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John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer and conductor. In a career that has spanned seven decades, he has composed some of the most popular, recognizable, and critically acclaimed film scoresin cinema history. He has a distinct sound that mixes romanticism, impressionism and atonal music with complex orchestration. He is best known for his collaborations with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas and has received numerous accolades including 26 Grammy Awards, five Academy Awards, seven BAFTA Awards, three Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. With 54 Academy Award nominations, he is the second-most nominated person, after Walt Disney, and is the oldest Oscar nominee in any category, at 91 years old. Williams's early work as a film composer includes Valley of the Dolls (1967), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), Images and The Cowboys (both 1972), The Long Goodbye (1973) and The Towering Inferno (1974). He has collaborated with Spielberg since The Sugarland Express (1974), composing music for all but five of his feature films. He received five Academy Awards for Best Score for Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Jaws (1975), Star Wars (1977), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) and Schindler's List (1993). Other memorable collaborations with Spielberg include Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), the Indiana Jones franchise (1981–2023), Hook (1991), Jurassic Park (1993), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Catch Me If You Can (2002), War Horse (2011), Lincoln (2012), and The Fabelmans (2022). He also scored Superman (1978), the first two Home Alone films (1990–1992), and the first three Harry Potter films (2001–2004). Williams has also composed numerous classical concertos and other works for orchestral ensembles and solo instruments. He served as the Boston Pops' principal conductor from 1980 to 1993 and is its laureate conductor. Other works by Williams include theme music for the 1984 Summer Olympic Games; NBC Sunday Night Football; "The Mission" theme (used by NBC News and Seven News in Australia); and the television series Lost in Space, Land of the Giants and Amazing Stories. Among other accolades, he has received the Kennedy Center Honor in 2004, the National Medal of the Arts in 2009 and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2016. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1998, the Hollywood Bowl's Hall of Fame in 2000 and the American Classical Music Hall of Fame in 2004. He has composed the score for nine of the top 25 highest-grossing films at the U.S. box office. In 2022, Williams was appointed an Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) by Queen Elizabeth II, "for services to film music". In 2005, the American Film Institute placed Williams's score to Star Wars first on its list AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores; his scores for Jaws and E.T. also made the list. The Library of Congress entered the Star Wars soundtrack into the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Description above from the Wikipedia article John Williams, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1932-02-08
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Sound
- star Popularity: 4.1
- info Birth Place Queens, New York City, New York, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by John Williams
8.1
Music by John Williams
2024-11-01
7.4
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
1996-10-01
0
John Williams Live - Music from the Movies
2021-12-25
6.7
The Making of 'Jaws'
1995-11-28
0
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
1997-02-06
7.1
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
1983-12-03
0
Anne-Sophie Mutter - Vivace
2023-03-28
4.8
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004-12-09
8.4
Ennio
2022-02-17
7.3
John Williams & the Berlin Philharmonic - The Berlin Concert
2022-02-04
6
Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen
2022-04-29
7.5
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
1989-01-01
0
Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Selected Film Themes
2022-02-12
7.8
The Stories of West Side Story
2022-03-02
7.2
The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of "Jaws"
2009-05-02
6.3
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
2009-01-11
0
Love Will Tear Us Apart
2007-01-01
6.4
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023-08-29
8
In the Teeth of Jaws
1997-01-01
5
John Williams at the BBC
2016-03-18
0
A Conversation with the Masters: The Empire Strikes Back 30 Years Later
2011-09-16
7.2
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
2023-02-14
5.8
Deconstructing Dad: The Music, Machines and Mystery of Raymond Scott
2010-09-17
7.3
Jaws: The Inside Story
2010-06-16
6.8
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019-10-25
0
Anne-Sophie Mutter, John Williams & Friends: Beethoven and Williams
2022-02-13
6.6
If These Walls Could Sing
2022-09-03
7.7
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford
2023-12-01
8.1
Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera
2003-05-06
7.3
A John Williams Celebration
2015-06-30
8.8
When Star Wars Ruled the World
2004-09-18
7.7
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004-09-20
9
John Williams in Tokyo
2024-05-03
0
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
2006-01-23
7.3
The Beginning: Making Episode I
2001-10-16
6.2
Plotting 'Family Plot'
2001-03-06
0
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
2024-08-12
7.8
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
2001-05-01
6.8
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
2001-01-01
6.9
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
2001-05-08
6.6
The Making of '1941'
1996-05-28
7.1
Score: A Film Music Documentary
2017-03-16
7.6
Spielberg
2017-10-05
7.3
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
2009-04-24
10
Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
2018-12-28
6.2
The Music of 'Indiana Jones'
2003-10-21
0
Music
2010-10-15
7.3
Star Wars: Music by John Williams
1980-05-18
10
The 'E.T.' Journals
2012-10-09
6.6
Return to Jurassic Park
2011-02-05
6.9
Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III
2005-11-01
6.3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019-12-18
6
John Williams: The Seventh Symphony
2016-01-02
6.1
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits
2019-09-29
6.8
The Making of 'The Lost World'
1997-05-08
7.7
The Skywalker Legacy
2020-03-18
5
The Music of E.T.: A Discussion with John Williams
2002-01-01
5.5
Lincoln: An American Journey
2013-01-16
9.2
John Williams: Live in Vienna
2020-06-01
8
AFI's Master Class - The Art of Collaboration: Steven Spielberg and John Williams
2011-11-07
5
The Revamping of Dracula
2004-10-19
8
The Making of The Empire Strikes Back
1980-09-22
7.7
A World Without Beethoven?
