Sydney Symphony performs the music of John Williams

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From the Sydney Symphony website:

The Music of John Williams

The Original Movie Soundtracks

November 30 - December 01 2007

Sydney Opera House | Concert Hall

Come on a new musical journey with the Sydney Symphony and explore galaxies far, far away.

Sydney Symphony celebrates the 75th birthday of John Williams, one of the most influential film composers of all time. With 43 Oscar nominations to his name, his film scores are from some of the world’s favourite films including Jaws, Schindler's List, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Harry Potter, Jurassic Park, Superman, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Star Wars.

Join Grammy Award winning conductor Arnie Roth, who debuted with the Sydney Symphony at the Sydney Opera House this summer conducting Play! A Videogame Symphony, in our salute to this acclaimed composer. With the original scores and arrangements as written by John Williams, the first half of the concert features many of John Williams’ most famous film compositions. The second half of the concert features selections from the six Star Wars films.

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