Sunday, May 13, 2018

John Williams





























Artist:  John Williams
Birth Name:  John Towner Williams
Born:  February 8, 1932.  Floral Park, New York, USA
Genre:  Film Score, Contemporary Classical Music, Post-Romanticism, Jazz, Stage & Screen, Classical, Easy Listening, Classical Crossover, Film Music, Movie Themes, Original Score, Soundtracks, TV Soundtracks, Orchestral
Occupation:  Composer Conductor, Producer, Songwriter, Pianist
Instruments:  Piano, Harpsichord

John Williams is an American Composer, Conductor, and Pianist.  He has composed some of the most popular and recognizable Film Scores in Cinematic History, including The Star Wars Series, Jaws, Jaws 2. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, Superman, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, The Indiana Jones Series, the first two Home Alone Films, the first two Jurassic Park Films, Schindler's List and the first three Harry Potter Films.  He has been associated with director Steven Spielberg since 1974.  He has won 24 Grammy Awards, seven British Academy Film Awards, five Academy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards.  He was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl's Hall Of Fame in 2000.














Title:  John Williams:  A Life In Music  (2018)
Genre:  Film Score, Contemporary Classical Music, Post-Romanticism, Jazz, Stage & Screen, Classical, Easy Listening, Classical Crossover, Film Music, Movie Themes, Original Score, Soundtracks, TV Soundtracks, Orchestral
Label:  Decca Classics
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Main Title (From "Star Wars")  (6:09)
 2.  Theme (From "Jurassic Park")  (6:02)
 3.  Hedwig's Theme (From "Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone")  (5:08)
 4.  The Raider March (From "Raiders Of The Lost Ark")  (5:41)
 5.  Flying Theme (From "E.T.")  (4:06)
 6.  Theme (From "Schindler's List")  (4:06)
 7.  The Fight To Neverland (From "Hook")  (4:56)
 8.  Hymn To The Fallen  (From "Saving Private Ryan")  (6:26)
 9.  Shark Theme (From "Jaws")  (3:13)
10. Superman March (From "Superman")  (4:39)

Personnel:

John Williams:  Composer

London Symphony Orchestra:  Conducted by Gavin Greenaway

John Williams:  A Life In Music is the compilation album by John Williams, released on May 4, 2018 by Decca Classics, including Star Wars, Jurassic Park, E.T., Superman and many more!.


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