“I actually got to witness John Williams do this incredible thing — which was during the recording of the score for the Crait scene. There was this one section where the brass was playing and John (who knows every single…
Category: Interviews
Producer Mike Matessino Talks ‘E.T.’, ‘Close Encounters’ Complete Score Releases (Audio Interview)
Tim Burden interviews album producer Mike Matessino about his assignments for John Williams and the recent releases of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 35th Anniversary Limited Edition and Close Encounters of the Third Kind 40th Anniversary Remastered Edition, plus a bit of…
John Williams Interview on KUSC Radio
On February 15, John Williams was interviewed on KUSC’s “The Evening Program with Jim Svejda”, where he discussed his career and his work on Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Click here to listen to the interview Discuss this topic in…
JWFan Exclusive: Pittsburgh Symphony Trombonist on John Williams, ‘Star Wars’ and More
Trombonist Jim Nova has performed and recorded with John Williams in countless concerts, including the BSO, and recently released an album of Star Wars music for trombone choir.
Mark Hamill on John Williams: “He is the entire cast” (New Interview)
“Aside from George Lucas, nobody deserves more credit for the success of `Star Wars’ than John Williams,” says Mark Hamill. It’s a pretty bold statement from the actor who plays Luke Skywalker in five of the eight “Star Wars” movies,…
Williams Confirms ‘STAR WARS: EPISODE IX’ (New Variety Interview)
In an interview published today in Variety, John Williams has confirmed that he will write the score for next year’s Star Wars: Episode IX. As for his future with “Star Wars” movies, Williams confirms that he told director J.J. Abrams…
Director Rian Johnson on Working with John Williams (Podcast)
“When we were editing, we had a very talented music editor, Joe Bonn, who cut a temp score out of John’s previous scores and we basically temped using John Williams music. And then basically we gave that temp score to…
Williams Talks ‘The Post’ (Video)
Williams discusses his work on the score for Steven Spielberg’s The Post in this promotional video from 20th Century Fox. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX78qVzH48w Discuss this topic in our forums
Interview: Mark Hamill on John Williams and his Importance to ‘Star Wars’
I feel foolish, because at some point when I looked at the track listing on the picture, I said, “Wow, there’s a princess theme… too bad he didn’t write a theme for Luke.” And, he didn’t call me a moron,…
JWFan Exclusive: A New Interview with Mike Matessino
By Jason LeBlanc Mike, thanks for joining us again! The last time we talked was for three big John Williams score expansions – Jaws, Jaws 2, and Home Alone – and now less than 2 years later, three new Williams/Spielberg score expansions…