Toots Thielemans, one of the only musicians to have a successful career as a jazz harmonica player, died on Monday in Brussels. Thielemans performed in the original soundtrack recordings of John Williams’ Cinderella Liberty (1973) and the first Williams/Spielberg collaboration,…
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Williams Meets Two Musicians Playing the ‘Star Wars’ Theme Outside His House
This is what happened when two musicians made a spontaneous decision to play the Star Wars theme in front of John Williams’ house on July 11, 2016… With the high part played by 13-year-old trumpeter, Bryce Hayashi, and the lower…
John Williams to Score Kobe Bryant’s Animated Short Film
Retired NBA superstar Kobe Bryant will turn his love poem to hoops, “Dear Basketball,” into a short animated film and a related series of projects to be distributed exclusively on Sports Illustrated digital properties. The short will be narrated by…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOHN WILLIAMS!
Today is John Williams’ 84th Birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAESTRO! Celebrate John Williams’ Birthday in our forums
‘Star Wars’ Recording Engineer Eric Tomlinson Dies
Recording engineer Eric Tomlinson, who collaborated with John Williams during the ’70s and early ’80s, passed away earlier this week at age 84. Tomlinson worked with Williams in the recording of the scores for Fiddler of the Roof, Star Wars,…
Williams Talks About His First Film Score
The renowned American composer who is completing the soundtrack to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, says the roots of his high profile musical career can be traced back to two years he spent in St. John’s in the early 1950s.…
John Williams’ ‘Great Performances’ Theme & Behind the Scenes Video
PBS has uploaded the full, narration-free version of John Williams’ 2009 Emmy Award winning theme for Great Performances (Click here to listen to the MP3), plus a never-before-seen behind the scenes video of the rehearsal and recording of the theme.…
‘E.T.”s Finale – Spectacular Fireworks Show from the Eiffel Tower
This year’s French National Day celebration in Paris ended with John Williams’ Finale from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, as the culmination of an amazing fireworks show from the Eiffel Tower. More than half a million people attended the nearly 3 hour…
R.I.P. JAMES HORNER (1953-2015)
James Horner, the consummate film composer known for his heart-tugging scores for Field of Dreams, Braveheart and Titanic, for which he won two Academy Awards, died Monday in a plane crash near Santa Barbara. He was 61. His death was…
Thomas Newman Replaces Williams on ‘Bridge of Spies’
PRESS RELEASE: BURBANK, Calif. (March 18, 2015) – Dreamworks Pictures’/Fox 2000 Pictures’ upcoming dramatic thriller directed by three-time Academy Award®-winning director Steven Spielberg (“Saving Private Ryan,” “Schindler’s List”) and starring two-time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks (“Forrest Gump,” “Philadelphia”), has…