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‘Force Awakens’ Score Still Being Recorded
Recording sessions for Star Wars: The Force Awakens are still taking place according to Doug Adam’s most recent tweet, which shows a photo of John Williams posing with his brothers on October 13. The movie will be released worldwide December…
Williams to Receive American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award
For the first time in AFI history, America’s highest honor for a career in film will be bestowed upon a composer. John Williams will receive the 44th AFI Life Achievement Award in 2016. “John Williams has written the soundtrack to…
Original ‘Close Encounters’ Album to be Released on SACD
On November 27, Audio Fidelity will release the original soundtrack album of Close Encounters of the Third Kind on Hybrid Super Audio CD, an HD audio format compatible with most CD players. This limited, numbered edition of the original album…
Williams’ ‘Viola Concerto’ Premiere Recording Online
The first-ever recording of John Williams’ Viola Concerto, a piano reduction of the piece performed by violinist Victor de Almeida with Mitsuko Morikawa on piano, has been made available on YouTube. The 26-minute concert piece is comprised of three movements:…
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.…
Filmharmonic Brass Plays the Music of John Williams (Kickstarter Project)
The Filmharmonic Brass, a group of seven of the top brass players from New York who exclusively perform and record film music, is running a Kickstarter campaign for their debut album ‘The Music of John Williams’, which is set to include all-new arrangements of music from Star Wars, Jaws, E.T., Close Encounters…
New ‘Lost in Space’ Box Set Including Previously Unreleased Williams Recording
On October 6, La-La Land Records will release a limited edition 12-CD box set of music from the classic Lost in Space television series, including all John Williams’ scores from the series, among which the premiere release of Williams’ complete…
Sony Re-issues ‘Home Alone’ Soundtrack
On October 23, Sony Classical will re-issue the original soundtrack album of John Williams’ score for Home Alone, in celebration of the movie’s 25th anniversary. The new edition features the same content as the original release, which can still be…
John Williams’ ‘Rounds’ Released
‘Rounds’, John Williams’ first concert piece for classical guitar, is now available as part of Americano, the new album by Spanish guitarist Pablo Villegas, for whom Williams composed the piece in 2012. Williams’ work can be purchased separately as a…
‘E.T.’ Live at the Hollywood Bowl: Reviews and Videos
‘E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL’ IN CONCERT September 4, 5 & 6, 2015, Hollywood Bowl, CA The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by David Newman Introduced by JOHN WILLIAMS REVIEWS Film Music Society – Williams wrote a new first-act concert ending and…
‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Soundtrack to Be Released December 18
(Cover not final) UPDATE: StarWars.com press release The soundtrack album for Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be released by Walt Disney Records on Friday, December 18 (same date as the film), according to a brief press release by the…