Editing Schindler's List (section)

===Music===
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John Williams, who frequently collaborates with Spielberg, composed the score for ''Schindler's List''. The composer was amazed by the film, and felt it would be too challenging. He said to Spielberg, "You need a better composer than I am for this film." Spielberg responded, "I know. But they're all dead!"{{sfn|Gangel|2005}} [[Itzhak Perlman]] performs the theme on the violin.{{sfn|Freer|2001|p=220}}

In the scene where the ghetto is being liquidated by the Nazis, the folk song ''[[Oyfn Pripetshik]]'' ({{langx|yi|אויפֿן פּריפּעטשיק}}, 'On the Cooking Stove') is sung by a children's choir. The song was often sung by Spielberg's grandmother, Becky, to her grandchildren.{{sfn|Rubin|2001|pp=73–74}} The [[clarinet]] solos heard in the film were recorded by [[Klezmer]] virtuoso [[Giora Feidman]].{{sfn|Medien|2011}} Williams won an [[Academy Award for Best Original Score]] for ''Schindler's List'', his fifth win.{{sfn|66th Academy Awards|1994}} Selections from the score were released on a [[Schindler's List (soundtrack)|soundtrack album]].{{sfn|AllMusic listing}}