This year, Steven Spielberg will present the 44th AFI Life Achievement Award to his longtime collaborator, composer John Williams. This is the first time in the history of the American Film Institute that the award will go to a composer.…
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Spielberg Talks ‘The BFG’ Music
In an interview published in the Official Disney Fan Club magazine, director Steven Spielberg shared details on making The BFG, including working with John Williams on the film’s score: In terms of the movie’s music, it’s no surprise that Spielberg…
VIDEO: John Williams Tribute Concert in Paris
‘John Williams: The Philharmonic Concert’ A Tribute to John Williams – Music from the Films of Steven Spielberg The Sinfonia Pop Orchestra conducted by Constantin Rouits Recorded April 30, 2016 at the Grand Rex in Paris, France. Concert hommage à…
New Releases: ‘Jurassic Park’ and ‘Harry Potter’ for Two Pianos
French pianist and composer Enguerrand-Friedrich Lühl has released two new albums of John Williams music performed on piano, featuring the complete score from Jurassic Park, and selections from the first three Harry Potter scores. The Harry Potter compilation was recorded…
Williams Begins Recording ‘The BFG’
According to JoAnn Kane Music Service via their Twitter account, recording sessions for John Williams’ score to The BFG started last week with the attendance of director Steven Spielberg – you can read some Williams and Spielberg quotes from the…
‘Jurassic Park’ Score to be Performed Live to Picture
Jurassic Park is the latest blockbuster to get the orchestral-concert treatment in what has become a growing form of entertainment: watching a movie while listening to a live performance of its score. The 1993 Steven Spielberg film joins other offerings by…
Sharks and Bandits: A Q&A with Mike Matessino
by Jason LeBlanc 2015 has been a great year to be a John Williams fan. For the 40th anniversary of Jaws, Geffen Records reissued the original LP program on vinyl and digital. For the 25th anniversary of Home Alone, Sony…
Intrada Releases Complete JAWS Score + Original Album Remastered (2CD)
JAWS Composed and Conducted by JOHN WILLIAMS INTRADA INT 7145 Retail Price: $29.99 For track listing and sound samples, please visit: http://store.intrada…it.A/id.9909/.f One of cinema’s most famous soundtracks finally gets the deluxe 2-CD treatment it deserves! John Williams won a…
‘E.T.’ Screenwriter Melissa Mathison Dead at 65
Melissa Mathison, who was Oscar-nominated for original screenplay for Steven Spielberg’s E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and The BFG, died Wednesday at UCLA Medical Center of neuroendrocrine cancer, her brother Dirk Mathison said. She was 65. – Full article at Variety Discuss…
‘When John Williams Can’t Go, Whom Does Spielberg Call? Thomas Newman’
Up until this year, composer John Williams had scored every single Steven Spielberg movie, save one, since the director’s big-screen debut in 1974. That streak comes to an end this weekend, though, with the release of Spielberg’s new Cold War…