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Tanglewood Celebrates John Williams 80th birthday
LENOX - It’s a testament to John Williams’ artistic output that a tribute concert to the Oscar-winning composer and former conductor of the Boston Pops can only scratch the surface of his amazing career. – Full report at MassLive.com
‘John Williams, The Music Master’
Composer John Williams talks about old Hollywood, working with Spielberg and why he never goes to the movies “As a youngster, I never dreamed there could be a career actually earning a living writing music,” John Williams is telling me,…
Williams Confirms Next Spielberg Collaboration
“I just completed the work on the film Lincoln, which is being directed by Steven Spielberg, and Daniel Day-Lewis portrays Lincoln in the film. The script is based on Doris Kearns Goodwin’s book, Team of Rivals, and the screenplay is…
Celebrating Tanglewood’s 75th Anniversary
WGBH report on Tanglewood’s 75th anniversary featuring interviews with John Williams and Keith Lockhart.
Music Featurette from JAWS Blu-ray
No John Williams Theme in ‘Man of Steel’
“We decided to act as if no Superman film had been made – even though we love the films that have been made. We had to say this is a Superman movie for the first time and you can’t then…
Williams’ ‘Tintin’ and ‘War Horse’ Nominated for the World Soundtrack Awards
Alexandre Desplat, John Williams, Howard Shore, Alberto Iglesias and Cliff Martinez were all double nominees for the World Soundtrack Awards, the culmination of the Ghent Intl. Film Festival in October. The five are vying for both film composer of the…
John Williams Recalls ‘Jaws’
JOHN WILLIAMS RECALLS ‘JAWS’ By Jon Burlingame The Film Music Society, July 14, 2012 “John Williams has made our movie more adventurous and gripping than I ever thought possible.” — Steven Spielberg, writing about Jaws in 1975
Williams Interview on WAMC Public Radio
Tanglewood on Parade – John Williams – John Williams, speaks with us, humbly, about his impact on music and composing and why he loves Tanglewood. He also shares remembrances of Marvin Hamlisch. – Click here to listen to the interview Discuss this…
‘John Williams Reflects on Tanglewood’s Enduring Spirit’
“This has been a wonderful place for me to write, I’ve done so much of my film work here,” Williams said. He listed all the Harry Potter films, the score for Schindler’s List — “written entirely here,” he said —…
Composer Marvin Hamlisch Dies at 68
Marvin Hamlisch, the prolific composer and arranger who won Oscars for his work in The Way We Were and The Sting, collapsed and died Monday in Los Angeles following a short illness, a family spokesman said. He was 68. – Full article at…