“Fish and chips. Chalk and cheese. Apples and oranges. Spielberg and Williams. When it comes to natural pairings nobody gets close to Steven Spielberg and John Williams when it comes to creating memorable movie scores. Their exclusive partnership stretches all the way back to…
Month: December 2011
List of ‘War Horse’ and ‘Tintin’ Score Nominations (Updated Feb. 12)
What follows is a list of awards for which War Horse and The Adventures of Tintin have been nominated in the Best Score or Best Music category:
New Photos from Williams’ ‘Over the Rainbow’ Recording
New photos from John Williams’ recording of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” are available at ScoringSessions.com. As reported last Summer, Williams recorded a new version of the song for the upcoming album ‘They Are Why We Sing’, a compilation of themes about…
John Williams Photo & Audio Gallery on CBSNews.com
From CBSNews.com: The composer of Jaws, Star Wars and Schindler’s List debuts two new film scores this week: The Adventures of Tintin and War Horse; Check out our photo gallery with audio clips of his greatest works” Discuss this topic…
‘The Last Movie Maestro’ (WSJ Article & Video)
“For decades, John Williams has been the go-to composer for swelling orchestral compositions. Now, younger, cheaper and edgier musicians are changing the score.” – FULL ARTICLE AT THE WALL STREET JOURNAL “John Williams, composer of the iconic movie scores for…
JOHN WILLIAMS RECEIVES GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATION FOR ‘WAR HORSE’
John Williams’ score for War Horse has been nominated for the Golden Globes in the Original Score category, along with Ludovic Bource’s The Artist, Abel Korzeniowski’s W.E., Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and Howard Shore’s Hugo. The 69th…
AMISTAD (1997) – Complete Cue List
By Mikko Ojala (original post) I think Amistad is a very interesting and quite a unique entry in Williams’ ouvre and a slightly overlooked collaboration with Steven Spielberg. After watching the film a few times I ended up compiling a complete track…
‘War Horse’ Score Nominated for the Critics’ Choice Award (UPDATE)
The Broadcast Film Critics Association has nominated War Horse in the ‘Best Score’ category for this year’s Critics Choice Awards. The other nominated scores are The Artist by Ludovic Bource, Drive by Cliff Martinez, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Trent Reznor…
WAR OF THE WORLDS (2005) – Complete Cue List
By Jason LeBlanc (original post with table & additional details)
Williams to Conduct ‘Tintin’ and ‘War Horse’ Selections on January 15
“Start your New Year on a high note with a spectacular concert with the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra, featuring conductors John Williams, Michael Tilson Thomas, Teddy Abrams, Joey Newman and Richard Kaufman. Guests will be treated to a varied and…