Universal Music has announced the digital release of the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack of Jurassic Park, which includes John Williams’ newly remastered music from the film, as well as four bonus tracks (a total of 11 minutes of unreleased music).
Archive of posts filed under the Williams/Spielberg category.
Williams to Conduct the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in Special Benefit Concert, June 4
Baltimore, Md. March 06, 2013 - The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) today announced that five-time Academy Award-winning composer John Williams will conduct the BSO in a special benefit concert on Tuesday, June 4 at 8 p.m. at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, appearing at the personal invitation of BSO Music Director Marin Alsop. Williams, celebrating 40 [...]
John Williams Interview on Classical KUSC Radio
2013 Best Score Oscar Nominee John Williams For his 48th Oscar Nomination, John Williams has gone presidential in Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln. He discusses with Jim Svejda the challenges of translating mid-19th century American into the score & the uncanny 4th Dimensional Experience (John’s words) of watching Daniel Day-Lewis. – Listen to the interview at KUSC.org [...]
List of ‘Lincoln’ Score Nominations and Awards (Updated Feb. 25)
What follows is a list of awards for which Lincoln has been nominated in the Best Score or Best Music category:
‘Lincoln’ Score Wins Critics’ Choice Award
John Williams’ Lincoln received his second award Thursday as the best score of 2012 according to the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA). The Maestro’s score for the Spielberg film beat Alexandre Desplat’s Argo, Mychael Danna’s Life of Pi, Jonny Greenwood’s The Master and Alexandre Desplat’s Moonrise Kingdom. – Critics’ Choice Awards 2013: The full winners list Discuss this [...]
Williams Gets 48th Oscar Nomination
As expected, John Williams’ score for the latest Spielberg film is among the nominees for this year’s Academy Awards, to be held on February 24 in Los Angeles. Lincoln has received a total of 12 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. The other contenders in the Original Score category are Dario Marianelli for Anna [...]
John Williams’ ‘Lincoln’ Nominated for the BAFTAs
Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln led all films with 10 nominations for the EE British Academy Film Awards, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced Wednesday morning in London. John Williams’ score received a nomination along with Anna Karenina by Dario Marianelli, Argo by Alexandre Desplat, Life of Pi by Mychael Danna, and Skyfall by [...]
‘Lincoln’ Score Receives Golden Globe Nomination
Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln is frontrunner for next year’s Golden Globes Awards after receiving seven nominations, including John Williams’ score. The other nominees in the Original Score category are: Mychael Danna for Life of Pi, Alexandre Desplat for Argo, Dario Marianelli for Anna Karenina, and Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek & Reinhold Heil for Cloud Atlas. The 70th annual Golden [...]
‘Tintin’ Score Gets Grammy Nomination
John Williams’ The Adventures of Tintin – The Secret of the Unicorn has been nominated as Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media for this year’s Grammy Awards (see nominations in the soundtrack-related categories). The 55th Grammy Awards will be held in Los Angeles on February 10, 2013. Discuss this topic in our forums
‘John Williams’ Inevitable Themes’
Of course, Steven Spielberg’s latest film “Lincoln” is opening in theaters around the country this weekend. “Lincoln” is also the latest movie score from Mr. Spielberg’s longtime collaborator, John Williams, the composer, who’s celebrated his 80th birthday this year. John Williams was honored this summer with a gala concert at Tanglewood, where he sat down [...]
Spielberg & Williams: Inseparable Tandem
Lincoln marks their 26th film, one of the longest-running director-composer partnerships in modern movie history. Williams calls it “an amazing relationship. We’ve never really had an argument. It’s just something that has, personally and musically, worked well.” – Full article at Variety.com
John Williams Honored by Education Through Music-LA; Reveals Steven Spielberg Played Clarinet on ‘Jaws’ Theme
Los Angeles made a strong case for improvisation Sunday night at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles as it honored venerable composer John Williams and music educator Linda Mouradian. Composer Michael Giacchino, best known for scoring Pixar’s Up and all 120 episodes of Lost, filled in for scheduled-but-indisposed host Richard Dreyfuss with energetic banter [...]
