what are some composers with a musical relation to john williams?

Question

i absolutely adore his music and to discover more composers like him would be wonderful, thank you for the help!

Answer 1

a lot of modern film composers "borrow" from lesser known classical works. Williams has also done this. His more martial music ( Star Wars, etc.) can be traced back to the movie scores of Max Steiner and Erich Wolfgang Kkorngold
of the 20s and 30s.

Answer 2

Listen to the fourth movement of Dvorak's "New World Symphony". The beginning of it sounds just like the Jaws theme, and some people even speculate that Williams lifted it.

Basically, listen to classical music and see what you like. There are a lot of different composers who compose in a lot of different styles. You can actually go to you tube and see a lot of classical concerts now for free. Listen to different classical composers (both from the old days and from modern day movies) and see what you enjoy, and hopefully it will open up a whole new world of interest for you.

Answer 3

Hans Zimmer, Klaus Bedelt, Danny Elfman, James Horner are all film compsers who incorporate a lot of John Williams type styles. I like them all and am a huge John Williams fan. Look up any films done by these guys, you're bound to like at least some of them . e.g.
Edward Scissorhands - Danny Elfman
Braveheart - James Horner
Gladiator - Hans Zimmer
Star Trek (terrible movie but great music) - Jerry Goldsmith

Answer 4

Williams' "battle" or "action" cues often resemble Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, while some of his "cute"/"funny" cues (e.g, the droid music from Star Wars or the Norbert music from Harry Potter) resemble Shostakovich (e.g., the opening of the finale of his Ninth Symphony). And some of Williams' themes (the Cowboys Overture, American Journey) resemble American composers such as Copland.

Answer 5

Listen to Mahler's 6th symphony and you will hear the storm trooper's march from "Star Wars". Listen to the 9th, and you can hear themes from "Superman". But John Williams has written music in a wide range of styles (listen to the music from "Schindler's List", for example). But for the adventure films, he used the styles of Wagner, Bruckner, Mahler, Holst, Stravinsky and others.

Answer 6

Listen to "The Planets" by Holst. Quite a lot of movie music of the action/battle variety is directly lifted from Holst's "Mars". You might also enjoy Tchaikovsky's 4th, 5th, and 6th symphonies - very melodic.

Answer 7

Try Richard Wagner. May I suggest a few. 'Liebestod' from "Tristan und Isolde". how bout the prelude from "Die Meistersinger" and last but not least "Ride of the Valkyrie" from "Die Walküre". also overture's to Tannhäuser and Der Fliegender Höllander (The flying Dutchman)