John Williams
Sound
Born February 8, 1932 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA
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).
Filmography
Live at the Shrine! John Williams and the World Premiere of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: The 20th Anniversary
Self
Disclosure Day
Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord
The Cinema of John Williams (Indiana Jones, E.T., Star Wars and more)
Superman
Jurassic World Rebirth
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Self
OSN: Musiche dall'America con Gianna Fratta e Alessandro Taverna
Jonas Kaufmann: The Sound of Movies
Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl
Self
Music by John Williams
Self - Composer
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy
John Williams: A Legacy In Sound
Self
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
Self
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory
John Williams in Tokyo
Self
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford
Self
Eastwood Symphonic
The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Self
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Anne-Sophie Mutter - Vivace
Self
The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
Self
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure
The Fabelmans
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
If These Walls Could Sing
Self
Piano Cinéma
Jurassic World Dominion
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen
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The Stories of West Side Story
Self
Ennio
Self
Anne-Sophie Mutter, John Williams & Friends: Beethoven and Williams
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Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Selected Film Themes
Self - Conductor
OSN: Il ballo al Cinema con John Axelrod
The Book of Boba Fett
John Williams Live - Music from the Movies
For the Empire
John Williams: The Berlin Concert
Self
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
A World Without Beethoven?
Self
John Williams: Live in Vienna
Self - Conductor
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Self - Composer (archive footage)
The Skywalker Legacy
Self
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Oma Tres
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Self (archive footage)
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits
Self
Battle at Big Rock
Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
Self - Conductor
The Post
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Spielberg
Self
Dear Basketball
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Self
Hoshino
The BFG
John Williams at the BBC
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John Williams: The Seventh Symphony
Self (archive footage)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
A John Williams Celebration
Self
The Book Thief
Lincoln: An American Journey
Self
Lincoln
The 'E.T.' Journals
Self
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Darth Maul Returns
War Horse
AFI's Master Class - The Art of Collaboration: Steven Spielberg and John Williams
Self
The Adventures of Tintin
A Conversation with the Masters: The Empire Strikes Back 30 Years Later
Self
LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace
Return to Jurassic Park
Self
LEGO Star Wars: Bombad Bounty
Music
Self
Deconstructing Dad: The Music, Machines and Mystery of Raymond Scott
Self
Jaws: The Inside Story
Self
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
Self / Performer
The Shark Is Still Working
Self
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
Self
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
Self
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
Self
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
An Inconvenient Truth
Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer
Self
Munich
Memoirs of a Geisha
Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III
Self
War of the Worlds
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: A Musical Journey
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
Self (archive footage)
The Revamping of Dracula
Self
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Self
When Star Wars Ruled the World
Self
The Terminal
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The Music of 'Indiana Jones'
Self
Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera
Self
Building a Scene
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
Self
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
The Beginning: Making Episode I
Self
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'
Self
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
Self
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
Self
Plotting 'Family Plot'
Self
The Patriot
The Unfinished Journey
Angela's Ashes
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Stepmom
Saving Private Ryan
Amistad
Seven Years in Tibet
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
The Making of 'The Lost World'
Self
Rosewood
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
Self
In the Teeth of Jaws
Self
Sleepers
The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
Self
Atlanta 1996: Games of the XXVI Olympiad - Opening Ceremony
The Making of '1941'
Self
Nixon
Sabrina
The Making of 'Jaws'
Self
Return of the Ewok
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
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
Self
The Accidental Tourist
Empire of the Sun
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
Self
Return of the Jedi
Cinderella Revolution
The Man Who Saved the World
Monsignor
Yes, Giorgio
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Heartbeeps
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Superman II
The Making of The Empire Strikes Back
Self
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
Self
The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Music by John Williams
Self
1941
Dracula
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
Superman
Jaws 2
The Fury
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Royal Variety Performance 1977
Bloodthirsty Hawk
Star Wars
Black Sunday
Previn and the Pittsburgh
Self
Midway
The Missouri Breaks
Family Plot
Jaws
The Eiger Sanction
The Towering Inferno
Earthquake
The Sugarland Express
Conrack
Cinderella Liberty
The Paper Chase
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
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
60 Minutes
Self
Sergeant Ryker
Valley of the Dolls
Fitzwilly
Ghostbreakers
A Guide for the Married Man
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
Redcap
The Killers
Nightmare in Chicago
Gidget Goes to Rome
The Best Years
Diamond Head
Stark Fear
Flashing Spikes
Bachelor Flat
Alcoa Premiere
The Guns of Navarone
The Secret Ways
Because They're Young
I Passed for White
Daddy-O
Bachelor Father
Playhouse 90
Self (Pianist)
The Oscars
Self
Today