John Williams

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composer conductor film composer human orchestrator pianist

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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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 ⓘ