Loading details…
Artist
John Williams
12+ albums
SoundtrackClassicalinstrumentalcomposersStar Wars
about
There are at least five artists with this name; 1) John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. With a career spanning over six decades, he has composed some of the most popular, recognizable, and critically acclaimed film scores in cinematic history, including those of the Star Wars series, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Superman, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, the Indiana Jones series, the first two Home Alone films, Hook, the first two Jurassic Park films, Schindler's List, and the first three Harry Potter films. He has a very distinct sound that mixes romanticism, impressionism and atonal music with complex orchestration. The classical music critic Marcus Paus argues that Williams' "satisfying way of embodying complex dissonances and avant-garde techniques within a larger tonal framework" makes him "one of the great composers of any century". Williams has been associated with director Steven Spielberg since 1974, composing music for all but three of his feature films. Other works by Williams include theme music for the 1984 Summer Olympic Games, NBC Sunday Night Football, "The Mission" theme used by NBC News and Seven News in Australia, the television series Lost in Space and Land of the Giants, and the incidental music for the first season of Gilligan's Island. Williams has also composed numerous classical concertos and other works for orchestral ensembles and solo instruments. He served as the Boston Pops's pri
you might also explore
▤Books
▧Games
▣Movies
top songs
1
Duel of the Fates
338,4442Carol of the Bells
298,6793Hedwig's Theme
251,8754The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme)
251,7855Cantina Band
240,9676Carol of the Bells (From "Home Alone" Soundtrack)
226,6607Prologue
214,3008Theme from Jurassic Park
191,1379Battle of the Heroes
155,14110Theme From Schindler's List
147,735albums
Home Alone (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
![Home Alone (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Anniversary Edition]](https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/174s/941c0ff07e30ca4f8a1fbbeea047e288.png)
Home Alone (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Anniversary Edition]
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Jurassic Park
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Star Wars: A New Hope (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Schindler's List
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban / Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Memoirs of a Geisha