![](\"https:\/\/pmcvariety.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/09\/john-williams.jpg\")
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cJOHN WILLIAMS: MAESTRO OF THE MOVIES: 40th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION\u201d David Newman conducting<\/strong><\/p>\n INTERMISSION<\/p>\n John Williams conducting<\/strong><\/p>\n ENCORES<\/p>\n REVIEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n EXTERNAL REVIEWS<\/p>\n <\/p>\n VIDEOS<\/strong><\/p>\n Olympic Fanfare and Theme<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAugust 31, Sep. 1 & 2, 2018, Hollywood Bowl, CA
\nThe Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and the U.S. Army Herald Trumpets conducted by JOHN WILLIAMS and David Newman
\nSTEVEN SPIELBERG, Special Guest
\n
\nCONCERT PROGRAM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\nIntroducing Williams as maestro to the entire 15-minute finale of \u201cE.T., the Extra-Terrestrial\u201d live to picture, Spielberg noted: \u201cJohn\u2019s music directs all the traffic of our emotions. So when a staggering performance fills our eyes with tears, the appropriate score can make them fall. That\u2019s what fills us with wonder\u2026 and that\u2019s where E.T. got his soul.\u201d
\nWilliams also addressed the audience briefly, telling the story of his first experience playing piano at the Bowl in 1958-59 (\u201cSixty years ago, I was 12 years old,\u201d cracked the 86-year-old to laughter from the crowd) and how one-time Philharmonic executive director Ernest Fleischmann talked him into conducting at the Bowl in 1978. Said Williams: \u201cThis was enough of a scary invitation, and a flattering one, that I accepted, to my lasting joy and pleasure.\u201d –\u00a0Full review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n