John Williams has received his 72nd Grammy Award Nomination for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in the category of ‘Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media’. Also nominated in this category are the original soundtrack albums for Ad Astra by…
Category: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Williams Wins Five IFMCA Awards
INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC CRITICS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 2019 IFMCA AWARDS; JOHN WILLIAMS REIGNS SUPREME WITH MULTIPLE AWARDS HONORING HIS FINAL STAR WARS SCORE, THE RISE OF SKYWALKER FEBRUARY 20, 2020 — The International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) announces…
John Williams Interview on KUSC Radio
On January 31st, John Williams was interviewed by Jim Svejda as part of a series of conversations with the five Academy Award Nominees for Best Original Score, which aired this week on KUSC at the Movies. The 23-minute interview, in…
Williams Receives 52nd Academy Award Nomination
John Williams has received his 52nd Academy Award nomination for his score to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, it was announced on Monday. Williams’ score has been nominated along with Joker by Hildur Guðnadóttir, Little Women by Alexandre Desplat, Marriage…
Analysis: New Themes in ‘The Rise of Skywalker’
With The Rise of Skywalker, John Williams has brought his scoring of the nine-film Star Wars saga to a conclusion. As with each sequel in the saga, Williams added several new themes to the musical collection while recalling and building on…
‘The Rise of Skywalker’ Receives BAFTA Nomination
Williams’ score for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is among the nominees for this year’s British Academy Film Awards, which will take place on Sunday, February 2. Newman, Giacchino, Desplat and Guđnadóttir are the other nominees in the Original Score category: BEST ORIGINAL SCORE 1917…
Williams Wrote ‘More Than 3 Hours’ of Music for ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ (Variety Article)
“Forty years ago, if you said to me, ‘Here’s a project, John, and I want you to write 25 hours of music,’ I would have dropped my pencil case and said, ‘It’s impossible. No one can do that,’” the composer…
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER – Original Soundtrack Album Now Available
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Music Composed and Conducted by JOHN WILLIAMS
Williams Talks ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ (Video Interview) + Recording Sessions Footage (UPDATED with New Pictures from the Recording Sessions)
John Williams discusses his work on the last episode of the Star Wars saga, in his first promotional interview for The Rise of Skywalker. You can watch over one minute of footage of the recording sessions from 6:33 of this…
‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ Digital Album to be Released on December 18
PRESS RELEASE: Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker Original Motion Picture Soundtrack From Oscar®-Winning Composer John Williams DIGITAL SOUNDTRACK SET FOR RELEASE DECEMBER 18 PHYSICAL ALBUM AVAILABLE DECEMBER 20 PRE-ORDER AVAILABLE NOW BURBANK, Calif., Dec. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Walt Disney Records is set…