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Hemingway Jones said:Also, "Jazz Suite #2" by Shostakovich is a joy, a frollicing, slightly menacing piece of carnival music; basically the soundtrack to my life.
Dvorak's "New World Symphony" basically, where John Williams lifted whole pasages from for Star Wars and Jaws.
I could not agree more with you regards Shostakovich's Jazz suites. Absolutely indispensable.
John Williams also stole outright from Stravinsky. Check out the introduction to the 2nd part of Strav's Rite of Spring and compare it with 'The Dune Sea of Tatooine - Jawa Sandcrawler' from the Star Wars soundtrack.
Some people here may also be interested in Stravinsky's Ebony Concerto that he first recorded with Benny Goodman.