How John Williams uses repetition in his themes

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In this video I do an in depth motivic analysis of four classic John Williams themes to show just how much he repeats his melodic ideas. Motivic repetition is a central part of his composition method and it comes up consistently across his decades of brilliant film scores.

We'll look at themes from Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, and Schindler's List and go into note by note detail to see how he does it.

The number one thing my students to do not do enough is repeat their ideas! Repetition is one of those aspects of composing music that is so simple yet ironically so elusive to musicians learning how to compose.

Hopefully after seeing how ridiculously often Williams repeats his motives you will be more repetitive in your own writing as well!

🎻 Listen to the Schindler’s List theme here: https://youtu.be/057A1RdssoU

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0:00 Intro
1:05 Hedwig's Theme
4:52 Indiana Jones
7:24 Princess Leia's Theme
10:56 Schindler's List

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Ryan Leach is an award winning composer for Film, TV, and Video Games. He scored the Netflix original movie 'Candy Jar' starring Academy Award winning actress Helen Hunt, Christina Hendricks, Uzo Aduba, Sami Gayle and Jacob Latimore. His music has been heard on every major network and clients include Disney, The California Lottery, MTV, Lowe’s and Rainn Wilson’s SoulPancake.

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YouTube url:	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcYkxoCAJ3o&ab_channel=RyanLeach
Created:	26. 4. 2021 16:33:50

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How John Williams uses repetition in his themes