John Williams - Movie Score Composer

Star Wars, E.T, Jaws, Indiana Jones, Schindler's List, saving Private Ryan, Superman, Harry Potter, Home Alone, Jurassic park, these are only a few of the movies that have been blessed by the music of the most prolific movies score composer, John Williams. 45 Oscar nominations and 5 Oscar statues won, 7 BAFTA prizes and 4 Golden Globes, this is the short career review of the man who composed the music for all Steven Spielberg movies (except one) and left behind some of the most brilliant film scores. And he is not going to stop here, for sure.

The film music that John William creates can be remarked by its grandiosity and by intensive use of resonant leitmotivs,a thing which can be especially observed in the first Steven Spielberg movies.

John Williams is one of the best specialists in soundtracks for action movies and he is the master of long term relationships with Hollywood. During his whole career, he remained loyal to Steven Spielberg and Oliver Stone. One of the most captivating movies soundtracks of john Williams is Presumed Innocent. He composed this masterpiece while he was working for the Home Alone movie in 1990.

Besides composing music for film, John Williams also composed the theme for the Olympic Games, numerous songs for television and concerts. He also worked for the Boston Pops Orchestra between 1980 and 1993 as the principal conductor.

John Williams was born in 1932 in New York. In 1998, the movies score composer was introduced on the Songwriters Hall of Fame and in the year of 2000 he received the title of Maestro of the Year from the National Association of Movie Theater Owners, while in 2010 he was awarded by the White House with the National Medal for Arts for his services and contribution in promoting and developing of American music.

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