John Williams

John Williams Headshot

Composer • Conductor

Birth Date: February 8, 1932

Age: 91 years old

Birth Place: Queens, New York

Though he had written film scores for some of the greatest directors of all time, including Alfred Hitchcock, Oliver Stone, and George Lucas, composer John Williams was clearly defined by his long-running collaboration with Steven Spielberg. Though prolific and accomplished in his own right, Williams reached unprecedented heights, thanks to his iconic scores for Spielberg-helmed classics "Jaws" (1975), "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977), "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981) , "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial" (1982), and "Jurassic Park" (1993). Spielberg even had an indirect hand in Williams composing the music for "Star Wars" (1977), perhaps the most iconic and popular film score ever recorded. In all, Williams was decorated with an incalculable number of awards, including Grammys, Oscars and Golden Globes, while earning a reputation for churning out high quality work but with a rare degree of humility and self-effacement. Outside of his work with Spielberg and Lucas, he was responsible for other culturally-prominent scores, including "Superman: The Movie" (1978) and "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (2001). Though his output declined in his later years - he was an active conductor of the world's greatest orchestras - Williams remained, without a doubt, the most successful film composer of all time.

Credits

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Original Music
Movie
2023

Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?Stream

Guest
TV Show
2022

John Williams at 90: A Classic FM Exclusive

Guest
TV Show
2022

Across the Stars - Anne-Sophie Mutter & John Williams

Composer
TV Show
2022

The FabelmansStream

Original Music
Movie
2022
92%

Ennio

Self
Movie
2022

Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen

Self
Movie
2022

John Williams: The Berlin Concert

Music Performer
TV Show
2021

Ganz großes Kino - John Williams dirigiert die Berliner Philharmoniker

Music Performer
TV Show
2021

The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra: Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla

Director
TV Show
2021

DR2 Soundtrack: John Williams & Wiener Filharmonikerne

Music Performer
TV Show
2020

John Williams & Anne-Sophie Mutter: Across The Stars

Actor
TV Show
2020

Star Wars in Symphony - en filmkoncert

Composer
TV Show
2019

Anne-Sophie Mutter Feat. John Williams & The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles: Yoda's Theme

Composer
TV Show
2019

Anne-Sophie Mutter Feat. John Williams & The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles: Yoda's Theme

Director
TV Show
2019

Anne-Sophie Mutter Feat. John Williams & The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles: Yoda's Theme

