John Williams

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John Williams is an acclaimed American composer and conductor best known for his iconic film scores for franchises such as Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, and many others.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf composer
conductor
film composer
human
orchestrator
pianist
activeYearsStart 1950s
awardReceived AFI Life Achievement Award
Academy Award for Best Original Score
Academy Award for Best Original Score
surface form: Academy Award for Best Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score

BAFTA awards
surface form: BAFTA Award

Golden Globe Award
Grammy Award
Kennedy Center Honors
National Medal of Arts
collaboratedWith Alfonso Cuarón
Chris Columbus
George Lucas
Richard Donner
Steven Spielberg
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1932-02-08
educatedAt Juilliard School
University of California, Los Angeles
employer Boston Pops Orchestra
endTime 1993 (Boston Pops tenure)
ethnicGroup American
familyName Williams
fieldOfWork classical music
film music
television music
genre classical
contemporary classical music
film score
givenName John
hasChild Jennifer Williams
Joseph Williams
Mark T. Williams
influenced contemporary film composers
influencedBy Bernard Herrmann
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Max Steiner
instrument piano
languageSpoken English
movement Hollywood film music
name John Williams self-link
nominatedFor numerous Academy Awards
notableAwardCount multiple Academy Awards
notableFor composing themes for major film franchises such as Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Harry Potter
iconic leitmotifs in film scores
reviving late-Romantic orchestral style in film music
notableRole principal conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra
notableWork Close Encounters of the Third Kind film score
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
surface form: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial film score

Fiddler on the Roof
surface form: Fiddler on the Roof (film) score

Harry Potter film scores
Hedwig's Theme
Home Alone (1990 film)
surface form: Home Alone film score

Hook film score
Indiana Jones film scores
Jaws
surface form: Jaws film score

Jurassic Park
surface form: Jurassic Park film score

Olympic Fanfare and Theme (1984)
Raiders March
Saving Private Ryan
surface form: Saving Private Ryan film score

Schindler's List
surface form: Schindler's List film score

Star Wars Main Title
Star Wars film score
Superman (1978) film score
The Imperial March
Theme from Schindler's List
occupation composer
conductor
music teacher
pianist
placeOfBirth Floral Park, New York
positionHeld Boston Pops Orchestra
surface form: conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra
residence Los Angeles, California, United States of America
surface form: Los Angeles, California
sexOrGender male
spouse Barbara Ruick
Samantha Winslow
startTime 1980 (Boston Pops tenure)
workLocation Hollywood
Los Angeles

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Itzhak Perlman collaboratedWith John Williams
Catch Me If You Can composer John Williams
Jaws composer John Williams
Raiders of the Lost Ark composer John Williams
Schindler's List composer John Williams
Star Wars: The Last Jedi composer John Williams
The Post composer John Williams
War Horse composer John Williams
Boston Pops Orchestra conductor John Williams
Williams hasNotableBearer John Williams
Bernard Herrmann influenced John Williams
Erich Wolfgang Korngold influenced John Williams
Hans Zimmer influencedBy John Williams
Black Sunday musicBy John Williams
subject surface form: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial musicBy John Williams
Family Plot musicBy John Williams
Harry Potter film series musicBy John Williams
Jaws 2 musicBy John Williams
Minority Report musicBy John Williams
Schindler's List musicBy John Williams
Star Wars musicBy John Williams
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge musicBy John Williams
Star Wars: The Force Awakens musicBy John Williams
The Fabelmans musicBy John Williams
The Lost World: Jurassic Park musicBy John Williams
The Terminal musicBy John Williams
Boston Pops Orchestra musicDirector John Williams
John Williams name John Williams self-link
Yo-Yo notableCollaboration John Williams
subject surface form: Yo-Yo Ma
Solo: A Star Wars Story themeComposer John Williams