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John Williams (3) (1932–)

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John Williams was born February 8, 1932 in Floral Park, Long Island, New York. Williams discovered music almost immediately, as the son of a percussionist for CBS Radio and the Raymond Scott Quintet. He moved to Los Angeles in 1948, and started experimenting with arranging tunes; at age 15, he mehr anzeigen decided he was going to become a concert pianist; at 19 he premiered his first original composition, a piano sonata. Williams attended both UCLA and the Los Angeles City College, studying orchestration under MGM musical associate Robert van Eps while being privately tutored by composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. He conducted for the first time during a three year stint in the U.S. Air Force. After he returned to the states, he went to Julliard, where renowned piano pedagogue Madame Rosina Lhevinne helped Williams hone his performance skills. He played in jazz clubs to pay his way. Williams found work with the Hollywood studios as a piano player, eventually accompanying such fare such as the TV series "Peter Gunn", South Pacific, Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, and To Kill a Mockingbird. At age 24, Williams became a staff arranger at Columbia and then at 20th Century-Fox. The orchestrating gigs led to serious composing jobs for television, notably "Gilligan's Island", "Lost in Space" and his Emmy-winning scores for Heidi and Jane Eyre. Daddy-O and Because They're Young brought his original music to the big theatres, but he was typecast doing comedies. The Reivers is what caught the ear of director Steven Spielberg, then preparing The Sugarland Express. When Spielberg reunited with Williams on Jaws, Williams gained his first Academy Award for Original Score, and Spielberg promptly recommended Williams to a friend, George Lucas. Star Wars became the best selling score-only soundtrack of all time. For the next five years, Williams wrote big scores for big films, including The Fury, Superman, 1941 and Raiders of the Lost Ark. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial brought about his third Oscar, and The River, Empire of the Sun, The Accidental Tourist, and Born on the Fourth of July were also hits, but Williams returned to television with work on Amazing Stories and themes for NBC, including NBC Nightly News. Williams intended to retire during the 1990s, particularly after Jurassic Park and the Oscar-winning Schindler's List, but he went on to produce scores for two Home Alone films, JFK, Nixon, Sleepers, Seven Years in Tibet, Saving Private Ryan , Angela's Ashes , and a return to familiar territory with Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. His relationships with Spielberg and Lucas continue in Artificial Intelligence: AI, the remaining Star Wars prequels, Minority Report, Catch Me If You Can, and a promised fourth Indiana Jones film. One highlight is his musical magic for the world of Harry Potter, which he also arranged into a concert suite geared toward teaching children about the symphony orchestra. Williams was conductor of the Boston Pops for 12 years, as well as working extensively with the London Symphony Orchestra. He currently serves as the Pop's Conductor Laureate. Williams is the most Oscar-nominated living individual, with an astounding 41 nominations. In 2003 his total increased to 42, after receiving a nomination for Catch Me If You Can. He is the composer of the biggest-selling instrumental single of all-time, and the only one to be officially awarded Platinum status for Star Wars Theme and Cantina Band. Williams has earned more than twenty Gold and Platinum Records, two Emmys, three Golden Globes, 18 Grammys, National Board of Review (including a Career Achievement Award), 6 Saturns, and 7 BAFTA citations, along with honorary doctorate degrees numbering in the teens. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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Werke von John Williams