Music Performer
TV Show
2019

Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerStream

Original Music
Movie
2019
52%

John Williams: The last Jedi

Composer
TV Show
2017

John Williams: The last Jedi

Director
TV Show
2017

Williams: Seven Years in Tibet, Elegy, Memoirs of a Geisha

Composer
TV Show
2017

Star Wars: The Last JediStream

Original Music
Movie
2017
91%

Dear Basketball

Original Music
Movie
2017

The PostStream

Original Music
Movie
2017
88%

John Williams: Battle of the Heroes

Music Performer
TV Show
2016

John Williams at the BBC

Music Performer
TV Show
2016

The BFGStream

Original Music
Movie
2016
74%

SVJ - Stora vänliga jätten

Original Music
Movie
2016

De GVR

Original Music
Movie
2016

A John Williams Celebration: LA Opening Gala 2014

Music Performer
TV Show
2015

John Williams: Rey's Theme

Music Performer
TV Show
2015

The Late Show With Stephen ColbertStream

Guest
TV Show
2015

Star Wars: The Force AwakensStream

Original Music
Movie
2015
93%

Hovedscenen

Composer
TV Show
2013

The Book Thief

Original Music
Movie
2013

LincolnStream

Original Music
Movie
2012
89%

AFI Master Class

Guest Star
TV Show
2011

Rock Center With Brian Williams

Guest
TV Show
2011

De avonturen van Kuifje: Het geheim van de Eenhoorn

Original Music
Movie
2011

Les aventures de Tintin : Le secret de la Licorne

Original Music
Movie
2011

Tintins äventyr: Enhörningens hemlighet

Original Music
Movie
2011

The Adventures of Tintin

Original Music
Movie
2011

The Adventures of Tintin

Original Music
Movie
2011

War Horse

Original Music
Movie
2011

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullStream

Original Music
Movie
2008
77%

The Shark Is Still Working

Actor
Movie
2006

MunichStream

Original Music
Movie
2005
78%

Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the SithStream

Original Music
Movie
2005
79%

Tavis Smiley

Guest
TV Show
2004

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanStream

Original Music
Movie
2004
90%

The TerminalStream

Original Music
Movie
2004
61%

Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the ClonesStream

Original Music
Movie
2002
65%

Minority Report

Original Music
Movie
2002

Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsStream

Music
Movie
2002
82%

Catch Me if You CanStream

Composer
Movie
2002
96%

A.I.: Artificial IntelligenceStream

Original Music
Movie
2001
75%

Jurassic Park IIIStream

Original Theme
Movie
2001
49%

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's StoneStream

Original Music
Movie
2001
81%

The PatriotStream

Original Music
Movie
2000
62%

Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace

Original Music
Movie
1999

Angela's Ashes

Original Music
Movie
1999

Saving Private RyanStream

Original Music
Movie
1998
94%

Rosewood

Original Music
Movie
1997

The Lost World: Jurassic ParkStream

Original Music
Movie
1997
54%

Seven Years in Tibet

Original Music
Movie
1997

AmistadStream

Original Music
Movie
1997
78%

SleepersStream

Original Music
Movie
1996
73%

Sabrina

Original Music
Movie
1995

Jurassic ParkStream

Original Music
Movie
1993
91%

Schindler's ListStream

Original Music
Movie
1993
98%

Home Alone 2: Lost in New YorkStream

Original Music
Movie
1992
35%

Hook

Original Music
Movie
1991

JFKStream

Original Music
Movie
1991
84%

Stanley & Iris

Original Music
Movie
1990

Home AloneStream

Original Music
Movie
1990
66%

Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeStream

Original Music
Movie
1989
81%

Born on the Fourth of JulyStream

Original Music
Movie
1989
85%

Always

Original Music
Movie
1989

The Witches of EastwickStream

Original Music
Movie
1987
66%

Empire of the SunStream

Original Music
Movie
1987
77%

Raising ArizonaStream

Non-Original Music
Movie
1987
90%

SpaceCamp

Original Music
Movie
1986

The GooniesStream

Non-Original Music
Movie
1985
76%

Top Secret!

Original Music
Movie
1984

Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomStream

Original Music
Movie
1984
76%

Return of the JediStream

Original Music
Movie
1983
83%

E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialStream

Original Music
Movie
1982
99%

Raiders of the Lost ArkStream

Original Music
Movie
1981
96%

Airplane!Stream

Non-Original Music
Movie
1980
97%

The Empire Strikes BackStream

Original Music
Movie
1980
94%

CBS News Sunday Morning

Guest
TV Show
1979

1941

Original Music
Movie
1979

Dracula

Music
Movie
1979

SupermanStream

Original Music
Movie
1978
93%

The Fury

Music
Movie
1978

Star WarsStream

Original Music
Movie
1977
93%

Close Encounters of the Third KindStream

Original Music
Movie
1977
94%

Family PlotStream

Original Music
Movie
1976
92%

Midway

Original Music
Movie
1976

JawsStream

Original Music
Movie
1975
97%

The Towering InfernoStream

Original Music
Movie
1974
67%

The Long GoodbyeStream

Original Music
Movie
1973
95%

Cinderella Liberty

Original Music
Movie
1973

Great PerformancesStream

Guest
TV Show
1972

The Cowboys

Original Music
Movie
1972

The Poseidon AdventureStream

Original Music
Movie
1972
82%

Jane EyreStream

Original Music
Movie
1971

The Reivers

Original Music
Movie
1969

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

Original Music
Movie
1969

Valley of the DollsStream

Original Music
Movie
1967
33%

The Plainsman

Music
Movie
1966

How to Steal a Million

Original Music
Movie
1966

The Rare Breed

Original Music
Movie
1966

Not With My Wife, You Don't!

Original Music
Movie
1966

Lost in SpaceStream

Music Theme
TV Show
1965

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home

Original Music
Movie
1965

Gidget Goes to Rome

Original Music
Movie
1963

I Passed for White

Original Music
Movie
1960

Daddy-O

Original Music
Movie
1959

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