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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Label Occurrences
John Williams canonical 137
John Williams (film composer) 2
John Williams (original film score used) 1

Statements (84)

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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Jaws → composer → John Williams ⓘ
Sunday Night Football → themeMusicComposer → John Williams ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score → notableRecipient → John Williams ⓘ
Hans Zimmer → influencedBy → John Williams ⓘ
Solo: A Star Wars Story → themeComposer → John Williams ⓘ
John Williams → name → John Williams self-link ⓘ
Jaws 2 → musicBy → John Williams ⓘ
Boston Pops Orchestra → conductor → John Williams ⓘ
Boston Pops Orchestra → musicDirector → John Williams ⓘ
Yo-Yo → notableCollaboration → John Williams ⓘ
subject surface form: Yo-Yo Ma
Itzhak Perlman → collaboratedWith → John Williams ⓘ
Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge → musicBy → John Williams ⓘ
War Horse → composer → John Williams ⓘ
Harry Potter film series → musicBy → John Williams ⓘ
Indiana Jones franchise → notableComposer → John Williams ⓘ
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → musicBy → John Williams ⓘ
Raiders of the Lost Ark → composer → John Williams ⓘ
Star Wars → musicBy → John Williams ⓘ
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace → musicBy → John Williams ⓘ
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones → musicBy → John Williams ⓘ
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade → musicBy → John Williams ⓘ
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith → musicBy → John Williams ⓘ
BAFTA Award for Best Original Music → notableRecipient → John Williams ⓘ
The Post → composer → John Williams ⓘ
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002 film) → musicBy → John Williams ⓘ
The Lost World: Jurassic Park → musicBy → John Williams ⓘ
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial → musicBy → John Williams ⓘ
Schindler's List → composer → John Williams ⓘ
Schindler's List → musicBy → John Williams ⓘ
Catch Me If You Can → composer → John Williams ⓘ
Bernard Herrmann → influenced → John Williams ⓘ
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977 film) → musicBy → John Williams ⓘ
subject surface form: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Terminal → musicBy → John Williams ⓘ
Erich Wolfgang Korngold → influenced → John Williams ⓘ
Williams → hasNotableBearer → John Williams ⓘ
Star Wars: The Force Awakens → musicBy → John Williams ⓘ
Star Wars: The Last Jedi → composer → John Williams ⓘ
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker → musicBy → John Williams ⓘ
Family Plot → musicBy → John Williams ⓘ
Minority Report → musicBy → John Williams ⓘ
The Fabelmans → musicBy → John Williams ⓘ
Black Sunday → musicBy → John Williams ⓘ
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom → musicBy → John Williams ⓘ
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi → musicBy → John Williams ⓘ
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone → musicBy → John Williams ⓘ
Home Alone (1990 film) → musicBy → John Williams ⓘ
War of the Worlds (2005 film) → composer → John Williams ⓘ
The Sugarland Express → musicBy → John Williams ⓘ
Seven Years in Tibet → musicBy → John Williams ⓘ
John Williams (guitarist) → distinguishedFrom → John Williams ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Williams (film composer)