Rachel Ehrenberg wrote:
>>John Williams gives plagiarism a whole new meaning.
Alan Lynn responds:
>So what? I agree, one can't listen to any of his scores without hearing
>bits of Stravinsky, Holst, Strauss, etc. coming to mind, but film music
>isn't always about originality. It's about making a sound that fits the
>film. .......
What about the Richard Addinsell's 'Warsaw' concerto? A Rachmaninov
minature. But that hasn't harmed it's popularity one bit.
Bob Draper
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