2020-09-15
7.2
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
2009-11-04
6
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
2006-11-28
7
Star Wars: A Musical Journey
2005-05-03
0
Star Wars Concert
1978-02-02
0
John Williams: A Legacy In Sound
2024-09-03
0
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025-06-20
5.5
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992-05-25
7
The Oscars
1953-03-19
7.4
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978-12-28
6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973-04-02
7.6
Playhouse 90
1956-10-04
8
Previn and the Pittsburgh
1977-02-27
6.3
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015-09-08
7.5
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
2020-05-04
6.6
60 Minutes
1968-09-24
10
Creating the World of Harry Potter
2009-11-17
movie_edit Directing
10
War of the Worlds
2005-06-28
10
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989-05-24
10
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981-06-12
10
Minority Report
2002-06-20
10
Star Wars
1977-05-25
10
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1984-05-23
10
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008-05-21
10
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997-05-23
10
Jurassic Park
1993-06-11
10
Seven Years in Tibet
1997-09-12
10
Schindler's List
1993-12-15
10
The Poseidon Adventure
1972-12-01
10
Jaws
1975-06-20
10
Jaws 2
1978-06-16
10
The Terminal
2004-06-17
10
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982-06-11
10
Munich
2005-12-23
10
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001-06-29
10
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002-11-13
10
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001-11-16
10
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004-05-31
10
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992-11-15
10
Home Alone
1990-11-16
10
The Long Goodbye
1973-03-08
10
JFK
1991-12-20
10
Sleepers
1996-10-18
10
Born on the Fourth of July
1989-12-20
10
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977-12-14
10
The Empire Strikes Back
1980-05-20
10
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
2005-05-17
10
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002-05-15
10
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999-05-19
10
Saving Private Ryan
1998-07-24
10
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005-12-06
10
Angela's Ashes
1999-12-25
10
Hook
1991-04-10
10
Empire of the Sun
1987-12-09
10
The Patriot
2000-06-28
10
How to Steal a Million
1966-07-13
10
Valley of the Dolls
1967-12-27
10
Nixon
1995-12-22
10
The Eiger Sanction
1975-05-21
10
Far and Away
1992-05-22
10
A Guide for the Married Man
1967-05-25
10
Family Plot
1976-04-09
10
The Sugarland Express
1974-03-31
10
Presumed Innocent
1990-07-27
10
Always
1989-12-22
10
The Witches of Eastwick
1987-06-12
10
Midway
1976-06-18
10
Amistad
1997-12-10
10
Sabrina
1995-12-15
10
The Fury
1978-03-10
10
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
1983-12-03
10
The Missouri Breaks
1976-05-19
10
The Rare Breed
1966-02-02
10
The Secret Ways
1961-04-01
10
The Reivers
1969-12-20
10
Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981-10-05
10
The Adventures of Tintin
2011-10-24
10
Lincoln
2012-11-09
10
War Horse
2011-12-25
10
Lost In Space Forever
1998-01-01
10
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015-12-15
10
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023-08-29
10
Eastwood Symphonic
2023-09-05
10
LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2
2009-08-28
10
Gidget Goes to Rome
1963-08-07
10
Penelope
1966-11-10
10
1941
1979-12-14
10
Jane Eyre
1970-12-01
10
Story of a Woman
1970-02-13
10
The Screaming Woman
1972-01-29
10
Pete 'n' Tillie
1972-12-17
10
Tom Sawyer
1973-03-15
10
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1969-11-05
10
The Plainsman
1966-08-01
10
Conrack
1974-03-27
10
Black Sunday
1977-04-01
10
The Killers
1964-07-07
10
Ghostbreakers
1967-09-08
