Transcript John Williams * GREATEST COMPOSER OF OUR

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“The score was originally slated to be conducted entirely by
John Williams, but due to scheduling conflicts with the scoring
of Steven Spielberg's film Catch Me If You Can, composer
William Ross was brought in to conduct the scoring sessions in
London with the London Symphony Orchestra.”
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“The soundtrack was a Grammy nominee for the Best Motion
Picture Soundtrack in 2003. It charted on the Billboard 200 at
81, and also charted at five on the Top Soundtracks Chart.”
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN5AZyXrP7o
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“Jurassic Park is the twelfth project on which renowned
composer John Williams worked with Steven Spielberg. He
composed, conducted and produced the score for the film.
Most of the cues were orchestrated by John Neufeld, with
two of those being partially orchestrated by Conrad Pope
and with three others entirely orchestrated by Alexander
Courage. MCA Records released a soundtrack album for the
film on May 20, 1993.”
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEZh88vz8b8
“Battle of the Heroes" is a musical theme from the movie
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. It was written
by John Williams for the duel between Anakin Skywalker
and Obi-Wan Kenobi. Williams wrote the piece upon
the request of George Lucas. Lucas wanted a piece
that would function as a "tragedy Duel of the Fates" in
the film's final fight scenes.”
 “The concert suite begins with a soft and tense ostinato
by the violas in tremolo. Stopped horns join in to present
an initial statement of the theme, immediately followed
by pulsing beats with mezzopiano double basses and
cellos. The ostinato builds as the harp and trombones
make their entrance. Suddenly, the horns, 1st violins,
and choir play the theme at a louder dynamic level”
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5AaGuzdSaI
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A lot of people have said that they believe that E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
remains perhaps the most magical, out of all his scores.
E.T.’s score earned Williams his fourth Academy Award.
“In actuality, the E.T. score is substantially more complicated than that,
with no less than eight major, recurring themes in the score (and several
minor motifs) and a very keen sense of instrumental choices and final
orchestration.”
But more importantly, E.T. is a score in which Williams absolutely nailed
the emotional atmosphere of each situation in the film, an ability proven
without question when Williams was allowed to score the final chase
sequence in terms of musical flow, with Spielberg altering the final edit
of the film to match the cue.
One of the more remarkable aspects of Williams' writing process for E.T. is
the fact that he wrote most of the swells of the title theme before the
film's special effects were finished (including the iconic "bicycle over
moon" sequence).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2dJCtATZ9A
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“Theme from Jurassic Park”
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(3:27)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEZh88vz8b8
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“Battle of the Hero’s”
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(3:42)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5AaGuzdSaI
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"Adventures on Earth suite”
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(10:57)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2dJCtATZ9A
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“Fawkes the Phoenix”
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3:45
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN5AZyXrP7o
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John Williams, also not as well-known as John Towner Williams,
was born February 8, 1932 in Long Island, New York.
John Williams moved to Los Angeles in 1948. Williams, while in
Los Angeles, attended North Hollywood High School. For
College Williams attended the UCLA (University of California
at Los Angeles) and studied with composer Mario Tedesco.
Williams was drafted into the U.S. Air Force in 1952. As Williams
job in the Air Force he conducted and arranged music for
the Air Force Band.
At Juilliard he studied piano. With the knowledge Williams
gained from school he worked as a jazz pianist in New York
clubs.
Most of the pieces, as a studio pianist, he performed were by
famous composers such as Jerry Goldsmith, Elmer Bernstein,
and Henry Mancini.
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John Williams went on to produce some of the most famous
composition for film score in music history… Such as Star Wars,
superman, Indiana jones, E.T., and many others!!!
Williams led the Boston pops, which he was conductor over
for many, many years.
“Williams holds honorary degrees from fourteen American
universities, including Berklee College of Music in Boston,
Boston College, Northeastern University, Tufts University,
Boston University, the New England Conservatory of Music
and the University of Massachusetts at Boston. On June 23,
2000, he became the first inductee into the Hollywood Bowl
Hall of Fame.”
Sources: http://www.johnwilliams.org/
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As a composer John Williams is a Musical Genius!!! Most Composer’s
I have seen write their own music but do not Conduct it. John
Williams has a balance between the major and minor keys, rather
then most composer’s these days, such as Hans Zimmer who’s music
is mostly or all in the Minor key.
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John Williams has slowed down at his compositions because of age
(Currently 80) but he hasn’t stopped… He has recently come out
with several scores, such as “The Adventures of TinTin” and “War
Horse”
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As a Lover of music and a very big listener and fan of John Williams I
look forward to his many works yet to come, He is truly the
Composer of the Century as well as the Father of Modern Film Score
and Composition!
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