Jurassic Park: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1993) — Verfasser — 45 Exemplare
Fiddler on the Roof: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1988) — Conductor — 41 Exemplare
Star Wars Trilogy [6 CD] (1997) 34 Exemplare
Superman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1978) — Verfasser — 23 Exemplare
Josh Groban In Concert [2002 TV episode] (2002) — Conductor — 10 Exemplare
Time Warp (1990) — Verfasser — 9 Exemplare
Star Tracks (1984) 9 Exemplare
Selections from Star Wars (1999) 9 Exemplare
John Williams Plays the Movies (1997) 8 Exemplare
Summon The Heroes (2000) 8 Exemplare
Saving Private Ryan [songbook] (1998) — Verfasser — 8 Exemplare
The Best of John Williams (1991) 6 Exemplare
Swing (1994) 5 Exemplare
Unforgettable (1993) 5 Exemplare
Home Alone Christmas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2000) — Verfasser — 5 Exemplare
The Berlin Concert — Verfasser — 4 Exemplare
The BFG [2016 film OST] (2016) 4 Exemplare
Joy To The World 4 Exemplare
The Imperial March (2011) 4 Exemplare
Duel of the fates (1999) 4 Exemplare
Digital Jukebox 4 Exemplare
Fanfares and Themes (1989) 4 Exemplare
John Williams: A Life In Music (2018) 3 Exemplare
Star Wars Medley 3 Exemplare
American Classics (2001) 3 Exemplare
A Tribute to the Music of Star Wars — Verfasser — 3 Exemplare
Pomp And Pizazz (1990) 3 Exemplare
Theme from Jurassic Park (2008) 3 Exemplare
Pops Stoppers 3 Exemplare
Jessye Norman: With A Song in My Heart (1984) — Conductor — 3 Exemplare
John Williams Songbook (1983) 3 Exemplare
Star Wars - Ukulele (2016) 3 Exemplare
Telarc Collection 4 2 Exemplare
War Horse (2011) (2012) 2 Exemplare
Music From the Star Wars Saga (1999) — Verfasser — 2 Exemplare
Boston Pops: We Wish You a Merry Christmas (1981) — Verfasser — 2 Exemplare
Cantina Band Sheet Music (1977) 2 Exemplare
A Celebration (2012) 2 Exemplare
Films of Roger Moore (1974) 2 Exemplare
The Green Album (1992) 2 Exemplare
Exsultate Justi 2 Exemplare
Family Plot [soundtrack] (2010) 1 Exemplar
Somewhere in My Memory (From Home Alone) (2008) — Verfasser — 1 Exemplar
Hymn to the Fallen 1 Exemplar
Music in film 1 Exemplar
Concerto 1 Exemplar
Stars Wars 1 Exemplar
Missouri Breaks 1 Exemplar
The Mission Theme 1 Exemplar
The Harry Potter Collection (2013) 1 Exemplar
Music From the Galaxies (1994) 1 Exemplar
Spielberg/Williams Collab. (1991) 1 Exemplar
Star wars for organ (2016) 1 Exemplar
Music of John Williams (2003) 1 Exemplar
Pops in Space 1 Exemplar
Sound the Bells! 1 Exemplar
Films of Charlton Heston (1974) 1 Exemplar
Encore! 1 Exemplar
Star Wars and Other Sci-Fi Themes — Verfasser — 1 Exemplar
Patriot Score 1 Exemplar
John Williams Conductor (2018) 1 Exemplar
When You're Alone 1 Exemplar
pops in love 1 Exemplar
Jurassic Park (Main Theme) (2014) 1 Exemplar
Hedwig's Theme (2001) 1 Exemplar
Pops Britannia 1 Exemplar

