John Williams (composer)

**John Williams**
	American composer and conductor (born 1932)
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Name in native language	John Towner Williams;
Date of birth	8 February 1932; Flushing; John Towner Williams
Start of work period	1952;
Country of citizenship	United States;
Educated at	Juilliard School; University of California, Los Angeles; North Hollywood High School; Glendale High School; Accademia Musicale Chigiana; UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music;
Occupation	conductor; composer; film score composer; music arranger; pianist; bandleader;
Member of	American Academy of Arts and Sciences;
Position held	principal conductor (1980–1993);
Field of work	film score;
Child	Joseph Williams;
Spouse	Barbara Ruick;
Notable work	music of Star Wars; Raiders of the Lost Ark; Munich – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack; E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Music from the Original Soundtrack; Close Encounters of the Third Kind (soundtrack); SpaceCamp; Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade; Empire of the Sun: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack; Home Alone: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack; JFK; Jurassic Park; Schindler's List; The Lost World: Jurassic Park; Seven Years in Tibet; Saving Private Ryan; Angela's Ashes – Music from the Motion Picture; The Patriot – Original Motion Picture Score; A.I. Artificial Intelligence – Music From The Motion Picture; Minority Report; Catch Me If You Can; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture; Memoirs of a Geisha – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack; Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack; The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn; The Fabelmans; 1988 Summer Olympics Album: One Moment in Time; Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind; Theme from Superman (Main Title);
Award received	National Medal of Arts (2009); Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition (2015); Academy Award for Best Original Song Score (1972); Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score (1976); Academy Award for Best Original Score (1978); Academy Award for Best Original Score (1983); Academy Award for Best Original Score (1994); Kennedy Center Honors; AFI Life Achievement Award (2016); Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media (2007); Officer of Arts and Letters (2016); Golden Globes; Saturn Award for Best Music; Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts (2020); Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2022); Classic Brit Awards; Silver Olympic Order (2002); Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score); Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special; Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music; Disney Legends (2024);
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	Q131285; ISNI: 0000000123479198; VIAF cluster ID: 287552181; GND ID: 129198536; Library of Congress Authorities ID: n80145169; Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13901190f; IdRef ID: 088522598; NDL Authority ID: 00840807; Libraries Australia ID: 35362853; NL CR AUT ID: ola2002158074; SELIBR ID: 207608; National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX1190804, XX5170119; Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 070339856; BIBSYS ID: 14015742; NUKAT ID: n2007090454; NLP ID: a0000001623095; CCAB ID: 000739328; National Library of Korea ID: KAC200206089; Libris-URI: qn245xx81xspc2r; National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810665323105606; J9U entity ID: 987007506578305171; NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA06236666; SBN author ID: PALV050673; Open Library ID: OL395114A; MusicBrainz artist ID: 53b106e7-0cc6-42cc-ac95-ed8d30a3a98e; IMDb ID: nm0002354; Internet Broadway Database person ID: 518275; Olympedia people ID: 1200826
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English: John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer, conductor and pianist. In a career that spans six decades, Williams has composed many of the most famous film scores in history, including all but one of Steven Spielberg's feature films

Deutsch: John Towner Williams (* 8. Februar 1932 in Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York) ist ein US-amerikanischer Komponist, Dirigent und Produzent von Film- und Orchestermusik.

Русский: Джон Таунер Уильямс (род. 8 февраля 1932) — американский композитор и дирижер. За свою карьеру, охватывающую семь десятилетий, Уильямс написал музыку ко многим из самых известных голливудских фильмов в истории, включая все (кроме пяти), художественные полнометражные фильмы Стивена Спилберга.

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With en:Stanley Donen (left)
conducting the score to Raiders of the Lost Ark
John Williams signing an autograph
At Boston Simphony Hall. May, 2006