John Williams’ annual ‘Tanglewood on Parade’ and ‘Film Night’ concerts will be joined this year by the world premiere of a new concert work by the Maestro and full performances of his Oscar-winning scores for Jaws and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial…
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John Williams’ AFI Award Tribute Videos Online
The American Film Institute’s YouTube channel has been updated with a series of highlights from their John Williams Life Achievement Award tribute gala, which took place on June 9 in Hollywood. Their current playlist includes Williams’ acceptance speech as well…
JWFan Reviews ‘The BFG’
The BFG – The Big Friendly Giant Music composed and conducted by John Williams a review by Mikko Ojala The director/composer partnership of Steven Spielberg and John Williams is by any standards legendary in film business and each new outing…
Williams to Premiere ‘The BFG’ Suite at Tanglewood
John Williams will conduct an eight-minute suite from his latest score, The BFG, at this year’s Tanglewood on Parade, which will take place on August 2. The program will also include March of the Resistance from Star Wars: The Force…
Williams Talks ‘The BFG’ (Video)
Williams discusses his work in the film in this recent interview available at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x8z-gspfF8 Discuss this topic in our forums
‘The BFG’ Recording Sessions Footage
Watch John Williams conduct his score for Steven Spielberg’s The BFG at the films’ recording sessions from 5:42 into the video: Discuss this topic in our forums
THE BFG Soundtrack Samples
German site Weltbild has posted 30-second samples of all tracks from the original soundtrack album of The BFG (click on ‘Titelliste’ to listen to the samples). The CD will be released by Walt Disney Records on July 1.
Williams Receives AFI’s Life Achievement Award
On June 9, Steven Spielberg presented the 44th AFI Life Achievement Award to his longtime collaborator, composer John Williams. This was the first time in the history of the American Film Institute that the award went to a composer. Williams’…
Williams Confirmed for ‘Indiana Jones 5’
Spielberg confirmed to ETOnline on Thursday that legendary composer John Williams will be returning to score the as-yet-untitled fifth Indiana Jones feature, after lending his talents to the first four features in the Harrison Ford-starring series. “John Williams will come…
Williams Confirms Work on Spielberg’s ‘Ready Player One’, “Expects” to do ‘Star Wars: Episode VIII’
In a recent interview published today in Variety, John Williams has confirmed that he will write the score for Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One, which he plans to begin working on in November, and that he “expects” to do Star…