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…
Category: Williams/Spielberg
‘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…
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…
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…
Williams Talks ‘Lincoln’
“There probably are about 55 minutes of music in the film, I think. And we recorded 92 minutes of music in Chicago.” Discuss this topic in our forums UPDATE from Randall D. Larson’s facebook: Transcript from comments made by John…
JWFAN EXCLUSIVE: ‘LINCOLN’ SOUNDTRACK MP3 SAMPLES
Listen to 30 second samples of every track on the Lincoln soundtrack album! – UPDATED with links to more samples and “first listens” of the latest John Williams score! (click for high-res version)
Atlanta Concert Reviews, Pictures & Videos
“AN EVENING WITH JOHN WILLIAMS, STEVEN SPIELBERG, AND THE ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA” Wednesday, October 24, 2012, Atlanta Symphony Hall, Atlanta, GA The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra conducted by JOHN WILLIAMS
LINCOLN (2012) – Album Review & Thematic Analysis
LINCOLN Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by John Williams A Review By Mikko Ojala The 26th collaboration between Steven Spielberg and John Williams takes them to the turbulent Civil War era of American history, the life and times of Abraham Lincoln. The…
‘Lincoln’ Behind-the-Scenes with John Williams and Steven Spielberg
This week’s edition of CBS’ ’60 Minutes’ included a short behind the scenes segment of John Williams and Steven Spielberg on the score for Lincoln. The Williams/Spielberg portion starts at 3:12 into the video.
LINCOLN (2012) – Album Review
Lincoln: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Review by Jason LeBlanc It’s never been a better time to be a John Williams fan! After going 3 and a half years without a new John Williams film score post-Indiana Jones and the Kingdom…