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Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen (2001) — Verfasser — 2,307 Exemplare
Harry Potter ja salaisuuksien kammio (2002) — Verfasser — 1,944 Exemplare
Harry Potter und der Gefangene von Askaban (Film) (2004) — Verfasser — 1,817 Exemplare
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) — Verfasser — 1,091 Exemplare
Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones [2002 film] (2002) — Verfasser — 882 Exemplare
Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith [2005 film] (2005) — Verfasser — 879 Exemplare
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial [1982 film] (1982) — Verfasser — 861 Exemplare
Star Wars. Episode I: Die dunkle Bedrohung (1999) — Verfasser — 849 Exemplare
Jurassic Park [1993 film] (1993) — Verfasser — 848 Exemplare
Saving Private Ryan (1998) — Verfasser — 843 Exemplare
Schindler's List [1993 film] (1993) — Verfasser — 756 Exemplare
Jaws [1975 film] (1975) — Verfasser — 728 Exemplare
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark [1981 film] (1981) — Verfasser — 658 Exemplare
Star Wars: The Last Jedi [2017 film] (2017) — Verfasser — 651 Exemplare
Hook [1991 film] (1991) — Verfasser — 622 Exemplare
Krieg der Sterne Die Rückkehr der Jedi-Ritter (1983) — Verfasser — 615 Exemplare
The Patriot [2000 film] (2000) — Verfasser — 600 Exemplare
Star Wars [1977 film] (1977) — Verfasser — 599 Exemplare
War of the Worlds [2005 film] (2005) — Verfasser — 584 Exemplare
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade [1989 film] (1989) — Verfasser — 583 Exemplare
Home Alone [1990 film] (1990) — Verfasser — 567 Exemplare
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom [1984 film] (1984) — Verfasser — 548 Exemplare
Close Encounters of the Third Kind [1977 film] (1977) — Verfasser — 542 Exemplare
Harry Potter: The Complete 8-Film Collection (2011) — Verfasser — 529 Exemplare
Memoirs of a Geisha [2005 film] (2006) — Verfasser — 502 Exemplare
The Lost World: Jurassic Park [1997 film] (1997) — Verfasser — 436 Exemplare
The Empire Strikes Back [1980 film] (1980) — Verfasser — 434 Exemplare
Lincoln [2012 film] (2012) — Verfasser — 395 Exemplare
A.I. Artificial Intelligence [2001 film] (2001) — Verfasser — 372 Exemplare
The Book Thief [2013 film] (2013) — Verfasser — 356 Exemplare
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker [2019 film] (2019) — Verfasser — 334 Exemplare
Superman [1978 film] (1978) — Verfasser — 307 Exemplare
War Horse [2011 film] (2012) — Verfasser — 304 Exemplare
Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977) — Verfasser — 300 Exemplare
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York [1992 film] (1992) — Verfasser — 289 Exemplare
Munich [2005 film] (2005) — Verfasser — 278 Exemplare
Tim und Struppi - Das Geheimnis der Einhorn (2011) — Verfasser — 269 Exemplare
Roald Dahl's The BFG [2016 film] (2016) — Verfasser — 218 Exemplare
Amistad [1997 film] (1998) — Verfasser — 216 Exemplare
Die Hexen von Eastwick (1984) — Verfasser — 182 Exemplare
The Post [2017 film] (2017) — Verfasser — 149 Exemplare
Empire of the Sun [1987 film] (1987) — Verfasser — 144 Exemplare
1941 [1979 film] (1979) — Actor — 141 Exemplare
Stepmom [1998 film] (1998) — Verfasser — 133 Exemplare
Midway [1976 film] (1976) — Verfasser — 132 Exemplare
JFK [1991 film] (1991) — Verfasser — 99 Exemplare
Home Alone [and] Home Alone 2 (Double Feature Video) (1999) — Verfasser — 82 Exemplare
Always [1989 film] (1990) — Verfasser — 77 Exemplare
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace [1987 film] (1987) — Verfasser — 71 Exemplare
The Long Goodbye {1973 film} (1973) — Verfasser — 69 Exemplare
Space Camp [1986 film] (1998) — Verfasser — 63 Exemplare
The Fabelmans [2022 film] (2023) — Verfasser — 48 Exemplare
The Eiger Sanction [1975 film] (1975) — Verfasser — 38 Exemplare
Tom Sawyer [1973 film] (1973) — Verfasser — 16 Exemplare
Walt Disney Records The Legacy Collection: Disneyland (2015) — Verfasser — 15 Exemplare
The Celtic Circle: Legendary Music from a Mystic World (2003) — Artist — 13 Exemplare
The Solid Gold Cadillac [1956 film] (1956) — Actor — 8 Exemplare
Obi-Wan Kenobi [2022 TV miniseries] (2022) — Verfasser — 7 Exemplare
Dear Brigitte [1965 film] — Actor — 6 Exemplare
Spirit of America (2003) 6 Exemplare
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy [2004 film] (2004) — Verfasser; Self — 3 Exemplare
Tom Sawyer: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack — Conductor — 3 Exemplare
The Music of DC Comics: 75th Anniversary Collection (2010) — Verfasser — 2 Exemplare
The Music of DC Comics: Volume 2 (2016) — Verfasser — 2 Exemplare
Obi-Wan Kenobi: Original Soundtrack (2022) — Verfasser — 1 Exemplar

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Wissenswertes

Rechtmäßiger Name
Williams, John Towner
Andere Namen
Williams, Johnny
Geburtstag
1932-02-08
Geschlecht
male
Nationalität
USA
Geburtsort
Floral Park, New York, USA
Wohnorte
Los Angeles, California, USA
New York, New York, USA
Ausbildung
University of California, Los Angeles
Juilliard School
North Hollywood High School, North Hollywood, California, USA
Berufe
composer
conductor
pianist
Kurzbiographie
3. The most prolific "author" here on LT is the US composer, John Towner Williams b. 1932. Do not confuse with the Australian guitarist in 32.

