John Williams is best known for his film soundtrack compositions but thinks some movie scores are ‘ephemeral, fragmentary’ - Lawrence K. Ho/via Getty Images He is arguably cinema’s greatest composer ...

What do Fiddler on the Roof, Jaws, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, E.T., Home Alone, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan and three Harry Potter films all have in common? The music of John ...

There are certain bars of music - and even just a blip of them will do the trick - that immediately put me and I'm pretty sure millions of other people in a very specific headspace. (SOUNDBITE OF JOHN ...

When it comes to the most powerful sounds of our cinema, there’s only one name that comes to mind: John Williams. From Star Wars to Superman, from Indiana Jones to Jaws, John Williams has created the ...

The Hollywood Bowl‘s stage was dedicated to legendary composer John Williams on Monday night — the first such honor in the history of the famed venue, organizers said Tuesday. Williams, 93, is the ...

LENOX — No composer-conductor who has graced the Tanglewood stage since Leonard Bernstein's death in 1990 is as universally revered as John Williams, the brother-in-music of our era's most celebrated ...

Many years ago I was called in to play tuba with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. The guest conductor that week was John Williams. Yes, THEE John Williams! He led us through his own music and even ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Williams, best known for his film work, has a parallel career in classical music. His concerto, haunted by the ghosts of jazz past, is premiering at ...

The Jurassic Park series of films has long been known not just for Steven Spielberg's impeccable direction and breathtaking and revolutionary use of CGI, but also for John Williams' iconic score.

Only John Williams could have put me in the orbit of one of history’s most famous basketball players. Kobe Bryant, like so many others, was a huge fan of Williams’ music; he befriended and sought out ...

Which is larger: The number of years that the extremely venerable Hollywood Bowl has proudly stood or the number of songs by beloved composer John Williams that have been played under the Bowl's world ...