Episode 42 - Family Plot - a podcast by Jeff Commings

What do you do after you've composed the most famous movie score of all time? In the months after working on "Jaws," John Williams had three film scores to tackle for films to be released in 1976. One of them was "Family Plot," Alfred Hitchcock's lighter take on kidnapping, murder and con games. "Murder can be fun," Hitchcock told Williams, which helped the Maestro compose a score heavy on harpsichord to fulfill Hitchcock's mandate. Join host Jeff Commings as he takes you through the backstory involving a meeting with Bernard Herrmann, and the two themes Williams wrote for one person. Perhaps this will give John Williams fans a better appreciation of the work he did between Jaws and Star Wars!

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