John Williams

Personal Info

Know For

Sound

Gender

Male

Birthday

1932-02-08 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

Queens, New York City, New York, USA

John Williams

Biography

John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer and conductor. In a career that has spanned seven decades, he has composed some of the most popular, recognizable, and critically acclaimed film scoresin cinema history. He has a distinct sound that mixes romanticism, impressionism and atonal music with complex orchestration. He is best known for his collaborations with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas and has received numerous accolades including 26 Grammy Awards, five Academy Awards, seven BAFTA Awards, three Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. With 54 Academy Award nominations, he is the second-most nominated perso...

Acting

2024

Music by John Williams

as Self - Composer

2022

Ennio

as Self

2019

2017

Spielberg

as Self

2010

Music

as Self

2016

John Williams: The Seventh Symphony

as Self (archive footage)

2020

2009

Production

1977

Star Wars

as Original Music Composer

2005

War of the Worlds

as Original Music Composer

1981

Raiders of the Lost Ark

as Original Music Composer

1984

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

as Original Music Composer

1989

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

as Original Music Composer

2002

Minority Report

as Original Music Composer

1993

Jurassic Park

as Original Music Composer

1997

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

as Original Music Composer

1997

Seven Years in Tibet

as Original Music Composer

1993

Schindler's List

as Original Music Composer

1972

The Poseidon Adventure

as Original Music Composer

1975

Jaws

as Original Music Composer

1978

Jaws 2

as Original Music Composer

2004

The Terminal

as Original Music Composer

1982

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

as Original Music Composer

2005

Munich

as Original Music Composer

2001

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

as Original Music Composer

2001

2002

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

as Original Music Composer

2004

1990

Home Alone

as Original Music Composer

1992

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

as Original Music Composer

1973

The Long Goodbye

as Original Music Composer

1989

Born on the Fourth of July

as Original Music Composer

1996

Sleepers

as Original Music Composer

1991

JFK

as Original Music Composer

1977

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

as Original Music Composer

1980

The Empire Strikes Back

as Original Music Composer

1999

2002

2005

1998

Saving Private Ryan

as Original Music Composer

1999

Angela's Ashes

as Original Music Composer

2005

Memoirs of a Geisha

as Original Music Composer

1991

Hook

as Original Music Composer

1987

Empire of the Sun

as Original Music Composer

2000

The Patriot

as Original Music Composer

1966

How to Steal a Million

as Original Music Composer

1967

Valley of the Dolls

as Original Music Composer

1995

Nixon

as Original Music Composer

1975

The Eiger Sanction

as Original Music Composer

1992

Far and Away

as Original Music Composer

1967

A Guide for the Married Man

as Original Music Composer

1976

Family Plot

as Original Music Composer

1974

The Sugarland Express

as Original Music Composer

1990

Presumed Innocent

as Original Music Composer

1989

Always

as Original Music Composer

1987

The Witches of Eastwick

as Original Music Composer

1976

Midway

as Original Music Composer

1997

Amistad

as Original Music Composer

1995

Sabrina

as Original Music Composer

1978

The Fury

as Original Music Composer

1983

1976

The Missouri Breaks

as Original Music Composer

1966

The Rare Breed

as Original Music Composer

1961

The Secret Ways

as Original Music Composer

1969

The Reivers

as Original Music Composer

1981

2011

The Adventures of Tintin

as Original Music Composer

2012

Lincoln

as Original Music Composer

2011

War Horse

as Original Music Composer

1998

Lost In Space Forever

as Original Music Composer

2015

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

as Original Music Composer

2023

2009

LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2

as Original Music Composer

1979

1941

as Original Music Composer

1977

Black Sunday

as Original Music Composer

1974

Conrack

as Original Music Composer

1972

Pete 'n' Tillie

as Original Music Composer

1973

Tom Sawyer

as Original Music Composer

1972

The Screaming Woman

as Main Title Theme Composer

1970

Jane Eyre

as Original Music Composer

1970

Story of a Woman

as Original Music Composer

1963

Gidget Goes to Rome

as Original Music Composer

1966

Penelope

as Original Music Composer

1969

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

as Original Music Composer

1964

The Killers

as Original Music Composer

1966

The Plainsman

as Original Music Composer

1967

Ghostbreakers

as Original Music Composer

1960

I Passed for White

as Original Music Composer

1958

Daddy-O

as Original Music Composer

1965

The Kathryn Reed Story

as Original Music Composer

2022

Jurassic World Dominion

as Main Title Theme Composer

2013

The Book Thief

as Original Music Composer

2011

LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace

as Original Music Composer

1983

Return of the Jedi

as Original Music Composer

2022

Piano Cinéma

as Original Music Composer

1974

Earthquake

as Original Music Composer

1972

Images

as Conductor

1972

Images

as Orchestrator

2019

Battle at Big Rock

as Main Title Theme Composer

1967

Fitzwilly

as Original Music Composer

2008

2021

1965

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

as Original Music Composer

1988

The Accidental Tourist

as Original Music Composer

1978

Superman

as Original Music Composer

1982

Monsignor

as Original Music Composer

1972

Images

as Original Music Composer

1990

Stanley & Iris

as Original Music Composer

1960

The Apartment

as Orchestrator

2022

1962

Stark Fear

as Music

2022

The Fabelmans

as Original Music Composer

1969

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

as Conductor

1969

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

as Music Supervisor

1974

The Towering Inferno

as Original Music Composer

2023

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

as Original Music Composer

2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

as Original Music Composer

1972

The Cowboys

as Original Music Composer

1984

The River

as Original Music Composer

2016

Hoshino

as Original Music Composer

1969

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

as Original Music Composer

1968

Heidi

as Original Music Composer

1995

Sabrina

as Songs

2016

The BFG

as Original Music Composer

1973

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing

as Original Music Composer

1966

Not With My Wife, You Don't

as Original Music Composer

1979

Dracula

as Original Music Composer

1998

Stepmom

as Original Music Composer

1997

Rosewood

as Original Music Composer

1971

Fiddler on the Roof

as Orchestrator

1971

1981

Heartbeeps

as Original Music Composer

1962

Flashing Spikes

as Original Music Composer

1973

Cinderella Liberty

as Original Music Composer

2017

1966

Penelope

as Songs

1965

None But the Brave

as Original Music Composer

2002

Catch Me If You Can

as Original Music Composer

1964

Nightmare in Chicago

as Original Music Composer

1980

Superman II

as Music

1986

SpaceCamp

as Original Music Composer

2017

The Post

as Original Music Composer

1987

1998

2005

War of the Worlds

as Conductor

1986

Amazing Stories

as Original Music Composer

1973

The Paper Chase

as Original Music Composer

2019

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

as Original Music Composer

2006

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

as Original Music Composer

1974

1961

Bachelor Flat

as Original Music Composer

1968

Sergeant Ryker

as Original Music Composer

1971

Fiddler on the Roof

as Music Arranger

1999

The Unfinished Journey

as Original Music Composer

1980

Superman II

as Theme Song Performance

1978

1991

Hook

as Songs

1982

Yes, Giorgio

as Songs

2010

LEGO Star Wars: Bombad Bounty

as Main Title Theme Composer

2016

1960

Because They're Young

as Original Music Composer

1962

Diamond Head

as Original Music Composer

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