John WilliamsGuitar RecitalDecca Records1996 (1959) In 1958, guitar virtuoso John Williams was a gifted teenager, and had studied with Andres Segovia. In that year he recorded an album of primarily ...

There were great cinema composers before John Williams and there will be great composers after him. And yet, through his seven-decade career, he towers over everyone else. His music is not only iconic ...

When Steven Spielberg first heard John Williams’ shark music for Jaws – the menacing “dunh dunh dunh dunh” signalling the approach of the terrifying beast – he wasn’t blown away. He gave “dunh dunh” a ...

LOS ANGELES -- "Music by John Williams" offers an insightful look into the life and career of the legendary composer John Williams. The documentary comes from Lucasfilm Ltd, Amblin Documentaries, and ...

This Disney Plus doc isn't much of a movie, but watching Spielberg and Williams reflect on the beautiful music they've made together is absolute bliss. A richer and more curious film might not frame ...

As a boy, Alexandre Desplat gravitated toward the movie soundtracks in his parents’ record collection, never dreaming that one day making film music would become his career. “If I really go very, very ...

John Williams is one of the most prolific film composers of all time, having created some of the most iconic scores of the past 60 years, winning five Oscars and becoming the gold standard of movie ...

The AFI Fest opened Wednesday night back at its home, the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, and runs through Sunday, highlighted by world premieres of awaited new films from past American Film Institute ...

Williams biographer Tim Greiving writes that recent headlines quoting the famed composer don't tell the full story. By Tim Greiving I’m truly stunned by the still-spreading wildfire ignited online by ...

The most celebrated composer of film music in history has some surprising thoughts about the art form. John Williams, the Oscar-winning composer behind the themes for "Star Wars," "E.T. the ...