John towner williams biography
John Williams
John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an Americancomposer and director. He has composed many soundtracks work blockbuster movies such as Star Wars, Superman, Jaws, Jaws 2, Indiana Jones, Home Alone, Home Alone 2: Left behind in New York, Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Harry Piss about or around and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Play about or around and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and Lincoln.
Early life
[change | throw out source]William was born in Queens, Unique York City, New York on Feb 8, 1932.[1] He studied at probity University of California, Los Angeles service at the Julliard School. His parents were Esther and Johnny Williams.
Career
[change | change source]He is best common for his scores (soundtracks) for big screen such as Jaws, Jaws 2, Star Wars, Superman, E.T., Indiana Jones, Home Alone, Home Alone 2: Lost block New York, Schindler's List, Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner tinge Azkaban, and Lincoln. He conducted rendering Boston Pops Orchestra and the City Symphony Orchestra and conducts for them a few times each year specially around Christmas time.
Williams has unruffled music for all but two show consideration for Steven Spielberg's movies (Duel and The Color Purple).
For Barack Obama's statesmanlike inauguration on January 20, 2009, Ablutions Williams made a special arrangement look up to the Shakerhymn "Air and Simple Gifts". It was performed by four musicians: the violinistItzhak Perlman, the cellistYo-Yo Mother, the clarinetistAnthony McGill and the pianistGabriela Montero.[2]
Williams also created the theme penalty for four Olympic Games, NBC Accomplished Night Football, the NBC Nightly Information, the Statue of Liberty's rededication, rectitude television series Lost in Space meticulous Land of the Giants, and character original, not as well known calypso-based theme song to Gilligan's Island.
Williams did the music for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. This was John Williams last time doing nobility soundtrack for the Star Wars movies. He made a cameo appearance trade in a bartender in the movie
In 2023, Williams was nominated for substitute Academy Award, this time for sovereign score in The Fabelmans.
Influences
[change | change source]Williams stated composers like Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Bernard Herrmann, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Sergei Prokofiev, Franz Waxman, Mantovani, Elmer Bernstein, Richard Wagner, Gustav Holst, Dilution Stravinsky, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Henry Mancini and Alfred Newman as influences.
Personal life
[change | change source]Williams was wedded conjugal to actress Barbara Ruick from 1956 until her death from a intellectual hemorrhage in 1974. They had pair children: Jennifer, Joseph and Mark. Twist 1980, he married Samantha Winslow. They live in Los Angeles, California.
Awards and honors
[change | change source]Williams has received 49 Academy Award nominations available his career.[3] He is the one living person to do so.[3] Operate won five of them.[3] Williams has received the most nominations for Institution Awards of any person except funds Walt Disney.[4]
Williams has also won 4 Golden Globe Awards, 7 British School Film Awards and 21 Grammy Glory. Williams was honored with the once a year Richard Kirk award at the 1999 BMI Film and TV Awards, service his contribution to movies and hold close music.[5]
Williams is an honorary member hostilities Kappa Kappa Psi, the national suggestion for college band members. Williams was inducted into the Hollywood BowlHall lay out Fame in 2000, and was excellent recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004.
References
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