Famed composer-conductor John Williams and his wife, Samantha, have made a significant pledge to the Los Angeles Philharmonic Centennial Campaign, it was announced Friday. The total amount of the gift was not disclosed, but goes toward the organization’s $500 million…
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Williams Throws First Pitch at Orioles Game (Video & Photos)
BALTIMORE (NEWS CENTER Maine) — Fans across the Red Sox galaxy felt a grave disturbance in the Force upon seeing an unexpected foe take the mound against their team. By slipping into an Orioles jersey, John Williams embraced the role of…
Baltimore Baseball Team to Host John Williams at Upcoming Game
The Orioles baseball team will host John Williams as a special guest on Monday, June 11, for the club’s 7:05 p.m. ET game against the Boston Red Sox. Williams will throw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the game, as the Orioles…
Margot Kidder, ‘Superman’ Actress, Dies at 69
Margot Kidder, the actress best known for playing Lois Lane opposite Christopher Reeve in the “Superman” films, has died. She was 69. The actress died in her sleep at her home on Sunday in Livingston, Mont., her publicist Camilla Fluxman…
Williams Donates All His Scores to Juilliard
The Juilliard School announced today that it has received a bequest from Academy Award-winning composer and conductor John Williams of his complete library of concert music and film music scores as well as his sketchbooks. Mr. Williams, who studied piano…
John Williams, Kobe Bryant and Director Glen Keane Talk ‘Dear Basketball’
“Composing the way I do is a very labor-intensive thing, because I don’t have synthesizers and computers and so on,” Williams said. “I’m doing it all by hand — which is a medieval practice, to say the least.” Keane refers…
‘Dear Basketball’ Premieres at Tribeca Film Festival (Videos)
Dear Basketball, Kobe Bryant’s animated short film directed by Disney animator Glen Keane and scored by John Williams, premiered on April 23 at the Tribeca Film Festival. Recording sessions for the score took place last month at Sony Scoring Stage,…
John Williams’ ‘Dear Basketball’ Score Recorded (UPDATED)
UPDATE: The film is 6 minutes long and will premiere April 22 at Tribeca. John Williams has finished recording the score for Dear Basketball, an animated short film based on former NBA star Kobe Bryant’s 2015 poem, about which we…
John Williams’ Compositional Techniques Blog
The John Willliams Compositional Techniques is the title of a new book that film composer Leandro Gardini expects to publish in the near future. Until the book is out, the author has decided to share some excerpts in the form…
Spanish Book on the Music of Star Wars
Star Wars. La Música is the title of a new book by pianist and composer Andrés Valverde, who first published a John Williams biography in Spanish in 2013. The new book takes an in-depth look at the creating process of…