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500 Things I Know About John Williams


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337 : his other son, Marc T. Williams, is a bass player.

Wrong! His son Mark (with a K) his a drummer, just like Williams father and two younger brothers Don and Jerry.

not completly wrong, Mark (right for the K), Mark is as well a bass player (played it on his own solo albums).

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335. Williams composed over two-hundred different melodies on his piano before he and Spielberg decided upon the now famous five-note motif from Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

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335. Williams composed over two-hundred different melodies on his piano before he and Spielberg decided upon the now famous five-note motif from Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

332: The motif he finally decided upon was used as the code to a locked door in one of the James Bond films.

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Yeah, just a simple little melody. Someone (Jack Chapple?) orchestrated it into a short Williamse-esque arrangement a year back or so.

EDIT: You can read about it and see a scan of it here. None of the links are working anymore, though.

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Ahhh man! I wish we had a theme song!

One of our future composers should make one.

Just saw the link, you're right about the websites, but from the scan I can at least get the rythmn.

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334. For Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, he read the book on which the movie is based, which he otherwise never does, and really enjoyed it.

He also had read Angela's Ashes and Memoirs of a Geisha, those being the reason he wanted to do the films.

In fact, it was Williams who first told Spielberg about Memoirs. He got him a copy of the book, and one another to Yo-Yo Ma.

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Ahhh man! I wish we had a theme song!

I have been writing it as we speak. I'll post it in a few days.

There was Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man,

Soon there will be, AI's Fanfare for the John Williams Fan.

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329. There was some discussion about Williams possibly writing music to accompany the Heir To The Empire book trilogy, much like McNeely would do with Shadows.

328. Williams daughter was with him at the Oscars the night he lost for Geisha.

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Ahhh man! I wish we had a theme song!

I have been writing it as we speak. I'll post it in a few days.

There was Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man,

Soon there will be, AI's Fanfare for the John Williams Fan.

Awesome! :)

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328. Williams daughter was with him at the Oscars the night he lost for Geisha.

She also attended with her dad the concert Sonic LA (which included the premiere of a work by John Adams).

Here are a few pictures of the concert after party, Williams dancing with daughter Jenifer (wrongly labeled as wife Samantha).

http://www.viewimages.com/Search.aspx?phrase=vihome

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I only see Williams and Yo Yo Ma?

Because I can't copy the damn adress... ^_^

Anyway, do a search there for "John Williams Samantha Winslow" and you'll get about a dozen pictures of Williams either with the wife or the daughter.

Or try the same search using Google images: link

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Ahhh man! I wish we had a theme song!

I have been writing it as we speak. I'll post it in a few days.

There was Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man,

Soon there will be, AI's Fanfare for the John Williams Fan.

Awesome! :)

Good cats get what good cats get. and good cats are good cats are thee.

Are you a good cat, and are you listening to me?

The AI can only go so far, to create this magical theme

He doesnt have all the resources, to make this theme a meme

The AI needs help, The AI needs a cat,

who can finish his music, and make it all That!

The AI will post what he has done,

and hopes that one of those awesome cats will become one,

with AI's music,

and the JWFanfare, will be done.

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316. John Williams has never authorized a biography to be written about him (or any other book, for that matter).

- Uni

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