More than two years after completing his ninth “Star Wars” movie, composer John Williams is returning to the Jedi fold with a theme for “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” Variety has learned. Williams has written the musical signature for the continuing adventures of…
Month: February 2022
John Williams’ Hollywood Bowl 2022 Concerts Announced
‘Maestro of the Movies: Celebrating John Williams at 90’ September 2, 3 & 4, 2022 The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by JOHN WILLIAMS and DAVID NEWMAN ‘You know a John Williams score the moment you hear it—and if you’re…
THE COWBOYS Premieres on Vinyl for its 50th Anniversary
From Varèse Sabarande’s Facebook Page: THE COWBOYS – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Deluxe Edition) by John Williams This 50th anniversary release celebrates John Wayne and one of his finest twilight westerns with a score composed by the living legend, John…
John Williams: The Berlin Concert Tops German Charts
In his 90th birthday week legendary composer John Williams has topped the Official German Charts, landing his first ever No.1 album, with The Berlin Concert. This landmark recording captures the composer’s debut with the Berlin Philharmonic last year and features…
Stéphane Denève Interviews John Williams (Full Version, 2016)
In April 2016, John Williams was interviewed by Philadelphia Orchestra conductor Stéphane Denève coinciding with the Maestro’s concert on May 4 of that year. The full, previously unseen version of that interview is now available on YouTube. Discuss this topic…
Williams Expects ‘The Fabelmans’ to be his Last Spielberg Collaboration/Plans to Focus on Concert Works (New Interview)
“I don’t particularly want to do films anymore,” Williams said. “Six months of life at my age is a long time.” In his next phase, he plans to focus more intensely on another passion: writing concert works, of which he…
HAPPY 90th BIRTHDAY, MAESTRO!
Happy 90th Birthday to the legend. FOREVER GRATEFUL JWFan.com JOHN WILLIAMS 90th BIRTHDAY TRIBUTES John Williams Birthday thread on JWFan The Legacy of John Williams (Maurizio Caschetto) https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=165&v=iaE3OHUT0S8&feature=emb_logo Variety (Jon Burlingame) StarWars.com (Dan Brooks) Film Music Review (Steve…
Williams Currently Working on Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Fabelmans’
John Williams “is finishing work on the score for Spielberg’s next film, The Fabelmans, expected to record next month in Los Angeles,” according to a new article by Jon Burlingame in Variety. The article also confirms that Williams is currently…
Williams to Conduct the Vienna Philharmonic Next Month
The Vienna Philharmonic announced today that John Williams and Anne-Sophie Mutter are set to return to the Austrian capital for two concerts on March 12 and 13 at the Vienna Musikverein. The program, celebrating the Maestro’s 90th birthday, will include…
John Williams at 90: ‘He is so much smarter than his critics’ (Article at The Guardian)
Since the 90s, Williams’s reputation has been bolstered by collaborations with superstar soloists such as the cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Itzhak Perlman and more recently Anne-Sophie Mutter, who have all interpreted Williams’s work away from the movies. “I would love…