10
Daddy-O
1958-03-01
10
I Passed for White
1960-03-18
10
The Kathryn Reed Story
1965-09-16
10
Diamond Head
1962-12-27
10
Lego Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Brick
2008-05-10
10
Jurassic World Dominion
2022-06-01
10
The Book Thief
2013-11-08
10
LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace
2011-07-22
10
Return of the Jedi
1983-05-25
10
Piano Cinéma
2022-06-24
10
Earthquake
1974-11-15
10
Images
1972-12-18
10
Images
1972-12-18
10
Battle at Big Rock
2019-09-15
10
Fitzwilly
1967-12-20
10
A Timeless Call
2008-08-27
10
John Williams Live - Music from the Movies
2021-12-25
10
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965-03-24
10
The Accidental Tourist
1988-12-23
10
Superman
1978-12-14
10
Monsignor
1982-10-22
10
Images
1972-12-18
10
Stanley & Iris
1990-02-09
10
The Apartment
1960-06-21
10
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure
2022-11-15
10
Stark Fear
1962-12-01
10
Fiddler on the Roof
1971-11-03
10
The Fabelmans
2022-11-11
10
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1969-11-05
10
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1969-11-05
10
The Towering Inferno
1974-12-14
10
An Inconvenient Truth
2006-05-24
10
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023-06-25
10
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017-12-13
10
The Cowboys
1972-01-13
10
The River
1984-12-01
10
Hoshino
2016-11-01
10
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
1969-05-13
10
Heidi
1968-11-01
10
Sabrina
1995-12-15
10
The BFG
2016-06-01
10
John Williams: Live in Vienna
2020-06-01
10
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
1973-06-28
10
Not With My Wife, You Don't
1966-11-02
10
Dracula
1979-07-20
10
Stepmom
1998-12-25
10
Rosewood
1997-02-21
10
Fiddler on the Roof
1971-11-03
10
Fiddler on the Roof
1971-11-03
10
Heartbeeps
1981-12-18
10
Flashing Spikes
1962-10-04
10
Cinderella Liberty
1973-12-18
10
Dear Basketball
2017-04-23
10
Penelope
1966-11-10
10
Because They're Young
1960-04-01
10
Young Indy Around the World
1993-04-21
10
None But the Brave
1965-02-24
10
Catch Me If You Can
2002-12-16
10
Nightmare in Chicago
1964-04-02
10
Superman II
1980-12-12
10
SpaceCamp
1986-06-06
10
The Post
2017-12-22
10
The Witches of Eastwick
1987-06-12
10
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023-06-25
10
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
2023-06-25
10
Saving Private Ryan
1998-07-24
10
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965-03-24
10
War of the Worlds
2005-06-28
10
Amazing Stories
1986-07-10
10
The Paper Chase
1973-10-16
10
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019-12-18
10
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006-11-02
10
The Sugarland Express
1974-03-31
10
Bachelor Flat
1961-12-07
10
Sergeant Ryker
1968-02-01
10
Fiddler on the Roof
1971-11-03
10
The Music of E.T.: A Discussion with John Williams
2002-01-01
10
The Music of E.T.: A Discussion with John Williams
2002-01-01
10
The Unfinished Journey
1999-12-31
10
Cinderella Revolution
1983-01-01
10
Music by John Williams
2024-11-01
10
Superman II
1980-12-12
10
Jonas Kaufmann: The Sound of Movies
2024-12-08
10
Star Wars Concert
1978-02-02
10
Simons: A Journey of Historical Conjunction and Remembrance
2024-08-29
10
Zeppelin Wars and The Last Chapter
2023-10-29
10
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004-09-20
10
Hook
1991-04-10
10
Yes, Giorgio
1982-09-24
10
Jurassic World Rebirth
2025-07-01
10
LEGO Star Wars: Bombad Bounty
2010-11-27
10
Lost in Space
1965-09-15
10
The Book of Boba Fett
2021-12-29
10
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022-05-26
10
Amazing Stories
1985-09-29
10
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
2021-05-04
10
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory
2024-05-24
10
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
2022-10-26
10
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy
2024-09-13
10
Alcoa Premiere
1961-10-10
10
For the Empire
2021-12-16