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How To Write Like John Williams! Secrets of Film Scoring Part 1

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In this episode of Everything Music, I will show you harmonic progressions that film composerJohn Williams commonly uses in his writing to create his epic soundscapes! This is the first in my film scoring spotlight episodes.

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