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John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer, conductor and pianist. In a career that spans six decades, Williams has composed many of the most famous film scores in history, including all but two of Steven Spielberg's feature films including the Indiana Jones series, Star... Read enhanced Wikipedia article
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Place of Birth: Floral Park
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Minority Report (film) The score was composed and conducted by John Williams and orchestrated by John Neufeld, with vocals by Deborah Dietrich.

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Longtime Spielberg collaborator John Williams composed the musical score for E.T. Williams described his challenge as creating a score that would generate sympathy for such an odd-looking creature.

John Williams Williams began to compose music scores for television series programs in the late 1950s, eventually leading to the pilot episode theme for Gilligan's Island, Lost in Space and The Time Tunnel.

John Williams Williams composed an emotional and sensitive score to Spielberg's 1982 fantasy film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

John Williams Singer did not request Williams to compose a score for the new movie; instead, he employed the skills of X2 composer John Ottman to honorably incorporate Williams' original Superman theme, as well as those for "Lois Lane" and "Smallville".

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (soundtrack) The film's scores were composed and conducted by John Williams as were the scores for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Seven Years in Tibet (1997 film) The score was composed by John Williams and features cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

Raiders of the Lost Ark John Williams composed the score for Raiders of the Lost Ark, which most notably features the well-known "Raiders' March."

Star Wars Expanded Universe Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, and Billy Dee Williams reprised their roles as Luke Skywalker, C-3PO, and Lando Calrissian, respectively; John Williams composed an original score; and Ben Burtt, who designed the sound for all of the Star Wars movies, did the same for the radio adaptations.

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace As with previous Star Wars installments, the score was composed and conducted by John Williams.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) The Academy Award nominated score was composed and conducted by John Williams and released on CD on 25 May 2004.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) John Williams was selected to compose the film's score.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) Williams composed the score at his homes in Los Angeles and Tanglewood before recording it in London in August 2001.

Home Alone (film) Released by Sony Music Entertainment in 1990, the soundtrack contained 19 tracks consisting of the original score composed by John Williams and other Christmas songs used in the film

The Patriot (2000 film) The score was composed by John Williams, and was nominated for an Academy Award.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull John Williams began composing the score in October 2007; ten days of recording sessions wrapped on March 6, 2008 at Sony Pictures Studios.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) The film's scores were composed by John Williams as he did from the first film's score, with some new material written by composer William Ross from adaptations of Williams' score, when he was unavailable due to time constraints.

Hook (film) The film score was composed by John Williams.

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back The film's musical score was composed and conducted by John Williams and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi John Williams composed and conducted the film's musical score with performances by the London Symphony Orchestra.

Star Wars The scores for the six Star Wars films were composed by John Williams.

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John Williams In 1974, Williams was approached by Steven Spielberg to compose the music for his feature directorial debut, The Sugarland Express.

John Williams Williams has composed music for four Olympic Games:

The Fury (1978 film) The music was composed by John Williams, and was highly praised by critic Pauline Kael, who called it "as elegant and delicately varied a score as any horror film has ever had".

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones The music was composed and conducted by John Williams, and performed by the London Voices and London Symphony Orchestra.

NBC Sunday Night Football Academy Award winner John Williams composed the instrumental theme music for Sunday Night Football.

NBC Nightly News Its current theme music was composed by renowned composer John Williams.

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith The music was composed and conducted by John Williams, and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and London Voices.

The Fury (film) The music was composed by John Williams, and was highly praised by critic Pauline Kael, who called it "as elegant and delicately varied a score as any horror film has ever had".

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John Williams In addition, in 1985, Williams composed the well-known NBC News theme "The Mission" (which he performs in concert to signal the final encore), "Liberty Fanfare" for the re-dedication of the Statue of Liberty, "We're Lookin' Good!" for the Special Olympics in celebration of the 1987 International Summer Games, and themes for the 1984, 1988, 1996, and 2002 Olympic games.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (soundtrack) 'Hedwig's Theme' is a leitmotif composed by John Williams for the Harry Potter film series.

NFL on NBC music Starting in 2006, NBC unveiled a new theme composed by John Williams, who was responsible for the music utilized by the news division since the mid-1980s, for the Football Night in America pregame show.

Force Theme The Force Theme (aka The Throne Room or Ben's Theme or Binary Sunset) is a leitmotif from the film scores of the Star Wars movies, composed by John Williams.

Call of the Champions This is the fourth Olympic theme composed by Williams.

1984 Summer Olympics John Williams composed the theme for the Olympiad, "Olympic Fanfare and Theme."

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John Williams Williams's first major film composition was for the B-movie Daddy-O in 1958, and his first screen credit came two years later in Because They're Young.

Conrad Salinger Early in his career, film composer John Williams, spent a lot of time around Salinger.

Toto (band) The band had an audition for a new lead singer and Joseph Williams, son of famous film composer John Williams, was chosen in early 1986 from the individuals that auditioned.

Superman Returns Ottman said in past interviews that John Williams, who composed the 1978 film, had influenced his decision to become a musician.

