John Williams
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.
Music by John Williams
(Self - Composer)
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
(Self)
John Williams Live - Music from the Movies
The Making of 'Jaws'
(Self)
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
(Self)
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
(Self)
Anne-Sophie Mutter - Vivace
(Self)
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
(Self)
Ennio
(Self)
John Williams & the Berlin Philharmonic - The Berlin Concert
(Himself)
Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen
(self)
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
(Self)
Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Selected Film Themes
(Self - Conductor)
The Stories of West Side Story
(Self)
The Shark Is Still Working
(Self)
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
(Self)
Love Will Tear Us Apart
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
(Self)
In the Teeth of Jaws
(Self)
John Williams at the BBC
(self)
A Conversation with the Masters: The Empire Strikes Back 30 Years Later
(Self)
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
(Self)
Deconstructing Dad: The Music, Machines and Mystery of Raymond Scott
(Himself)
Jaws: The Inside Story
(Self)
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
(Self (archive footage))
Anne-Sophie Mutter, John Williams & Friends: Beethoven and Williams
(selbst)
If These Walls Could Sing
(Self)
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford
(Self)
Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera
(Self)
A John Williams Celebration
(Self)
When Star Wars Ruled the World
(Self)
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
(Self)
John Williams in Tokyo
(Self)
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
(Self)
The Beginning: Making Episode I
(Self)
Plotting 'Family Plot'
(Self)
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
(Self)
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
(Self)
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
(Self)
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
(Self)
The Making of '1941'
(Self)
Score: A Film Music Documentary
(Self)
Spielberg
(Self)
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
(Self)
Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
(Self - Conductor)
The Music of 'Indiana Jones'
(Self)
Music
(Self)
Star Wars: Music by John Williams
(Self)
The 'E.T.' Journals
(Self)
Return to Jurassic Park
(Self)
Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III
(Self)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
(Oma Tres)
John Williams: The Seventh Symphony
(Self (archive footage))
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits
(Self)
The Making of 'The Lost World'
(Self)
The Skywalker Legacy
(Self)
The Music of E.T.: A Discussion with John Williams
(Self)
Lincoln: An American Journey
(Self)
John Williams - Live in Vienna
(Self - Conductor)
AFI's Master Class - The Art of Collaboration: Steven Spielberg and John Williams
(Self)
The Revamping of Dracula
(Self)
The Making of The Empire Strikes Back
(Self)
A World Without Beethoven?
(Self)
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
(Self / Performer)
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
(Self)
Star Wars: A Musical Journey
John Williams: A Legacy In Sound
(Self)
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
(Self)
Montage: Great Film Composers and The Piano
Building a Scene
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Oscars
(Self)
The Kennedy Center Honors
(Self)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
(Self)
Playhouse 90
(Self (Pianist))
Previn and the Pittsburgh
(Self)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
(Self - Composer (archive footage))
60 Minutes
(Self)
Star Wars
(Original Music Composer)
War of the Worlds
(Original Music Composer)
Raiders of the Lost Ark
(Original Music Composer)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(Original Music Composer)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(Original Music Composer)
Minority Report
(Original Music Composer)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
(Original Music Composer)
Jurassic Park
(Original Music Composer)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
(Original Music Composer)
Seven Years in Tibet
(Original Music Composer)
Schindler's List
(Original Music Composer)
The Poseidon Adventure
(Original Music Composer)
Jaws
(Original Music Composer)
Jaws 2
(Original Music Composer)
The Terminal
(Original Music Composer)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
(Original Music Composer)
Munich
(Original Music Composer)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
(Original Music Composer)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
(Original Music Composer)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
(Original Music Composer)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(Original Music Composer)
Home Alone
(Original Music Composer)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
(Original Music Composer)
The Long Goodbye
(Original Music Composer)
Born on the Fourth of July
(Original Music Composer)
Sleepers
(Original Music Composer)
JFK
(Original Music Composer)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
(Original Music Composer)
The Empire Strikes Back
(Original Music Composer)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
(Original Music Composer)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
(Original Music Composer)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
(Original Music Composer)
Saving Private Ryan
(Original Music Composer)
Angela's Ashes
(Original Music Composer)
Memoirs of a Geisha
(Original Music Composer)
Hook
(Original Music Composer)
Empire of the Sun
(Original Music Composer)
The Patriot
(Original Music Composer)
How to Steal a Million
(Original Music Composer)
Valley of the Dolls
(Original Music Composer)
Nixon
(Original Music Composer)
The Eiger Sanction
(Original Music Composer)
Far and Away
(Original Music Composer)
A Guide for the Married Man
(Original Music Composer)
Family Plot
(Original Music Composer)
The Sugarland Express
(Original Music Composer)
Presumed Innocent
