John Williams has won the Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella for “Escapades For Alto Saxophone And Orchestra From Catch Me If You Can”, released last year on The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration Part III. This is Williams’ 24th…
Month: January 2018
Sony Classical Releases ‘John Williams Conductor’ 20-CD Box Set
Sony Classical has released John Williams Conductor, a 20-CD box set featuring most of the Maestro’s non-soundtrack albums as conductor previously released by the label over the past three decades. The box set, which is already available in Europe, will…
Williams Receives 51st Oscar Nomination for ‘The Last Jedi’
John Williams has received his 51st Academy Award Nomination for his original score to Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The other nominees in the Original Score category are Carter Burwell for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Alexandre Desplat for The…
John Williams’ ‘Film Night’ in Boston – May 23 & 24, 2018
John Williams and Thomas Wilkins will conduct the Boston Pops Orchestra on May 23 & 24 in a program that will include selections from Star Wars: The Last Jedi and some music performed live to film excerpts. More details soon…
Mark Hamill on John Williams: “He is the entire cast” (New Interview)
“Aside from George Lucas, nobody deserves more credit for the success of `Star Wars’ than John Williams,” says Mark Hamill. It’s a pretty bold statement from the actor who plays Luke Skywalker in five of the eight “Star Wars” movies,…
Williams Confirms ‘STAR WARS: EPISODE IX’ (New Variety Interview)
In an interview published today in Variety, John Williams has confirmed that he will write the score for next year’s Star Wars: Episode IX. As for his future with “Star Wars” movies, Williams confirms that he told director J.J. Abrams…
‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Soundtrack Album – External Reviews & Score Analyses (Updated January 10)
Podcast: ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark and John Williams’ Indy Scores’, by Doug Adams
A look back at the music of Raiders of the Lost Ark and John Williams’ scores to the Indiana Jones films. Discuss this topic in our forums
VIDEO: Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood (2h20min) – Includes ‘Highwood’s Ghost’ Composed and Conducted by John Williams
John Williams’ performance of ‘Highwood’s Ghost, An Encounter for Cello, Harp and Orchestra’ and is now available to watch at PBS.org as part of the Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood, which took place on August 25, 2018, Bernstein’s 100th birthday (see…