Search - Artist/Band: John Williams

• Name: John Williams
• Birthday: 02/08/1932
• Birth Place: New York, NY
• Decades Active: 1960,1970,1980,1990,2000
• Genre: Soundtrack
• Styles: Classical Crossover, Film Music, Movie Themes, Original Score, Soundtracks, TV Soundtracks, Orchestral Pop
• Moods: Energetic, Intense, Rousing, Sentimental, Theatrical, Dramatic, Elegant, Passionate

Title	Release
Indiana Jones: The Complete Soundtracks Collection WA	11/11/2008
Raiders of the Lost Ark [Bonus Tracks] [Score]	10/14/2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull [Score] WA	05/20/2008
Interviews and More Music from Indiana Jones	2008
The Music of Star Wars: 30th Anniversary Collection	11/05/2007
Monsignor WA	2007
Lost in Space: 40th Anniversary WA	10/17/2006
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of John Williams & The Bosto	2006
Checkmate WA	2006
Munich WA	12/27/2005
Memoirs of a Geisha WA	11/22/2005
Star Wars: The Story Continues	07/19/2005
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing WA	01/04/2005
The Star Wars Trilogy: Episode IV-VI	09/21/2004
Encore!	06/15/2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban WA	05/25/2004
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	11/12/2002
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones	04/23/2002
An American Journey: Winter Olympics 2002	01/15/2002
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone [Original Soundtrack]	10/30/2001
A.I. WA	07/03/2001
Heartbeeps WA	2001
Star Wars Phantom Menace: Ultimate Collection [Score]	11/14/2000
The Greatest Hits: 1969-1999	2000
Lost in Space, Vol. 3 WA	11/16/1999
Jane Eyre WA	10/12/1999
Great Composers	06/29/1999
Close Encounters: The Essential John Williams Film Music Collection WA	06/22/1999
The Missouri Breaks WA	06/08/1999
Music from the Star Wars Saga	05/18/1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	05/04/1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace [Poster Blister]	05/04/1999
Stepmom	12/08/1998
Superman: The Movie (20th Anniversary Special Edition) WA	10/20/1998
Midway WA	10/06/1998
Saving Private Ryan WA	07/21/1998
La Chanson de Lara	02/04/1998
From Sousa to Spielberg	1998
The Paper Chase/The Poseidon Adventure WA	1998
Amistad WA	12/09/1997
Lost in Space, Vol. 1 WA	11/25/1997
Lost in Space, Vol. 2 WA	11/25/1997
Time Tunnel WA	11/15/1997
Star Wars: Max Rebo Band	11/11/1997
Seven Years in Tibet	09/30/1997
The Lost World: Jurassic Park	05/20/1997
Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen, Vol. 5: Land of the Giants	04/01/1997
Rosewood	03/11/1997
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi [Remastered Special Edition] WA	03/11/1997
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back [2 Disc Jewel Case]	01/28/1997
Star Wars: A New Hope [Remastered Special Edition] WA	01/14/1997
The Hollywood Sound	1997
Sleepers [Original Score] WA	10/15/1996
John Williams Conducting the Boston Pops	1996
John Williams Plays the Movies	1996
Williams on Williams: Classic Spielberg Scores	11/14/1995
Cowboys [Original Soundtrack] WA	05/09/1995
Salute to America	04/16/1995
Nixon [Original Soundtrack]	1995
The Reivers	1995
Music for Stage and Screen	04/05/1994
Schindler's List WA	1994
Star Wars Trilogy: The Original Soundtrack Anthology WA	11/23/1993
Jurassic Park	1993
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York [Original Score] WA	11/20/1992
Far and Away	1992
Green Album	1992
Over the Rainbow: Songs from the Movies	1992
Joy to the World	12/1991
I Love a Parade	05/21/1991
Hook WA	1991
John Williams: Tribute to Spielberg	1991
Always [Original Score] WA	04/03/1990
Home Alone [Original Soundtrack] WA	1990
John Williams Conducts John Williams The Star Wars Trilogy/The Skywalker Symphony	1990
Presumed Innocent WA	1990
Stanley & Iris WA	1990
Born on the Fourth of July	1989
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade WA	1989
Story of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade WA	1989
Empire of the Sun	1987
The Accidental Tourist WA	1987
The River [MCA]	1984
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi WA	05/1983
The Star Wars Trilogy [1 Disc]	1983
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial WA	1982
Raiders of the Lost Ark WA	1981
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back [Original Soundtrack]	1980
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: Symphonic Suite from the Original Score WA	1980
Dracula WA	1979
Jaws 2 WA	1978
The Fury [Original Score] WA	1978
Close Encounters of the Third Kind WA	1977
Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Collector's Edition Soundtrack WA	1977
Star Wars [Original Soundtrack]	1977
Jaws [Original Soundtrack]	1975
Earthquake WA	1974
The Eiger Sanction WA	1974
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Filmworks
Fitzwilly
Star Wars: The Corellian Edition
Swing, Swing, Swing

The most popular film composer of the modern era, John Williams created music for some of the most successful motion pictures in Hollywood history -- Star Wars, E.T. the Extra Terrestrial, and Jurassic Park are just three of the credits in his extensive oeuvre. Born February 8, 1932, in Long Island, NY, he was himself the son of a movie studio musician, and he followed in his father's footsteps by studying music at UCLA and Juilliard; initially, he pursued a career as a jazz pianist, later working with Henry Mancini to compose the score for the hit television series Peter Gunn. Williams then went solo to pen a number of TV soundtracks for series including Playhouse 90, Wagon Train, and Bachelor Father; in 1959 he ventured into film with Daddy-O, and spent the majority of the 1960s alternating between the silver screen (The Killers, The Plainsman) and its smaller counterpart (Gilligan's Island, Lost in Space).

In 1968 Williams earned his first Academy Award nomination for his work in Valley of the Dolls; in 1970, he garnered nods for both The Reivers and Goodbye, Mr. Chips, and two years later finally won for Fiddler on the Roof. A slew of Oscar nominations followed, for features including The Poseidon Adventure, Images, Tom Sawyer, and The Towering Inferno. In 1974 he first teamed with a young filmmaker named Steven Spielberg on a movie titled The Sugarland Express; the two frequently reteamed over the years to come, with often stunning results -- Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., Jurassic Park, and Schindler's List were just a few of the Spielberg/Williams pairings, with Jaws, E.T., and Schindler's List all winning the composer Academy Awards.

Williams' other most frequent collaborator was George Lucas; beginning with 1977's Star Wars -- yet another Williams Oscar winner -- they later teamed for 1980's The Empire Strikes Back and 1983's Return of the Jedi, with the composer agreeing to score Lucas' subsequent Star Wars films as they went into production in 1997. He even celebrated his 30th anniversary of working with Steven Spielberg with 2002's Minority Report soundtrack. Other scores of note included 1979's Superman, 1987's The Witches of Eastwick, 1988's The Accidental Tourist, 1991's JFK, and 1995's Nixon. In 1980, Williams also took over for the late Arthur Fiedler as the conductor of the Boston Pops. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide