John Williams received his 22nd Grammy Award last night for the track “The Book Thief”, from the original soundtrack album of the same title. The track had been nominated for Best Instrumental Composition at this year’s Grammys, presented for albums…
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Williams Premieres ‘Book Thief’ Suite
NEW UPDATE: Listen to the full performance and interview with John Williams (audio only): See also: Video report (22-second John Williams segment starting at 4:53) LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Williams and Jill Scott were among the artists who brought…
‘The Book Thief’ Nominated for the Saturn Awards
John Williams’ score for The Book Thief has been nominated for the Saturn Awards, presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films. The other nominees in the music category are Oz The Great and Powerful by Danny Elfman,…
‘The Role of Music According to John Williams’
“If we’re successful as composers, we are finding a sound, a theme or if I can put the word in quotes, ‘noise’ that belongs to a film, that doesn’t exist anywhere else. There can be an aspect of uniqueness in…
Williams to Premiere ‘The Book Thief’ Suite at Pre-Oscar Ceremony
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After 85 years, Oscar is putting on his very first concert, and there are plans to televise future shows worldwide. The motion picture academy will present a live Oscar Concert in the days leading up to…
‘The Book Thief’ Promo Album Track List and Chronological Order
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Williams Receives 49th Oscar Nomination
John Williams has received his 49th Academy Award nomination for his score to The Book Thief, it was announced this morning in Hollywood. Williams’ score has been nominated along with Gravity by Steven Price, Her by William Butler and Owen Pallett, Philomena by…
‘The Book Thief’ Album – Chronological Order
‘The Book Thief’ Gets BAFTA Nomination
John Williams’ The Book Thief has received a nomination by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) for Best Original Film Music, the only category in which the movie was nominated. The other nominees are 12 Years a Slave…
‘Eye on the Oscars: Composers Sound Off – John Williams’
“When I read The Book Thief, I jumped at the chance to do it,” says Williams, 81, who won two of his five Oscars for films about children (E.T.) and the Holocaust (Schindler’s List). “What I found very powerful was…