Legendary composer John Williams has been a fixture in the entertainment industry since the 1950s, winning 5 Oscars and earning 52 nominations, more than any person alive today. This year, Williams turned 90, a milestone recently celebrated at the Kennedy…
Category: Interviews
PODCAST: Producer Mike Matessino Talks New ‘SpaceCamp’ Release (UPDATED with Part 2)
‘Legendary Musicians of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops Reunite to Celebrate John Williams’ – VIDEO at The Legacy of JW
The Legacy of John Williams is honoured to present ‘Boston Calling, a new special video production celebrating one of the seminal musical collaborations in the career of John Williams: the association with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops.…
‘John Williams, 90, Steps Away from Film, but Not Music’ (New Interview)
Turning 90 — an event that the Kennedy Center and Tanglewood are celebrating this summer with birthday concerts — has caused Williams to reflect on his accomplishments, his remaining ambitions and what a lifetime of music has meant to him.…
John Williams on the Cover of Gramophone’s July Issue – New Audio Interview on Gramophone.co.uk
From Gramophone.co.uk: John Williams features on the cover of the July issue of Gramophone, out on June 10. Andrew Farach-Colton writes about Williams’s concert music and we review the new DG recording of the Second Violin Concerto as well as…
VIDEO: Anne-Sophie Mutter & John Williams on Their Collaboration (UPDATE – Part 2 Now Available)
John Williams’ Violin Concerto No. 2 was written for and recorded by the venerated composer’s friend and frequent collaborator Anne-Sophie Mutter. Her impassioned world premiere performance was given with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Williams, in Tanglewood. In these…
John Williams and Yo-Yo Ma Talk New Album ‘A Gathering of Friends’
“I’d already learned about this wunderkind who played cello, and was very excited to meet him when he came to the [Boston] Pops for one of our television recordings,” recalls John Williams, renowned composer of unforgettable film scores like Star…
Mike Matessino Talks New ‘SpaceCamp’ and ‘Presumed Innocent’ Releases (Audio Interview at The Legacy of JW)
Producer Mike Matessino talks the latest John Williams expanded reissues just released: the 1986 space adventure film SpaceCamp and the 1990 courtroom drama Presumed Innocent. Hosted by Maurizio Caschetto and Tim Burden. Listen to the Podcast at The Legacy of…
Composer Natalie Holt Talks Williams’ ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Theme (UPDATED with New Details)
UPDATE: New interview with Natalie Holt for The Hollywood Reporter: Now on her second major Disney project, the British composer, classically trained violinist and “huge fan of John Williams” will share space in the canon of one of Hollywood’s most…
Mike Matessino Talks ‘Superman in Concert’ (Audio Interview at The Legacy of JW)
Soundtrack Producer Mike Matessino talks his involvement in the preparation of the live-to-picture concert performance of John Williams’ classic score premiering at the KKL in Lucerne on April 29. Listen to the interview at The Legacy of John Williams UPCOMING…