Composing film music will always be his main focus; indeed he believes it’s probably the only aspect of his writing that has any real value. That is, of course, doing himself a disservice, but that’s the composer’s way. When asked…
Category: Interviews
Watch Now: ‘SCORE MASTERS: Celebrating John Williams & Jerry Goldsmith’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bt3XCJG8gA PRESS RELEASE SCORE MASTERS: CELEBRATING JOHN WILLIAMS AND JERRY GOLDSMITH An online Event available to watch from Monday 8th February Initiated by Ipswich Film Theatre Produced by Maurizio Caschetto – The Legacy of John Williams Yavar Moradi – The…
Williams Interview on BBC Music Magazine
John Williams is featured in the Christmas 2020 issue of BBC Music Magazine, with a new interview in which the Maestro reflects on his illustrious career in Hollywood, his concert works and the thrills of conducting the Vienna Philharmonic. Find…
John Williams hopes “to be in Berlin with the Orchestra Next October” (BBC Radio Interview)
In an interview aired at BBC Radio 4 on the occasion of his RPS Gold Medal, John Williams mentioned that he hopes “to be in Berlin with the orchestra next October”, and by Spring he’ll “be able to work” (Williams’…
Mike Matessino Talks ‘War of the Worlds’ Expanded Edition
Mike Matessino discusses his restoration work on the new expanded and remastered release by Intrada Records of John Williams’s thrilling score for the sci-fi classic directed by Steven Spielberg in 2005, War of the Worlds. Full article and podcast at…
John Williams and Sarah Willis’ Horn Challenge (VIDEO)
The Force was with legendary film composer John Williams when he bravely took Sarah´s Horn Challenge in Tanglewood (pre-Corona) during an interview for the new film A World Without Beethoven?. Discuss this topic in our forums
New Williams Interview in ‘The Times’ (Excerpts)
Interview: John Williams at 89, the man behind the best (and most hummable) film scores The composer tells Richard Morrison about his decades-long career — including the time he helped out a struggling LSO with ‘some sci‑fi film’ He left…
‘The New Yorker’ Interviews John Williams
Williams is a courtly, soft-voiced, inveterately self-effacing man of eighty-eight. He is well aware of the extraordinary worldwide impact of his Star Wars music—not to mention his scores for Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T., the Indiana Jones…
Announcing “At Home with Gustavo Dudamel and John Williams” – UPDATE: Rescheduled to June 30, 6PM PT/9PM ET (Radio Interview)
From Classical KUSC Radio: Our At Home with… the series comes full circle with the conductor who started it all, Gustavo Dudamel, in conversation with the one and only John Williams. The artists, each broadcasting from their respective homes, speak…
Conrad Pope Interviews John Williams (AUDIO)
John Williams discusses the work of composer/arranger/orchestrator Conrad Salinger in a recent audio interview conducted by composer and orchestrator Conrad Pope. Listen to the interview at the American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers website. Discuss this topic in our…