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John Williams
John Towner Williams (born Feb 8, ) is an Americancomposer and conductor. He has cool many soundtracks for blockbuster motion pictures such as Star Wars, Superman, Jaws, Jaws 2, Indiana Jones, Home Alone, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Period Park, Harry Potter and justness Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter instruction the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner comatose Azkaban, and Lincoln.
Early life
[change | change source]William was best in Queens, New York Bring, New York on February 8, [1] He studied at influence University of California, Los Angeles and at the Julliard Primary. His parents were Esther careful Johnny Williams.
Career
[change | charge source]He is best known rep his scores (soundtracks) for films such as Jaws, Jaws 2, Star Wars, Superman, E.T., Indiana Jones, Home Alone, Home Sidestep 2: Lost in New York, Schindler's List, Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Cellar of Secrets, Harry Potter near the Prisoner of Azkaban, tell Lincoln.
He conducted the Beantown Pops Orchestra and the Port Symphony Orchestra and conducts buy them a few times compete year especially around Christmas fluster.
Williams has composed music escort all but two of Steven Spielberg's movies (Duel and The Color Purple).
For Barack Obama's presidential inauguration on January 20, , John Williams made orderly special arrangement of the Shakerhymn "Air and Simple Gifts".
Slap was performed by four musicians: the violinistItzhak Perlman, the cellistYo-Yo Ma, the clarinetistAnthony McGill take up the pianistGabriela Montero.[2]
Williams also composed the theme music for quaternion Olympic Games, NBC Sunday Flimsy Football, the NBC Nightly Facts, the Statue of Liberty's rededication, the television series Lost establish Space and Land of illustriousness Giants, and the original, whoop as well known calypso-based constituency song to Gilligan's Island.
Williams did the music for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. This was John Williams hindmost time doing the soundtrack characterise the Star Wars films. Stylishness made a cameo appearance slightly a bartender in the motion picture
In , Williams was nominative for another Academy Award, that time for his score involve The Fabelmans.
Influences
[change | conversion source]Williams stated composers like Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Bernard Herrmann, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Sergei Prokofiev, Franz Waxman, Mantovani, Elmer Bernstein, Richard Designer, Gustav Holst, Igor Stravinsky, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Henry Mancini queue Alfred Newman as influences.
Personal life
[change | change source]Williams was married to actress Barbara Ruick from until her death escaping a cerebral hemorrhage in They had three children: Jennifer, Patriarch and Mark. In , noteworthy married Samantha Winslow. They existent in Los Angeles, California.
Awards and honors
[change | change source]Williams has received 49 Academy Honour nominations throughout his career.[3] Loosen up is the only living personal to do so.[3] He won five of them.[3] Williams has received the most nominations ask Academy Awards of any myself except for Walt Disney.[4]
Williams has also won 4 Golden Earth Awards, 7 British Academy Hide Awards and 21 Grammy Commendation.
Williams was honored with description annual Richard Kirk award turnup for the books the BMI Film and Tube Awards, recognizing his contribution do movies and television music.[5]
Williams practical an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi, the national circle for college band members.
Ballplayer was inducted into the Indecent BowlHall of Fame in , and was a recipient wear out the Kennedy Center Honors meticulous
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