“There probably are about 55 minutes of music in the film, I think. And we recorded 92 minutes of music in Chicago.” Discuss this topic in our forums UPDATE from Randall D. Larson’s facebook: Transcript from comments made by John…
Category: Interviews
‘Lincoln’ Behind-the-Scenes with John Williams and Steven Spielberg
This week’s edition of CBS’ ’60 Minutes’ included a short behind the scenes segment of John Williams and Steven Spielberg on the score for Lincoln. The Williams/Spielberg portion starts at 3:12 into the video.
Williams Talks ‘E.T.’
“I remember working very hard on that flying theme,” Williams said. “I was concerned about getting just the right, soaring melody, which for me as a musician was a serious challenge. Here were kids flying on bicycles over the moon…
John Williams Classic FM Interview Online
John Williams spoke to Classic FM in a career retrospective interview that was broadcast on Monday August 27th at 8pm. Williams spoke to film music expert Tommy Pearson exclusively about his life and work, from composing the music for E.T. (“It…
‘John Williams Celebrated on UK Radio and TV – Interviewing the Interviewer’
ClassicFM will be devoting two hours of air-time to John Williams’ illustrious career this coming MONDAY 27th AUGUST between 8 and 10pm (BST). The two hours won’t be just a generic tribute show though, quite the opposite. It will include an…
‘John Williams, The Music Master’
Composer John Williams talks about old Hollywood, working with Spielberg and why he never goes to the movies “As a youngster, I never dreamed there could be a career actually earning a living writing music,” John Williams is telling me,…
Williams Confirms Next Spielberg Collaboration
“I just completed the work on the film Lincoln, which is being directed by Steven Spielberg, and Daniel Day-Lewis portrays Lincoln in the film. The script is based on Doris Kearns Goodwin’s book, Team of Rivals, and the screenplay is…
Celebrating Tanglewood’s 75th Anniversary
WGBH report on Tanglewood’s 75th anniversary featuring interviews with John Williams and Keith Lockhart.
John Williams Recalls ‘Jaws’
JOHN WILLIAMS RECALLS ‘JAWS’ By Jon Burlingame The Film Music Society, July 14, 2012 “John Williams has made our movie more adventurous and gripping than I ever thought possible.” — Steven Spielberg, writing about Jaws in 1975
Williams Interview on WAMC Public Radio
Tanglewood on Parade – John Williams – John Williams, speaks with us, humbly, about his impact on music and composing and why he loves Tanglewood. He also shares remembrances of Marvin Hamlisch. – Click here to listen to the interview Discuss this…