Today is John Williams’ 82nd Birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAESTRO! Filmmaker and special effects producer Keith Anderson has posted a “Star Wars” Birthday Salute to John Williams on YouTube. This is his third year to do a short tribute and linked…
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Vote for John Williams in the Classic FM Hall of Fame
Mad about Mozart? Barmy about Bach? Let us know your favourite pieces of classical music, and you could win one of 40 Roberts Radios. – Click here to cast your vote
Composer Wojciech Kilar Dies at 81
Wojciech Kilar, a Polish pianist and composer of classical music and scores for many films, including Roman Polanski’s Oscar-winning “The Pianist” and Francis Ford Coppola’s “Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” died Sunday. He was 81. – Full article at Variety Discuss this…
Steven Spielberg, John Williams Celebrate Lionel Newman at Building Dedication
Steven Spielberg and longtime artistic collaborator John Williams were among those attending Thursday’s celebration on the 20th Century Fox lot renaming the studio’s historic music building in honor of the late Lionel Newman, the prolific television and film composer. –…
John Williams at Classic FM’s Top 100 List
A number of John Williams scores have been voted among the best of all-time by Classic FM listeners in the station’s 2013 Movie Music Chart. The list includes some of his most popular works like Jaws, Star Wars, Superman, Raiders of…
John Williams Book in Spanish
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAESTRO!
Today is John Williams’ 81th Birthday! The Boston Pops is asking fans of the composer and conductor to send him their best wishes at www.twitter.com/thebostonpops and www.facebook.com/thebostonpops. (Williams does not have his own Twitter account, but the Pops will pass on the messages).
Hollywood Bowl Concert to be Broadcast Online
Next Saturday, October 6, at 2 pm PST, Classical KUSC radio will broadcast a live recording of last month’s Williams concert at the Hollywood Bowl. The program included music from War Horse and The Adventures of Tintin, as well as the entire Finale…
‘Tanglewood on Parade’ Concert Online
Koussevitzky Music Shed, Lenox, MA Tuesday, August 7, 2012 The Tanglewood Music Center, Boston Pops and Boston Symphony Orchestras Conducted by Lorin Maazel, Christoph von Dohnányi, Stéphane Denève, Keith Lockhart, and JOHN WILLIAMS – Concert program
No John Williams Theme in ‘Man of Steel’
“We decided to act as if no Superman film had been made – even though we love the films that have been made. We had to say this is a Superman movie for the first time and you can’t then…