Hour Detroit interviewed DSO music director Leonard Slatkin about how his friendship with Williams sparked this unique event, and what ticketholders can expect to see at the June 14 concert. “To have both of them on the stage talking about…
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Williams Talks ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ at Special Screening
With casting director Lynn Stalmaster and director Norman Jewison, John Williams talks about the challenges of making “Fiddler On The Roof” (1971), before a screening during the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival at TCL Chinese Theatre on April 13, 2014…
Williams to Write Piece for Tanglewood Music Center 75th Anniversary
During a recent interview at KUSC Classical on his oscar nomination for The Book Thief (discussed here), Williams mentioned that he has been asked to write a piece for next year’s 75th Anniversary of the Tanglewood Music Center, which “he…
John Williams on the 30th Anniversary of ‘Olympic Fanfare and Theme’
John Williams explains the origins of his “Olympic Fanfare and Theme”, which debuted 30 years ago at the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles.
‘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…
‘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…
‘Composers Help Tell the Story and Set the Scene’ (L.A. Times Article)
John Williams (‘The Book Thief’), Steven Price (‘Gravity’), Hans Zimmer (’12 Years a Slave’) and Thomas Newman (‘Saving Mr. Banks’) discuss their work. – Full article at the Los Angeles Times Discuss this topic in our forums
John Williams Looks Forward to Scoring New ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Indiana Jones’
LOS ANGELES — At 81 years old, legendary composer John Williams is busier than ever, as he scores JJ Abrams’ Star Wars: Episode VII and is raring to work on Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones 5. John quipped that he expects to…
John Williams Talks ‘The Book Thief’ (Video)
Q&A: John Williams on Accompanying Steven Spielberg
AZCentral.com interviews John Williams on the occasion of his upcoming appearance with Spielberg in Phoenix this Saturday – Q&A: John Williams on accompanying Steven Spielberg Discuss this topic in our forums