John Williams
| John Williams | |
|---|---|
 Williams at the Avery Fisher Haw in 2007 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | John Towner Williams |
| Born | 8 Februar 1932 Floral Park, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Film score, contemporary clessical muisic, post-romanticism, jazz |
| Thrift | Componer, conductor, pianist |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Years active | 1952–present |
John Towner Williams (born Februar 8, 1932) is an American componer, conductor, an pianist. In a career spannin ower sax decades, Williams haes componed some o the maist popular an recognisable film scores in cinematic history, includin the Star Wars series, the first twa Jaws films, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, the Indiana Jones series, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Superman, the first twa Home Alone films, Hook, the first twa Jurassic Park films, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, the first three Harry Potter films, Catch Me If You Can, Memoirs of a Geisha, War Horse, an Lincoln. He haes haed a lang association wi director Steven Spielberg, componin the muisic for aw o Spielberg's featur films except The Color Purple an Bridge of Spies.
- John Williams
- 1932 births
- 20t-century American muisickers
- 20t-century clessical componers
- 21st-century American muisickers
- 21st-century clessical componers
- American clessical componers
- American conductors (muisic)
- American film score componers
- American male clessical componers
- American muisic arrangers
- Annie Awaird winners
- Best Oreeginal Muisic Score Academy Awaird winners
- Brit Awaird winners
- Grammy Awaird winners
- Guggenheim Fellaes
- Honorar Members o the Ryal Academy o Music
- Juilliard School alumni
- Kennedy Center honourees
- Livin fowk
- Male film score componers
- Fowk frae Floral Park, New York
- Fowk frae Queens, New York
- Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees
- Unitit States Air Force personnel
- Unitit States Naitional Medal o Airts recipients
- Varsity o Californie, Los Angeles alumni