Steven Spielberg and John Williams on how music became an actor in Jaws and Close Encounters

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This clip has stuck with me as an illustration of how critical the music is to Jaws.

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That’s a brilliant illustration.

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It nails it. A classic example of a film needing to be picked up by the score would be The Magnificant Seven (1960). Even a couple of scenes of slow-riding cowboys got some of Elmer Bernstein’s upbeat, rousing music. Just to keep things moving, I guess!

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