John Williams

United States
February 8, 1932

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John Towner Williams is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. With a career spanning over six decades, he has composed some of the most popular, recognizable, and critically acclaimed film scores in cinematic history, including those of 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. Williams has been associated with director Steven Spielberg since 1974, composing music for all but three of his feature films. 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.

For the last 14 days:

745 tracks
439 stations
46 countries

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Remembrances

Arcano Mundo

The Dance of the Witches

Classical Radio - John Williams

The Battle of Crait

Radio RMF - Muzyka Filmowa

John Williams top songs

1	Carol of the Bells
2	Star Wars: Main Title
3	Hedwig's Theme
4	Raiders March
5	Hook: Flight to Neverland
6	Jurassic Park: Theme
7	Harry's Wondrous World
8	Theme from "Schindler's List"
9	Finale
10	Somewhere in My Memory
11	Hedwig's Theme (From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone")
12	Finale
13	Yoda's Theme
14	Jurassic Park
15	Hook-Napped
16	Rey's Theme
17	The Forest Battle
18	Superman: March
19	Star Wars Themes
20	Bug Tunnel / Death Trap
21	Excerpts (From "Close Encounters of the Third Kind")
22	Water!
23	Main Title / The Imperial Probe
24	We Wish You a Merry Christmas / End Title
25	End Credits

John Williams quotes

'There’s a very basic human, non-verbal aspect to our need to make music and use it as part of our human expression. It doesn’t have to do with body movements, it doesn't have to do with articulation of a language, but with something spiritual.'