The longest melody/theme ever written by John Williams..?

[Sandor 918]

I think From Malice Toward None - the entire melody - lasts about one minute before it's completely resolved, and therefore might be the most long-lined theme Williams has ever written, at least for a film score.

[Romão 2,473]

Might not be the longest, but the main theme from Seven Years in Tibet has a pretty long line

[Uni 307]

My first thought was Schindler's List, though I don't think that stretches to a full minute.

- Uni

[BLUMENKOHL 1,110]

Are we measuring this via number of notes or duration?

[Hlao-roo 390]

"The Days Between" is a relatively long-lined melody.

[Romão 2,473]

Yes, good one.

A Dream Discarded also comes to mind

[indy4 160]

Victor's theme and Angela Ashe's theme also.

[KingPin 247]

Luke and Leia. But that's because I typically count the french horn solo as the first half of the melody and the woodwind part that comes after the second half of the melody, eventually leading to the bridge in the upper strings and then a repeat of the complete two-sectioned melody (cello section followed by full orchestra).

[Sandor 918]

Are we measuring this via number of notes or duration?

Yeah, notes could work, but given the nature of film music I think duration is a bit more fair.

Another really long-lined theme is the 'trumpet theme' from Born On The Fourth Of July, heard in its longest form during The Homecoming.

What a gorgeous melody BTW.

[publicist 4,650]

Not by JW, but still pretty damn long:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkqmW4_2TT8

As for JW, this might qualify, too:

[Sandor 918]

Good one publicist. The love theme from The Patriot is indeed one of Williams' most long-lined melodies. The complete theme runs 1.20 minutes, so it might actually be the longest...

[Hlao-roo 390]

The love theme from The Paper Chase is somewhat long-lined as well.

[crocodile 9,724]

Raider's March is quite long.

Karol

[gkgyver 1,647]

I think he means the length of the theme before it starts to repeat itself.

[crocodile 9,724]

Yes, I know. Raiders is a very long melody if you include both sections of it. In the concert it takes about a minute long before it comes back to the first phrase.

Karol