Is it true that the score of 'Silverado' is curiously similar to John Williams' 'Jurassic Park' score? I've never seen this film, but love John Williams' music and find it hard to believe he would he stuck for originality.
Although to be fair, he was composing 'Schindler's List' the same year.
john williams did not do the score to 'silverado', bruce broughton did. i never heared any similarity between 'jurassic park's score and 'silverado's. so i would say it's not true.
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All movie composers borrow from other composers. If you listen to Silverado, you can here a bit of Aaron Copeland among other classical composers. Horner borrows a lot from himself, as does John Williams, but all of them borrow themes, notes combinations, etc., from classical masters. Nothing wrong with that, unless of course you lift entire pieces and present them as your own. Many fine pieces from movies incorporate whole passages of masters like Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, etc., but it is not presented as the composer's work; rather it is presented as a part of a classical piece melded into a new composition and if you watch the credits, they almost always give credit to these long dead masters when they do.
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