John Williams
John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. Widely regarded as one of the greatest American composers of all time, he has composed some of the most popular, recognizable, and critically acclaimed film scores in cinematic history in a career spanning over six decades. Williams has won 24 Grammy Awards, seven British Academy Film Awards, five Academy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards. With 51 Academy Award nominations, he is the second most-nominated individual, after Walt Disney. In 2005, the American Film Institute selected Williams's score to 1977's Star Wars as the greatest American film score of all time. The soundtrack to Star Wars was additionally preserved by the Library of Congress into the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Williams has composed for many critically acclaimed and popular movies, including the Star Wars series, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Superman, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, the Indiana Jones series, the first two Home Alone films, Hook, the first two Jurassic Park films, Schindler's List, and the first three Harry Potter films. He has been associated with director Steven Spielberg since 1974, composing music for all but four of his feature films––Duel, The Color Purple, Bridge of Spies and Ready Player One. 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, the television series Lost in Space and Land of the Giants, and the incidental music for the first season of Gilligan's Island.
Williams has also composed numerous classical concertos and other works for orchestral ensembles and solo instruments. He served as the Boston Pops's principal conductor from 1980 to 1993, and is its laureate conductor. He was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl's Hall of Fame in 2000, and was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004 and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2016. Williams composed the score for eight of the top 20 highest-grossing films at the U.S. box office (adjusted for inflation).
Williams has composed for many critically acclaimed and popular movies, including the Star Wars series, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Superman, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, the Indiana Jones series, the first two Home Alone films, Hook, the first two Jurassic Park films, Schindler's List, and the first three Harry Potter films. He has been associated with director Steven Spielberg since 1974, composing music for all but four of his feature films––Duel, The Color Purple, Bridge of Spies and Ready Player One. 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, the television series Lost in Space and Land of the Giants, and the incidental music for the first season of Gilligan's Island.
Williams has also composed numerous classical concertos and other works for orchestral ensembles and solo instruments. He served as the Boston Pops's principal conductor from 1980 to 1993, and is its laureate conductor. He was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl's Hall of Fame in 2000, and was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004 and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2016. Williams composed the score for eight of the top 20 highest-grossing films at the U.S. box office (adjusted for inflation).
Known for
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory
John Williams in Tokyo
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford
Eastwood Symphonic
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Star Wars: The Lone Wanderer
Anne-Sophie Mutter - Vivace
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure
The Fabelmans
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
If These Walls Could Sing
Piano Cinéma
Jurassic World Dominion
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen
The Stories of West Side Story
Ennio
Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Selected Film Themes
John Williams & Berliner Philharmonic - The Berlin Concert
The Book of Boba Fett
John Williams Live - Music from the Movies
Searching for Hackers: Duel of the Hacks
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
A World Without Beethoven?
John Williams: Live in Vienna
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
The Skywalker Legacy
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits
Battle at Big Rock
Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
Solo: A Star Wars Story
The Post
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Spielberg
Dear Basketball
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Hoshino
The BFG
John Williams at the BBC
John Williams: The Seventh Symphony
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
A John Williams Celebration
The Book Thief
Lincoln: An American Journey
Lincoln
The 'E.T.' Journals
War Horse
AFI's Master Class - The Art of Collaboration: Steven Spielberg and John Williams
The Adventures of Tintin
A Conversation with the Masters: The Empire Strikes Back 30 Years Later
LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace
Return to Jurassic Park
Music
Deconstructing Dad: The Music, Machines and Mystery of Raymond Scott
Jaws: The Inside Story
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2
The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of "Jaws"
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
A Timeless Call
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Lego Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Brick
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
An Inconvenient Truth
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
Munich
Memoirs of a Geisha
Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III
War of the Worlds
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: A Musical Journey
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
When Star Wars Ruled the World
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
The Terminal
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The Music of 'Indiana Jones'
Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera
Catch Me If You Can
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Minority Report
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
The Music of E.T.: A Discussion with John Williams
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
The Beginning: Making 'Episode I'
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
Plotting 'Family Plot'
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
The Patriot
Angela's Ashes
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Stepmom
Saving Private Ryan
Lost In Space Forever
Amistad
Seven Years in Tibet
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
The Making of 'The Lost World'
Rosewood
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
Sleepers
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
The Making of '1941'
Nixon
Sabrina
The Making of 'Jaws'
Schindler's List
Jurassic Park
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Far and Away
JFK
Hook
Home Alone
Presumed Innocent
Stanley & Iris
Always
Born on the Fourth of July
Star Tours
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
The Accidental Tourist
Empire of the Sun
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
The Witches of Eastwick
Amazing Stories
SpaceCamp
Amazing Stories
The River
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
Return of the Jedi
Monsignor
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Heartbeeps
Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Superman II
The Making of The Empire Strikes Back
The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Music by John Williams
1941
Dracula
The Kennedy Center Honors
Superman
Jaws 2
The Fury
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Star Wars
Black Sunday
Previn and the Pittsburgh
Midway
The Missouri Breaks
Family Plot
Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle!
Jaws
The Eiger Sanction
The Towering Inferno
Earthquake
The Sugarland Express
Conrack
Cinderella Liberty
The Paper Chase
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
Libido
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Tom Sawyer
The Long Goodbye
Images
Pete 'n' Tillie
The Poseidon Adventure
The Screaming Woman
The Cowboys
Fiddler on the Roof
Jane Eyre
Story of a Woman
The Reivers
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Heidi
Sergeant Ryker
Valley of the Dolls
Fitzwilly
Ghostbreakers
A Guide for the Married Man
The Lady Is My Wife
Penelope
Not With My Wife, You Don't
The Plainsman
How to Steal a Million
The Rare Breed
The Kathryn Reed Story
Lost in Space
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
None But the Brave
The Killers
Nightmare in Chicago
Gidget Goes to Rome
Diamond Head
Stark Fear
Flashing Spikes
Bachelor Flat
The Secret Ways
The Apartment
Because They're Young
I Passed for White
Daddy-O
Playhouse 90
The Oscars