On July 6, Reference Recordings released John Williams At The Movies, a compilation album featuring new performances by the Dallas Winds of Williams’ classic themes for Star Wars, E.T., Superman, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and more. Here’s the…
John Williams Introduces ‘Superman’ Theme Performance on ‘A Capitol Fourth’ (Video and Transcript)
On July 4, John Williams made a special video appearance for PBS’ A Capitol Fourth concert, introducing the National Symphony Orchestra’s performance of the Main Theme from Superman. Here’s the transcript of Williams’ introduction and a video of the performance.…
New Review: ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ – 40th Anniversary Remastered Edition
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind: 40th Anniversary Remastered Limited Edition Music composed and conducted by John Williams A Review by ‘Holko’ After living with this set for 6 months, my thoughts are finally starting to take coherent form beside…
Podcast: An Hour-long Musical Exploration into the ‘Star Wars’ Main Title
On the latest episode of UnderScore, they sat down with Alan Snelling, assistant engineer to Eric Tomlinson on Star Wars (as well as Raiders, Superman and the rest of the original trilogy), who shared some wonderful recollections of the historic…
Varèse Sarabande Releases ‘The Cowboys’: The Deluxe Edition
THE COWBOYS: The Deluxe Edition Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Music Composed and Conducted by John Williams UPC: 888072062474 Release Date: 06/18/2018 Limited Edition Of 3000 Copies CDs will begin shipping the week of June 18 $ 19.98 Now available at…
‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’ Live to Projection – Reports & Videos
Close Encounters of the Third Kind in Concert – European Premiere June 14, 2018, Royal Albert Hall, London (UK) Music by John Williams Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and English Chamber Choir Conducted by Ernst Van Tiel REPORTS Report by ‘serenifly’…
John Williams Conducts the Baltimore Symphony – Reports & Photos
“AN EVENING WITH JOHN WILLIAMS” June 13, 2018, Baltimore, MD The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra conducted by JOHN WILLIAMS and Marin Alsop Johannes Moser, cello CONCERT PROGRAM Marin Alsop conducting Flight to Neverland from Hook A Child’s Tale: Suite from The BFG Out to…
Williams Throws First Pitch at Orioles Game (Video & Photos)
BALTIMORE (NEWS CENTER Maine) — Fans across the Red Sox galaxy felt a grave disturbance in the Force upon seeing an unexpected foe take the mound against their team. By slipping into an Orioles jersey, John Williams embraced the role of…
Baltimore Baseball Team to Host John Williams at Upcoming Game
The Orioles baseball team will host John Williams as a special guest on Monday, June 11, for the club’s 7:05 p.m. ET game against the Boston Red Sox. Williams will throw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the game, as the Orioles…
JWFan Reviews ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Original Soundtrack Album
Solo: A Star Wars Story Original Soundtrack Album Review by Mikko Ojala Star Wars under Disney has quickly become another one of those film franchises that seems be ever expanding with no end in sight. Not only did the 2015…
With John Williams Stepping Aside, ‘Solo’ Looks to Create a ‘Modern’ Musical Score for ‘Star Wars’
“Once I had his theme, it gave me permission to do the things the film perhaps was asking for. Since it’s a different type of film, he was telling me not to worry and not be too honorable to the original,…
‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Original Soundtrack Album Now Available
Listen to track 1 “The Adventures of Han”, composed and conducted by John Williams: SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Han Solo Theme and Original Star Wars Music by John Williams Score composed and adapted by John…
‘Solo’ Composer John Powell Reveals His Process for Tackling a ‘Star Wars’ Movie
“Williams actually wrote several short pieces, and the “Adventures of Han” theme that debuted in Boston (and which opens the soundtrack album) is a combination of two of them. Powell calls them the “Han hero theme” and “Han searching theme”…
“The Adventures of Han” from ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Premieres in Boston
On May 23, John Williams led the Boston Pops in the World Premiere of “The Adventures of Han” from Solo: A Star Wars Story during his “Film Night” performance in Boston. This was also the first time that the Boston…
‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Soundtrack Album Details
The original soundtrack album for Solo: A Star Wars Story includes a concert arrangement of the new theme for Han Solo that Williams wrote expressly for the film. The track, entitled The Adventures of Han, was recorded by Williams in…
‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Original Soundtrack – Press Release
Solo: A Star Wars Story Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Available May 25th Han Solo Theme And Original Star Wars Music By John Williams Score Composed And Adapted By John Powell BURBANK, Calif., May 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Walt Disney Records releases the original…
Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie performs ‘Star Wars’ suite (Video)
On May 10, the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester conducted by Krzysztof Urbański performed a program including Holst’s The Planets and a suite from Star Wars (Main Title,Luke and Leia, The Asteroid Field, The Imperial March, Cantina Band, The Forest Battle, The Throne Room and Finale), The…
John Powell Talks Williams’ “Han Solo Theme”
Solo: A Star Wars story composer John Powell revealed in a recent interview that John Williams wrote more than one theme for the film: “The thing that people are sort of gonna be interested in is, I think, is that…
Margot Kidder, ‘Superman’ Actress, Dies at 69
Margot Kidder, the actress best known for playing Lois Lane opposite Christopher Reeve in the “Superman” films, has died. She was 69. The actress died in her sleep at her home on Sunday in Livingston, Mont., her publicist Camilla Fluxman…
John Williams Honored With Namesake Award At BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Awards
BMI honored legendary composer John Williams Wednesday night at the 34th annual Film, TV & Visual Media Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. The 86-year old maestro was presented with the John Williams Award by BMI president/CEO Mike O’Neill…