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There are at least four artists with this name:
(1) John Towner Williams (film score composer)
(2) John Christopher Williams (classical guitarist)
(3) John Williams (Irish musician)
(4) John Williams (blues/jazz guitarist)
(5) John Knowles Williams
(1) John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is one of the most widely recognized composers of film scores. As of 2006, he has received forty-five music-related Academy Award nominations, an accomplishment surpassed only by Walt Disney.
Early scores and compositions are credited as Johnny Williams.
Williams is best known for heroic, rousing themes in adventure and fantasy films. This includes some of the highest grossing films of all time, such as the Star Wars movies, the Superman movies, Jaws, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, and the first three Harry Potter movies. His richly thematic and highly popular 1977 score to the first Star Wars film was selected by the American Film Institute as the greatest American movie score of all time. Five of his film scores won Oscars.
His long career has also included many sensitive dramatic scores (such as Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, and Munich) and quirky character studies (like Catch Me If You Can, the theme for which makes extensive use of jazz, perhaps in homage to Mancini’s famous music for The Pink Panther). Also noteworthy are his recent collaborations with Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman on the score for Memoirs of a Geisha, as well as Williams’ other more experimental concert works.
(1) John Towner Williams (film score composer)
(2) John Christopher Williams (classical guitarist)
(3) John Williams (Irish musician)
(4) John Williams (blues/jazz guitarist)
(5) John Knowles Williams
(1) John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is one of the most widely recognized composers of film scores. As of 2006, he has received forty-five music-related Academy Award nominations, an accomplishment surpassed only by Walt Disney.
Early scores and compositions are credited as Johnny Williams.
Williams is best known for heroic, rousing themes in adventure and fantasy films. This includes some of the highest grossing films of all time, such as the Star Wars movies, the Superman movies, Jaws, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, and the first three Harry Potter movies. His richly thematic and highly popular 1977 score to the first Star Wars film was selected by the American Film Institute as the greatest American movie score of all time. Five of his film scores won Oscars.
His long career has also included many sensitive dramatic scores (such as Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, and Munich) and quirky character studies (like Catch Me If You Can, the theme for which makes extensive use of jazz, perhaps in homage to Mancini’s famous music for The Pink Panther). Also noteworthy are his recent collaborations with Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman on the score for Memoirs of a Geisha, as well as Williams’ other more experimental concert works.
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MrZimmerFan wrote:
Happy Birthday!!!!!
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darthpaula wrote:
happy birthday Mr. Williams and may the Force be with you! ♥
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reagan0 wrote:
By the way, I never tire of a good orchestral film score, especially those that can be played like a classical suite or symphony. Keep up the great work!
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reagan0 wrote:
Best wishes on your 80th birthday, Mr. Williams. Don't get lost in space!
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cobmaniac wrote:
Happy 80 B-day ultimative movie soundtrack Master John Willams! May the force be with you ...always
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BeckyMUK wrote:
Happy birthday Mr Williams!
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Wawrzyniec_85 wrote:
Happy 80th Birthday Maestro Williams! :D
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VitunHipit wrote:
Happy birthday, Sir Williams ! :D
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Lord_Aerevar wrote:
Happy 80th birthday, Johnny!
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HAPPY 80TH BIRTHDAY!!!!! [5]
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HAPPY 80TH BIRTHDAY!!!!! [4]
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HAPPY 80TH BIRTHDAY!!!!!
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SK-Futhark wrote:
regarding the 'best composer', I would probably go for Angelo Badalamenti, as he has proven that he can make both excellent electronic minimalist soundtracks and excellent orchestral soundtracks too...Though I think Vangelis is a strong contender purely for his Blade Runner soundtrack
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SK-Futhark wrote:
@henriquee: fair points and to each his own, I just find the whole orchestral soundtrack idea rather pretentious and superfluous, really....less is more...(I do really like classical music by the way so that's not a generalization about classical music as a whole)
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darthpaula wrote:
v lol
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xEarlywinter wrote:
Harry Potter music <3
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henriquee_t88 wrote:
The guy finds electronic soundtracks the holiest thing, no wonder he's also to find him simply boring. But despite John Williams being the best composer, imho, in his use of leitmotifs throughout his scores, I agree about the overused brass and also those too many fancy flourishes that make the separate listening almost silly sometimes.
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merrari wrote:
In this life, as an artist, this man is my productive idol.
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