(Original Music Composer)
Always
(Original Music Composer)
The Witches of Eastwick
(Original Music Composer)
Midway
(Original Music Composer)
Amistad
(Original Music Composer)
Sabrina
(Original Music Composer)
The Fury
(Original Music Composer)
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
(Original Music Composer)
The Missouri Breaks
(Original Music Composer)
The Rare Breed
(Original Music Composer)
The Secret Ways
(Original Music Composer)
The Reivers
(Original Music Composer)
Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark
(Original Music Composer)
The Adventures of Tintin
(Original Music Composer)
Lincoln
(Original Music Composer)
War Horse
(Original Music Composer)
Lost In Space Forever
(Original Music Composer)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
(Original Music Composer)
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
(Original Music Composer)
Eastwood Symphonic
(Music)
1941
(Original Music Composer)
Black Sunday
(Original Music Composer)
Conrack
(Original Music Composer)
Pete 'n' Tillie
(Original Music Composer)
Tom Sawyer
(Original Music Composer)
The Screaming Woman
(Main Title Theme Composer)
Jane Eyre
(Original Music Composer)
Story of a Woman
(Original Music Composer)
Gidget Goes to Rome
(Original Music Composer)
Penelope
(Original Music Composer)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
(Original Music Composer)
The Killers
(Original Music Composer)
The Plainsman
(Original Music Composer)
Ghostbreakers
(Original Music Composer)
I Passed for White
(Original Music Composer)
Daddy-O
(Original Music Composer)
The Kathryn Reed Story
(Original Music Composer)
Lego Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Brick
(Music)
Jurassic World Dominion
(Main Title Theme Composer)
The Book Thief
(Original Music Composer)
LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace
(Original Music Composer)
Return of the Jedi
(Original Music Composer)
Piano Cinéma
(Original Music Composer)
Earthquake
(Original Music Composer)
Images
(Conductor)
Images
(Orchestrator)
Battle at Big Rock
(Main Title Theme Composer)
Fitzwilly
(Original Music Composer)
A Timeless Call
(Music)
John Williams Live - Music from the Movies
(Original Music Composer)
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
(Original Music Composer)
The Accidental Tourist
(Original Music Composer)
Superman
(Original Music Composer)
Monsignor
(Original Music Composer)
Images
(Original Music Composer)
Stanley & Iris
(Original Music Composer)
The Apartment
(Orchestrator)
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure
(Main Title Theme Composer)
Stark Fear
(Music)
Fiddler on the Roof
(Music)
The Fabelmans
(Original Music Composer)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
(Conductor)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
(Music Supervisor)
The Towering Inferno
(Original Music Composer)
An Inconvenient Truth
(Thanks)
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
(Original Music Composer)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
(Original Music Composer)
The Cowboys
(Original Music Composer)
The River
(Original Music Composer)
Hoshino
(Original Music Composer)
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
(Original Music Composer)
Heidi
(Original Music Composer)
Sabrina
(Songs)
The BFG
(Original Music Composer)
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
(Original Music Composer)
John Williams - Live in Vienna
(Music)
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
(Original Music Composer)
Dracula
(Original Music Composer)
Stepmom
(Original Music Composer)
Rosewood
(Original Music Composer)
Fiddler on the Roof
(Orchestrator)
Fiddler on the Roof
(Conductor)
Heartbeeps
(Original Music Composer)
Flashing Spikes
(Original Music Composer)
Cinderella Liberty
(Original Music Composer)
Dear Basketball
(Music)
Penelope
(Songs)
Young Indy Around the World
(Music)
None But the Brave
(Original Music Composer)
Catch Me If You Can
(Original Music Composer)
Nightmare in Chicago
(Original Music Composer)
Superman II
(Music)
SpaceCamp
(Original Music Composer)
The Post
(Original Music Composer)
The Witches of Eastwick
(Conductor)
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
(Orchestrator)
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
(Conductor)
Saving Private Ryan
(Conductor)
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
(Conductor)
War of the Worlds
(Conductor)
Amazing Stories
(Original Music Composer)
The Paper Chase
(Original Music Composer)
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
(Original Music Composer)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
(Original Music Composer)
The Sugarland Express
(Conductor)
Bachelor Flat
(Original Music Composer)
Sergeant Ryker
(Original Music Composer)
Fiddler on the Roof
(Music Arranger)
The Music of E.T.: A Discussion with John Williams
(Music)
The Music of E.T.: A Discussion with John Williams
(Thanks)
The Unfinished Journey
(Original Music Composer)
Cinderella Revolution
(Music)
Music by John Williams
(Music)
Superman II
(Theme Song Performance)
Jonas Kaufmann: The Sound of Movies
(Compositor)
Zeppelin Wars and The Last Chapter
(Music)
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
(Original Music Composer)
Hook
(Songs)
Yes, Giorgio
(Songs)
LEGO Star Wars: Bombad Bounty
(Main Title Theme Composer)
Because They're Young
(Original Music Composer)
Diamond Head
(Original Music Composer)
Atlanta 1996: Games of the XXVI Olympiad - Opening Ceremony
(Conductor)
Jurassic World Rebirth
(Music)
Superman
(Music)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Darth Maul Returns
(Theme Song Performance)
The Dish
(Original Music Composer)
Jaws
(Conductor)
The Guns of Navarone
(Music Arranger)
Lost in Space
(Original Music Composer)
The Book of Boba Fett
(Music)
Obi-Wan Kenobi
(Main Title Theme Composer)
Amazing Stories
(Main Title Theme Composer)
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
(Music)
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory
(Main Title Theme Composer)
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
(Music)
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy
(Music)
Alcoa Premiere
(Music Score Producer)
For the Empire
(Music)
Bachelor Father
(Original Music Composer)