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John Williams

John Williams is a composer born on February 8, 1932 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He is known for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. GloboWatch shows where to watch 9 of his movies and TV shows, country by country.

Known for
Sound
Born
February 8, 1932
Place of birth
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as
John Towner Williams · Johnny Williams · John Williams Jr.

Biography

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.

Filmography

  1. 2026Disclosure DayMusic
  2. 2023Indiana Jones and the Dial of DestinyMusic
  3. 2022The FabelmansMusic
  4. 2019Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalkeras Oma Tres · Music
  5. 2017The PostMusic
  6. 2017Star Wars: The Last JediMusic
  7. 2016The BFGMusic
  8. 2015Star Wars: The Force AwakensMusic
  9. 2013The Book ThiefMusic
  10. 2012LincolnMusic
  11. 2011War HorseMusic
  12. 2011The Adventures of TintinMusic
  13. 2011Return to Jurassic Parkas Self
  14. 2008Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullMusic
  15. 2005MunichMusic
  16. 2005Memoirs of a GeishaMusic
  17. 2005War of the WorldsMusic
  18. 2005Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the SithMusic
  19. 2004The TerminalMusic
  20. 2004Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanMusic
  21. 2002Catch Me If You CanMusic
  22. 2002Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsMusic
  23. 2002Minority ReportMusic
  24. 2002Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the ClonesMusic
  25. 2001Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneMusic
  26. 2001A.I. Artificial IntelligenceMusic
  27. 2000The PatriotMusic
  28. 1999Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom MenaceMusic
  29. 1998StepmomMusic
  30. 1998Saving Private RyanMusic
  31. 1997AmistadMusic
  32. 1997Seven Years in TibetMusic
  33. 1997The Lost World: Jurassic ParkMusic
  34. 1996SleepersMusic
  35. 1993Schindler's ListMusic
  36. 1993Jurassic ParkMusic
  37. 1992Home Alone 2: Lost in New YorkMusic
  38. 1992Far and AwayMusic
  39. 1991JFKMusic
  40. 1991HookMusic
  41. 1990Home AloneMusic
  42. 1990Presumed InnocentMusic
  43. 1989Born on the Fourth of JulyMusic
  44. 1989Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeMusic
  45. 1987Empire of the SunMusic
  46. 1987The Witches of EastwickMusic
  47. 1984Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomMusic
  48. 1983Return of the JediMusic
  49. 1982E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialMusic
  50. 1981Raiders of the Lost ArkMusic
  51. 1980The Empire Strikes BackMusic
  52. 19791941Music
  53. 1978SupermanMusic
  54. 1978Jaws 2Music
  55. 1977Close Encounters of the Third KindMusic
  56. 1977Star WarsMusic
  57. 1975JawsMusic
  58. 1974The Towering InfernoMusic
  59. 1973The Long GoodbyeMusic
  60. 1972The Poseidon AdventureMusic