Category: Miscellaneous

Producer and Composer Quincy Jones Passes Away at 91

John WIlliams, Herbie Hancock and Quincy Jones during the re-recording session of Henry Mancini’s Peter Gunn in 2023 Quincy Jones, the musical giant who did it all as a record producer, film composer, multi-genre artist, entertainment executive and humanitarian, has…

Music Critic Richard Dyer Passes Away

As the classical critic and reporter for the Boston Globe from 1976–2006, Richard Dyer became one of John Williams’ most ardent champions and advocates in the classical world, and the primary scribe who recorded the history of Williams as it…

Sony Music Building Renamed ‘John Williams Music Building’

On Thursday afternoon, the history-filled Sony lot in Culver City — which was the MGM lot during Hollywood’s Golden Age, home to “more stars than there are in heaven” — welcomed film composer John Williams, after whom the studio’s musical building was being renamed. Williams,…