Lurene Tuttle Tuttle married Melvin Ruick, an actor she'd met during her radio years; the couple had a daughter, Barbara Ruick, a musical comedy actress who married famed film composer John Williams before dying unexpectedly in 1974.

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Barack Obama election victory speech, 2008 When Obama, Joe Biden, and their families appeared onstage following the speech, music from the films Remember the Titans, composed by Trevor Rabin, and The Patriot, composed by John Williams, was played.

Barack Obama election victory speech 2008 When Obama, Joe Biden, and their families appeared onstage following the speech, music from the films Remember the Titans, composed by Trevor Rabin, and The Patriot, composed by John Williams, was played.

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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed The game's soundtrack includes material composed by John Williams for the films in addition to material created specifically for The Force Unleashed.

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace Williams selected his longtime friend and collaborator Alexander Courage to score the film and agreed to compose new thematic material as needed.

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A Guide for the Married Man The title song is performed by The Turtles and was composed by renowned composer John Williams with lyrics written by Leslie Bricusse.

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Schindler's List John Williams composed the score for Schindler's List.

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Angela's Ashes (film) The soundtrack of the film was composed and conducted by John Williams, and features songs by Billie Holiday and Sinéad O'Connor.

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Steven Spielberg The tribute to Spielberg featured a short filmed biography narrated by Tom Hanks and included thank-yous from World War II veterans for Saving Private Ryan, as well as a performance of the finale to Leonard Bernstein's Candide, conducted by John Williams (Spielberg's frequent composer).

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Christopher Reeve The scenes of Reeve and Welling feature music cues from the 1978 Superman movie, composed by John Williams and arranged by Mark Snow.

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The Time Tunnel The soundtrack for The Time Tunnel was composed by John Williams (credited as "Johnny Williams"), who would go on to become one of film's most celebrated composers.

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Yvonne De Carlo This album was orchestrated by the movie composer John Williams.

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Princess Leia Organa The piece was composed by John Williams.

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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York "Somewhere In My Memory" (3:58) (Bette Midler, composed by John Williams, lyrics by Leslie Bricusse)

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (soundtrack) 'Hedwig's Theme' is a leitmotif composed by John Williams for the Harry Potter film series.

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Eminence Symphony Orchestra Phillip Chu and Daniel Smith conducted the Eminence Symphony Orchestra and the Eminence Choir through performance featuring music from one of Hollywood's most recognised composers, John Williams.

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Call of the Champions Call of the Champions was composed by John Williams for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Family Plot The film was the only Hitchcock production to be scored by John Williams, a rising staff composer at Universal who had recently had a major career breakthrough when he scored Steven Spielberg's thriller Jaws, noted for its pulsating bass tones whenever the shark attacked.

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Boston Pops Orchestra After Fiedler's death in 1979, the conductorship of the Boston Pops was taken over by Academy Award-winning composer John Williams in 1980.

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John Williams Williams worked with director Richard Donner to score the 1978 film Superman.

John Williams Williams was asked to score all three films, starting with The Phantom Menace.

List of film director and composer collaborations Every Star Wars film has been scored by Williams.

Alfred Hitchcock It was the only Hitchcock film scored by John Williams.

Raiders of the Lost Ark This piece came to symbolize Indiana Jones and was later used in Williams' scores for the other three films.

Twilight Zone: The Movie This movie was the first Steven Spielberg film not to be scored by John Williams.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film) It is also the only theatrical Star Wars film not scored by John Williams; Kevin Kiner composed brand new music instead, while Williams recycled the original music.

Catch Me If You Can In addition Berardinelli praised John Williams' film score, which he felt was "more intimate and jazzy than his usual material, evoking (intentionally) Henry Mancini".

Family Plot The film was the only Hitchcock production to be scored by John Williams, a rising staff composer at Universal who had recently had a major career breakthrough when he scored Steven Spielberg's thriller Jaws, noted for its pulsating bass tones whenever the shark attacked.

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John Williams Williams worked with director Richard Donner to score the 1978 film Superman.

Superman: The Escape Throughout the waiting area, John Williams' original score for Superman plays outside and in the "Fortress."

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Timeline of music in the United States (1970 to the present) John Williams' score for Jaws helps "revitalize the symphonic score, using existing practices and vocabularies".

Jaws 2 John Williams returned to score Jaws 2 after winning an Academy Award for Original Music Score for his work on the first film.

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John Williams In the new millennium, Williams was asked to score the film adaptation of the widely successful young adult's book series, Harry Potter.

Academy Award for Original Music Score Goodbye, Mr. Chips - Music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse; adaptation score by John Williams

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Timeline of music in the United States (1970 to the present) John Williams' score for Star Wars helps "revitalize the symphonic score, using existing practices and vocabularies".

James Bond Hamlisch's score for the film was also nominated for an "Oscar", but lost to John Williams' score for Star Wars.

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Blue Harvest (Family Guy) Also, the music that is used briefly in the background is original music composed by Walter Murphy rather than part of John Williams' Star Wars score.

