John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. In a career that has spanned seven decades, he has composed some of the most popular, recognizable and critically acclaimed film scores in cinema history. Williams has won 25 Grammy Awards, five Academy Awards, seven British Academy Film Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards. With 53 Academy Award nominations, he is the second-most nominated person, after Walt Disney. His compositions are often considered the epitome of orchestral film music and he is considered among the greatest composers in the history of cinema. Williams is known for his collaborations with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, and has worked with such diverse directors as Alfred Hitchcock, Brian De Palma, Robert Altman, Chris Columbus, Oliver Stone, Richard Donner, Irvin Kershner, Sydney Pollack, Mark Rydell, Mark Robson, Jean-Jacques Annaud, and J. J. Abrams. He has a very distinct sound that mixes romanticism, impressionism and atonal music with complex orchestration. More about John Williams
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His early work as a film composer includes The Killers (1964), How to Steal a Million (1966), Valley of the Dolls (1967), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) and Altman's Images (1972) and The Long Goodbye (1973). Williams has been associated with Spielberg since his 1974 film The Sugarland Express, composing music for all but five of his feature films. Spielberg recommended him to Lucas, who hired him to score Star Wars. His first Academy Award was for Best Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score for Fiddler on the Roof (1971). Four more Academy Awards, for Best Original Score, followed, for his work on Jaws (1975), Star Wars (1977), E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial (1982), and Schindler's List (1993). Other memorable film scores from his collaboration with Spielberg include Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Hook (1991), Jurassic Park (1993), Saving Private Ryan (1998), A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Catch Me If You Can (2002), War of the Worlds (2005), War Horse (2011), Lincoln (2012), and The Fabelmans (2022). Williams also scored Superman (1978), the first two Home Alone films and the first three Harry Potter films—though his motif from “Hedwig’s Theme” was used throughout all 8 films.In total, we tracked 486 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of John Williams (Star Wars cast signed album h. ford carrie fisher john williams + not poster bas) was sold in July 2021 for $6250.00 while the cheapest item (JOHN WILLIAMS NBA 86-95 SIGNED CARD) found a new owner for $0.89 in March 2008. The month with the most items sold (13) was March 2021 with an average selling price of $276.99 for an autographed item of John Williams. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2021 with $1250.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $4.95 was April 2022. In average, an autographed item from John Williams is worth $124.99.
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Indiana Jones 5 Director James Mangold Talks ‘Finishing Touches’ On New Flick Af (09/16/22): In response to asking about one of John Williams’ musical pieces in Indiana Jones 5, director James Mangold talked about the “finishing touches” on the 2023 movie.
Indiana Jones 5 Isn't Out For Nearly A Year. Why John Williams Was Able To Debut (09/05/22): Indiana Jones 5 composer John Williams shared a piece of music from the movie that’s almost a year away, and he explained why he was able to do this.
John Williams, Hollywood’s Maestro, Looks Beyond the Movies (02/08/22): The composer of “Star Wars” and “Jaws,” who turned 90 this week, says he will soon step away from film. But he has no intention of slowing down.
Star Wars: John Williams Has an Heir Apparent, and It's Kevin Kiner (04/10/21): Kevin Kiner, The Clone Wars and Rebels composer, should take over for John Williams on future Star Wars projects.