juilliard School after a stint in the Air Force Band.
"I did hear players like John Browning and Van Cliburn around the place then I thought to myself, if that's the competition I think I better be a composer."
Williams moved to Los Angeles where he played piano on movie and television soundtracks.
Here he's playing Henry Mancini's famous theme for Peter Gunn.
He got jobs arranging music and then composing it. For seven years, Williams worked at Universal Studios, writing TV scores.
"We had 12 shows a week at Universal that had to be recorded, which meant there were 12 three-hour sessions with orchestra of some kind on the stage every week, three sessions a day, usually. So I filled one or two of those as a composer and conducted on my own work, also."50多年来，约翰•威廉姆斯的音乐带我们遨游遥远的星系，冒险的足迹遍及世界各地。①
他的配乐令我们眼花缭乱、喜不自胜，有时候也把我们吓得要死。
约翰•威廉姆斯或许是世界上最知名的当代作曲家，但他却说，年轻时，作曲并非他的兴趣所在。
“我的首要兴趣一直是演奏钢琴。根本没想过我有一天会去谱曲。”
威廉姆斯生长在一个富有音乐气息的家庭。他父亲是职业的爵士乐打击乐手，而他则一心想成为钢琴演奏家。在空军乐队服役结束后，他到茱莉亚音乐学院师从著名的钢琴老师。
“我在那儿听到像约翰•勃朗宁和范•克莱本这些演奏家的演奏，然后我想，如果做钢琴演奏家要和那些人竞争的话，那我最好还是去做个作曲家吧。”
威廉姆斯搬到洛杉矶，在那里，他为电影和电视原声带演奏钢琴。
这是他在演奏亨利•曼西尼的《顽皮豹》主旋律。
他找到一份编排音乐兼谱曲的工作。整整7年，威廉姆斯在环球影城编写电视配乐。
“环球影城一周有12场演出需要录制。这意味着每周有12场长达3小时的演出要和乐队在舞台上一起完成，通常是一天3场。所以，我承担其中一两场的作曲，并做自己作品的指挥。”
①“遨游遥远的星系”，此处指《星球大战》，《星战前传》
“冒险的足迹”此处指《汤姆•索亚历险记》《哈利•波特》《小鬼当家》《E.T》等影片