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Steven Spielberg The Color Purple is the second of two Spielberg films not to be scored by John Williams, the first being Duel.

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John Williams In 2008, Williams scored the fourth installment of the Indiana Jones series, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull; he will be scoring Steven Spielberg's future projects Lincoln and Interstellar.

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List of University of California, Los Angeles people John Williams - Academy, Emmy, and Grammy Award winning film score composer; composed the music to the Star Wars film

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John Williams Williams also did not score Twilight Zone: The Movie, but Spielberg had directed only one of the four segments in that film; the film's music was written by another veteran Hollywood composer, rival Jerry Goldsmith, chosen by lead director and producer John Landis.

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Twilight Zone: The Movie This movie was the first Steven Spielberg film not to be scored by John Williams.

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Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (soundtrack) John Williams' score for Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope was recorded over eight sessions at Anvil Studios in Denham, England on March 5, 8–12, 15 and 16, 1977.

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Minority Report (film) The score was composed and conducted by John Williams and orchestrated by John Neufeld, with vocals by Deborah Dietrich.

John Williams John Williams conducting the music score to Raiders Of The Lost Ark in the Avery Fisher Hall.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (soundtrack) The film's scores were composed and conducted by John Williams as were the scores for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace As with previous Star Wars installments, the score was composed and conducted by John Williams.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) The Academy Award nominated score was composed and conducted by John Williams and released on CD on 25 May 2004.

The Eyes of Texas The score was conducted by John Williams.

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back The film's musical score was composed and conducted by John Williams and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi John Williams composed and conducted the film's musical score with performances by the London Symphony Orchestra.

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Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones The music was composed and conducted by John Williams, and performed by the London Voices and London Symphony Orchestra.

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith The music was composed and conducted by John Williams, and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and London Voices.

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John Williams In the Family Guy sixth season opener "Blue Harvest" (the working title of Return of the Jedi), John Williams is seen conducting the London Symphony Orchestra, performing "The Force Theme" from Star Wars, as well as the theme for The People's Court.

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope In March 1977, Williams conducted the London Symphony Orchestra to record the Star Wars soundtrack in twelve days.

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Duel of the Fates The music had its debut during the final lightsaber duel between Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Darth Maul in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (although Williams conducted Duel of the Fates to appear as a concert suite in the End Credits, rather than the film, Williams did record similar cues using the ostinato motif, and in one instance, a 'cut down' version, labelled the "Great Duel").

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Angela's Ashes (film) The soundtrack of the film was composed and conducted by John Williams, and features songs by Billie Holiday and Sinéad O'Connor.

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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial At the premiere, John Williams conducted a live performance of the score.

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Boston Pops Orchestra Williams remains the Laureate Conductor of the Pops and conducts a week of Pops concerts most years.

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    John Williams

    John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer, conductor and pianist. In a career that spans six decades, Williams has composed many of the most famous film scores in history, including all but two of Steven Spielberg's feature films, Star Wars, Superman, Born on the Fourth of July and Harry Potter.
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    John Williams (disambiguation)

    John, Johnnie or Johnny Williams may refer to: Artists and entertainers
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    John Williams (guitarist)

    John Christopher Williams (born 24 April 1941) is a Grammy Award winning Australian-born British classical guitarist. ... Born in Melbourne, Australia to an English father (Len Williams, founder of The Monkey Sanctuary in Cornwall, England) and an Australian-Chinese mother (a daughter of well known Melbourne barrister William Ah Ket), Williams was taught initially by his father.
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    John Williams (missionary)

    John Williams (1796–1839) was an English missionary, active in the South Pacific. Born near London, England, he was trained as a foundry worker and mechanic.
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    John Williams (actor)

    John Williams (April 15, 1903 – May 5, 1983) was a British stage, film, and television actor. Born in The Chalfonts in Buckinghamshire, England, he began acting on the Broadway stage in 1924 and went on to appear in thirty more Broadway plays over the next four decades.
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    John Williams (VC)

    John Williams VC (born John Fielding 24 May 1857, Abergavenny - died 25 November 1932), was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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    John Williams (radio personality)

    John Williams (born John Fillipitch, October 1959) is a radio talk show host at WGN (AM) in Chicago, Illinois. As of August 2007, he is the host of The World of John Williams weekdays from 1 to 4 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m. to noon.
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    John Williams (rugby league)

    John Williams (January 5, 1985 Sydney, Australia) is a professional rugby league footballer currently playing for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League.
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    John Williams (Archbishop of York)

    John Williams (March 22 1582–March 25 1650), was a British clergyman and political advisor to King James I. He served as Bishop of Lincoln 1621-1641, Keeper of the Great Seal also known as Lord Keeper or Lord Chancellor 1621-1625, and Archbishop of York 1641-1650.
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    John Williams (basketball)

    John Williams (basketball) may refer to: John "Hot Rod" Williams, NBA player primarily with the Cleveland Cavaliers (from 1986–1999)

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