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…
Category: Interviews
‘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…
‘John Williams Reflects on Tanglewood’s Enduring Spirit’
“This has been a wonderful place for me to write, I’ve done so much of my film work here,” Williams said. He listed all the Harry Potter films, the score for Schindler’s List — “written entirely here,” he said —…
Fans Submit Questions to John Williams via ClassicFM on Facebook
Tommy Pearson interviewed John Williams for ClassicFM on Thursday, and ClassicFM invited their Facebook fans to submit questions. Here’s the latest update from Tommy: “Hi everyone – thank you so much for all your questions. I was able to put…
Williams Interview on NBC’s ‘Rock Center’
‘Jaws’ film composer John Williams on why he’s ‘anti-iPodian’ Legendary composer John Williams counts the “Olympic Fanfare” as one of his signature works. Now, as he celebrates his 80th birthday, he has just finished composing the score for Steven Spielberg’s…