George Lucas on theRaiders of the Lost Arkscore…
Music is the magic dust of movies.
What Im trying to say is, you made my life so easy.
He said, Great, thats the most important part.
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Lets go have lunch, and we can write the story later.
They play it every time I walk on stage.
I was walking down a crowded street in New York a couple months ago.
There was a big fire truck stuck in traffic I passed in the opposite direction.
John, Im not complaining.
To play a character graced by Johns music is of course a real gift.
These are the sort of preposterous things that John Williams says at recordings sessions, recalled Abrams.
This 50-time Oscar nominee seems to have never read his own resume.
He uses terms of endearment all the time.
J.J. baby, dare we reference the force theme here?
Hes like the sweetest superhero of all time.
Angel, do you mind if I lift this skyscraper up with my pinky?
He would often conduct himself.
Its impossible to describe the thrill of hearing these cues for the first time.
What do you think, angel?
What I felt was that I was the luckiest man alive.
The Black Mamba was back, and The Imperial March put me into character.
Thats a villain ready for an epic battle.
Im a passionate believer that everybody needs a muse and John Williams is one of mine.
In 2009, I asked to meet with him.
Johns music achieved a level of perfection that I wanted to replicated on the basketball court.