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Tracklist

1 Main Title 2:18
2 Schoolboys Or Cowboys? 1:09
3 Learning The Ropes 1:28
4 Wild Horses 1:40
5 Deserted 1:40
6 Crazy Alice 1:58
7 Alternate Main Title 1:27
8 The Ranch 2:31
9 Overture 2:30
10 Bedtime Story 1:44
11 Rustlers 1:16
12 Stealing Back The Heard 1:22
13 Nightfall 1:53
14 A Sad Day 1:33
15 Into The Trap 2:12
16 The Drive 1:42
17 Summer's Over 1:29
 
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Tracklist

A1 Main Title And The Attack On The Jakku Village 6:25
A2 The Scavenger 3:39
A3 I Can Fly Anything 3:10
A4 Rey Meets BB-8 1:31
A5 Follow Me 2:54
A6 Rey’s Theme 3:11
A7 The Falcon 3:32
A8 That Girl With The Staff 1:58
B1 The Rathtars! 4:05
B2 Finn’s Confession 2:08
B3 Maz’s Counsel 3:07
B4 The Starkiller 1:50
B5 Kylo Ren Arrives At The Battle 2:00
C1 The Abduction 2:23
C2 Han And Leia 4:41
C3 March Of The Resistance 2:34
C4 Snoke 2:03
C5 On The Inside 2:06
C6 Torn Apart 4:19
C7 The Ways Of The Force 3:14
C8 Scherzo For X-Wings 2:32
D1 Farewell And The Trip 4:55
D2 The Jedi Steps And Finale 8:51
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A1 Star Wars (Main Theme) 5:49
A2 Yoda's Theme 3:24
A3 The Training Of A Jedi Knight 3:17
A4 The Heroics Of Luke And Han 6:18
B1 The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme) 2:59
B2 Departure Of Boba Fett 3:30
B3 Han Solo And The Princess 3:25
B4 Hyperspace 4:02
B5 The Battle In The Snow 3:48
C1 The Asteroid Field 4:10
C2 The City In The Clouds 6:29
C3 Rebels At Bay 5:23
C4 Yoda And The Force 4:01
D1 The Duel 4:07
D2 The Magic Tree 3:32
D3 Lando's Palace 3:52
D4 Finale 6:28
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5653735991n | Aug 17, 2023 |
CDWIL | Legendary American composer John Williams conducted "Call Of The Champions" -- the official theme of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games -- during the opening ceremonies from Salt Lake City, joined by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Utah Symphony. This new piece, composed by Williams especially for these Olympic Winter Games, is the opening track on his new album American Journey (SK 89364). The album title comes from Williams' six-movement composition of the same name, which was composed for the Millennium celebrations in Washington, D.C., and has never before been available on disc

"This is an attempt to portray the 20th century thematically", says Williams -- "we wanted people to take heed but take heart at the same time, and have this be an uplifting experience." American Journey is presented here for the first time as a complete concert work. The CD features over a dozen original tracks by Williams, plus an added bonus -- "Summon The Heroes", the anthem written for the '96 Olympic Summer Games in Atlanta.

Tracks 2-12, 14 recorded December 9-10, 1999 and June 19 & 20, 2000 at Sony Pictures Studios, Culver City, CA. Tracks 1 & 13 recorded November 27, 2001 at Maurice Abravanel Hall, Salt Lake City, Utah. Track 15 recorded January 1996 at Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts. |

Tracklist

1 Call Of The Champions (The Official Theme Of The 2002 Olympic Winter Games)
Choir – Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Conductor – John Williams (4)
Directed By – Craig Jessop
Orchestra – The Utah Symphony*
5:00
American Journey
Orchestra – The Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra
2 I. Immigration And Building 5:39
3 II. The Country At War 3:22
4 III. Popular Entertainment 2:30
5 IV. Arts And Sports 2:37
6 V. Civil Rights And The Women's Movement 3:27
7 VI. Flight And Technology 7:10
8 Song For World Peace
Orchestra – The Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra
4:42
9 Jubilee 350
Orchestra – The Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra
3:44
10 The Mission Theme (Theme For NBC News)
Orchestra – The Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra
3:30
11 For New York (Variations On Themes Of Leonard Bernstein)
Orchestra – The Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra
3:03
12 Sound The Bells!
Conductor – John Williams (4)
Orchestra – The Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra
2:50
13 Hymn To New England
Conductor – John Williams (4)
Orchestra – The Utah Symphony*
3:11
14 Celebrate Discovery
Conductor – John Williams (4)
Orchestra – The Los Angeles Recording Arts Orchestra
3:49
15 Summon The Heroes (Written For The Centennial Celebration Of The Modern Olympic Games, Atlanta, Georgia, July 19, 1996)
Conductor – John Williams (4)
Orchestra – The Boston Pops Orchestra
6:16
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