“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,…
Category: Interviews
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…
John Williams, Kobe Bryant and Director Glen Keane Talk ‘Dear Basketball’
“Composing the way I do is a very labor-intensive thing, because I don’t have synthesizers and computers and so on,” Williams said. “I’m doing it all by hand — which is a medieval practice, to say the least.” Keane refers…
Williams Talks Spielberg Collaboration Album (Audio Interview)
KUSC’s Jim Svejda talks to composer John Williams about his decades-long collaboration with Steven Spielberg and the new multi-CD set that celebrates their many movies. – Click here to listen to the interview Discuss this topic in our forums
Full Recording of Marion’s Theme and Behind-the-Scenes Video from ‘Spielberg/Williams Collaboration Part III’ Album
“I was very happy with the fact that when I was music director of Boston Pops, we were able to record a lot of the music that I’d written for Steven’s films,” Williams said in a statement. “So I said…
Williams Starts Recording STAR WARS: EPISODE VIII
UPDATE: According to a tweet from ScoringSessions.com, John Williams began recording music for Star Wars: Episode VIII at Sony on Tuesday, December 13, while “the bulk of scoring will be in the spring.” – JWFan discussion thread According to an…