Why do the theme songs for Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Superman, and Magnificent 7 sound similar?
The main reason for the first three you mention is because they were all written by the “Master” of the soundtrack … John Williams. The Mag 7 soundtrack was not written by him and while there are a few similarities to the other three they are not as striking as the 3 that Williams did write. My, my … it would appear that “mystmoonstuck” got up on the wrong side of the bed today because that’s a VERY rude answer. As a musician myself (I can play all the brass instruments with Trumpet as my main instrument) I can here the differences as you can but if you can’t see how they sound similar is spots and how the “average joe” would hear it that way … man, what an arrogant answer you gave. I will say that the soundtrack for The Magnificent 7 doesn’t actually sound very close to the other three but the other three have places in them that you could substitute for each other almost note for note. Yes, I have played all from the lead chair and I have seen the sheet music for them … those
