Theme from Schindler's List is a film music from the movie, Schindler's List. Schindler's List was directed by Steven Spielberg. The movie was released in 1993. It was awarded the Best Picture Oscars in 1993.
Schindler's List is mostly black and white movie depicting the Holocaust. The movie is based on the novel with the same title by Thomas Keneally. In the movie, the main character Oskar Schindler was a German businessman who helped saved many Polish-Jewish from execution by allowing them to work in his factory during the Holocaust.
Theme from Schindler's List is composed by John Williams. The music is actually an "icon" to the movie as most will remember the movie due to the theme played.
Theme from Schindler's List (Movie Version)
Theme from Schindler's List (Score Version)
Overall Music
Personally, I feel that the music is rather haunting. But, it is somewhat beautiful, yet filled with sadness and anguish. Though it is a wordless music, the music somehow tugs the heartstrings of the listener and the viewer of the movie. (If I recall correctly, this work is played again at the end when the survivors were placing stones/rocks on Oskar Schindler's grave. Thus, it does triggers the emotion of one.)
Perhaps, the music was a way to illustrate the emotions of Schindler for he wanted to save more but was unable to do so. Or it is depicting the sadness of those lives that were lost during the Holocaust.
Form
I divided the piece into 3 sections.
A-B-A1
Perhaps, because it is a theme, the music seems rather similar from beginning to end with only a different section in the middle (B). The music stayed in the same key (G Minor) throughout. A1 consists of 2 extended bars. Thus, the form of the music would be of a Extended Binary Form.
Score Analysis
*Harmonic and phrase structure analysis within score.
Hypermeasure
For Section A, the regularity of the measure seems to be 2+4+4. I would say that for Section B there seems to be a regularity of 4 bars for the harmonic rhythm. As for the final section (A1) it seems to be of 2+4+4+2.
