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Williams Premieres ‘Book Thief’ Suite
NEW UPDATE: Listen to the full performance and interview with John Williams (audio only): See also: Video report (22-second John Williams segment starting at 4:53) LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Williams and Jill Scott were among the artists who brought…
John Williams, Person of the Week on ABC News
Williams recounts working on E.T. with Steven Spielberg, “I don’t think that any of the scenes that Steven and I have done in our work together were done by having the music first.” The two men huddled around a piano…
‘The Book Thief’ Nominated for the Saturn Awards
John Williams’ score for The Book Thief has been nominated for the Saturn Awards, presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films. The other nominees in the music category are Oz The Great and Powerful by Danny Elfman,…
John Williams on the 30th Anniversary of ‘Olympic Fanfare and Theme’
John Williams explains the origins of his “Olympic Fanfare and Theme”, which debuted 30 years ago at the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles.
Williams to Conduct Detroit Symphony June 14
On Saturday, June 14, John Williams and Steven Spielberg will join the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) for a one-night-only gala benefit concert for the orchestra. Tickets to this special concert appearance will be available starting April 14. Both artists are…
‘The Role of Music According to John Williams’
“If we’re successful as composers, we are finding a sound, a theme or if I can put the word in quotes, ‘noise’ that belongs to a film, that doesn’t exist anywhere else. There can be an aspect of uniqueness in…
Williams to Premiere ‘The Book Thief’ Suite at Pre-Oscar Ceremony
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After 85 years, Oscar is putting on his very first concert, and there are plans to televise future shows worldwide. The motion picture academy will present a live Oscar Concert in the days leading up to…
John Williams Conducts the Pacific Symphony – Concert Reviews & Photos
“MAESTRO OF THE MOVIES” February 6, 2014, Orange County, CA The Pacific Symphony Orchestra conducted by JOHN WILLIAMS PHOTOS Photo Gallery (Pacific Symphony Facebook page) REVIEWS Disney Examiner – We had the unbelievable privilege of being in the audience as…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOHN WILLIAMS!
Today is John Williams’ 82nd Birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAESTRO! Filmmaker and special effects producer Keith Anderson has posted a “Star Wars” Birthday Salute to John Williams on YouTube. This is his third year to do a short tribute and linked…
JWFAN Turns 15!
You have got to be kidding! 15 years? Well… yes! On the night of February 5, 1999, I uploaded to the internet the first page of which later became JWFAN… It was a very modest, single-page website focusing on compiling…
‘The Book Thief’ Promo Album Track List and Chronological Order
By Jason LeBlanc