The home video release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, available digitally on April 1, and on Blu-ray/DVD on April 5, will include a short documentary feature on the music for the film, in which John Williams “shares personal insights of…
Category: DVD & Blu-ray
L.A. Phil’s John Williams Tribute to be Released on DVD & Blu-ray / ‘Soundings’ Premiere Release (UPDATED)
UPDATE: TV channel Arte has made the video available online for French and German viewers until August 24. On June 30, Naxos’ subsidiary label C-Major will release on Blu-ray and DVD ‘A John Williams Celebration’, a 90-minute video featuring the…
‘A John Williams Celebration’ Blu-ray/DVD – Interviews Online
C-Major Entertainment has posted two new clips from their upcoming ‘A John Williams Celebration’ DVD & Blu-ray, featuring the 2014/15 Opening Gala Concert by the Los Angeles Philharmonic led by Gustavo Dudamel, with John Williams as guest conductor and Itzhak…
‘1941’ Extended Edition Blu-ray Includes New Music as Originally Intended
UPDATE: Interview with Mike Matessino about the new music From producer Mike Matessino: On October 14, 2014, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment will be releasing “The Steven Spielberg Director’s Collection” on Blu-Ray and DVD. For the first time, the director’s 1979…
Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Concert Gets DVD/Blu-ray Release
Naxos has released on DVD and Blu-ray the gala concert celebrating the 75th birthday of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer home at Tanglewood, which took place on July 14 last year. The performance featured conductors John Williams, Keith Lockhart, Stefan Asbury,…
JWFan members Tim Burden and John Takis discuss ‘The Fury’ on the latest “Movie Magic”
John Takis and Tim Burden celebrate the 35th Anniversary of The Fury by chatting about this classic John Williams score. Clips from the new Twilight Time Blu-ray and La-La Land Records CD are showcased throughout, proving the sheer brilliance and…
‘The Fury’ Blu-ray to Have Isolated Score
Brian De Palma’s The Fury (1978) will be released on Blu-ray for the first time on March 12 featuring an isolated score track. Like all of the company’s titles, The Fury will be strictly limited to 3,000 copies and available exclusively through Screen Archives…
Williams Talks ‘E.T.’
“I remember working very hard on that flying theme,” Williams said. “I was concerned about getting just the right, soaring melody, which for me as a musician was a serious challenge. Here were kids flying on bicycles over the moon…
Music Featurette from JAWS Blu-ray
John Williams Recalls ‘Jaws’
JOHN WILLIAMS RECALLS ‘JAWS’ By Jon Burlingame The Film Music Society, July 14, 2012 “John Williams has made our movie more adventurous and gripping than I ever thought possible.” — Steven Spielberg, writing about Jaws in 1975