> Who's denying the above statement??? There is only a very thin
> "line" between influence and shameless plagiarism. There have
> been countless discussions of whether it's influence or plagiarism about
> the following musical numbers from:

> 1. Holst's "the Planets" and John Williams "Star Wars"
> 2. The "Willow" theme music and Schumann's "3rd
> Symphony" (1st movement)

First of all, thank you very much for accepting my apology and started a very good argument. You have mentioned in above statement that Williams borrowed from Holst, if you have time just listen both STAR WARS and THE PLANETS back to back, you'll definitely notice that not cues are borrowed but orchestration style is somewhat similar. In fact, it is quite natural in Western music. You should understand one thing that by using of Brass, Trumpets and Trombones by many composers, it doesn't mean all composers borrow music from others' works. It is quite ridiculous. Then there will be only one option, stop composing music

Please mention any one track that was composed by Williams or Horner that was "completely" taken from any of romantic/classical composers. for instance, "Star Wars", please mention one movement from Holst's "The Planets" that was completely similar to any tracks of "Star Wars" soundtrack. Please try to understand me, i am not defending John Williams, i am just defending music. That's all. If you think i am die hard fan of Williams then that's your mistake. I am fan of soundtracks and classical music. I adore and enjoy whoever compose good music.

Still, i say 70% Originality and 30% influence. I am eagerly waiting for your feedback.

I hope this could be healthy beginning for us to have good argument about music.

Reply soon.