John Williams News

Here's John Williams' theme from Jurassic Park slowed down a thousand percent, but kept at the same pitch.

CHARLOTTE SYMPHONY: A JOHN WILLIAMS SPECTACULAR When you think Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars, Jaws or Jurassic Park, likely one of the first things to come to mind is some defining orchestral theme: something so perfectly matched with each film as to be culturally inseparable.

IT IS 85 years since the silver screen first spoke and sang, with the arrival of the first talkie, The Jazz Singer.

John Williams turned 80 today! The American composer is best known for the themes from Star Wars , Jaws , Close Encounters of the Third Kind , and Indiana Jones , but starting with the score adaptation for Valley of the Dolls , he's racked up 47 Oscar nominations in a 44-year span, including 5 wins.

John Williams, the movie industry's most beloved composer, turns 80 on Wednesday.

Greetings! ScoreKeeper here on behalf of film geeks around the world wishing the ber-maestro himself, Mr.

Each weekday morning at 8:30, join conductor Keith Lockhart and Classical New England's Laura Carlo for Keith's Classical Corner.

St. Paul, Minn. - Longtime music director at 20th Century Fox and father of the studio's famous fanfare, Alfred Newman holds the distinction of winning more Oscars than anyone outside of Walt Disney, AND his record for nominations is tied at John Williams at 45.

The CAIL Group of Ventura County is offering a free college planning workshop from 7:15 to 8:15 p.m. Tuesday at the Camarillo Library, 4101 Las Posas Road.

A day after the Oscar nominations came out, the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra announced that it's making a little movie magic of its own.

The most popular film composer of the modern era, John Williams created music for some of the most successful motion pictures in Hollywood history -- Star Wars, E.T. the Extra Terrestrial, and Jurassic Park are just three of the credits in his extensive oeuvre.

It willrequire a lot of people to put together this year's Hollywood Bowl season, includinga number ofFOGs, FOHs and FOJs.