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Williams Begins Recording ‘The BFG’
According to JoAnn Kane Music Service via their Twitter account, recording sessions for John Williams’ score to The BFG started last week with the attendance of director Steven Spielberg – you can read some Williams and Spielberg quotes from the…
Williams’ Boston Concerts Announced
John Williams will share the podium with Keith Lockhart for this year’s ‘Film Night’ concerts at the Boston Symphony Hall. The two conductors will lead the Boston Pops on Thursday, May 12 and Friday, May 13 in a program that…
Williams’ ‘The Force Awakens’ Wins 3 IFMCA Awards
INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC CRITICS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 2015 IFMCA AWARDS; JOHN WILLIAMS WINS THREE AWARDS FOR STAR WARS The International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) announces its list of winners for excellence in musical scoring in 2015, in the…
‘Harry Potter’ Film Concert Series U.S. Tour Starting June with ‘Sorcerer’s Stone’
CineConcerts is partnering with Warner Brothers Consumer Products to launch a series of “Harry Potter” film concert tours, Variety has learned exclusively. Beginning with a Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone tour in 2016, “The Harry Potter Film Concert Series” will reformat each…
John Williams at the Hollywood Bowl, September 2-4, 2016
Hollywood Bowl, September 2, 3 & 4, 2016 Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by JOHN WILLIAMS and David Newman Following the record-breaking success of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, incomparable composer John Williams returns to the Hollywood Bowl to conduct…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOHN WILLIAMS!
Today is John Williams’ 84th Birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAESTRO! Celebrate John Williams’ Birthday in our forums
John Williams Receives Lifetime Contribution to Hollywood Award
‘Made In Hollywood Honors’ event honors renowned composer for works including L.A.-scored Star Wars: The Force Awakens Entertainment industry VIPs, local union officials and political leaders celebrated this year’s Oscar-nominated films made in California at the Made In Hollywood Honors Oscar…
Williams Receives Four IFMCA Nominations
Press Release: INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARD NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED; OCTOGENARIAN VETERANS JOHN WILLIAMS AND ENNIO MORRICONE LEAD THE FIELD, MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS FOR MICHAEL GIACCHINO, LATE JAMES HORNER FEBRUARY 4, 2016. The International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) announces its…
JWFan Reviews ‘Star Wars: The Ultimate Soundtrack Collection’
Star Wars: The Ultimate Soundtrack Collection (Sony, 2016) A Review By Mikko Ojala In slew of the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens there is once again considerable buzz over all things Star Wars and Sony Music Masterworks decided…
‘Jurassic Park’ Score to be Performed Live to Picture
Jurassic Park is the latest blockbuster to get the orchestral-concert treatment in what has become a growing form of entertainment: watching a movie while listening to a live performance of its score. The 1993 Steven Spielberg film joins other offerings by…
John Williams Receives 50th Oscar Nomination for ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’
John Williams has received his 50th Nomination for the Academy Awards for the original score to Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The other nominees in the Original Score category are Ennio Morricone for The Hateful Eight, Johann Johannson for Sicario,…