John Williams has been awarded an honorary knighthood

[Marian Schedenig 6031]

4 hours ago, karelm said:

Sounds pretty fishy if you ask me.  Maybe an obsessive fan had her killed so can say her dying words were to make JW a knight.  

 

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"John, help me take this crown off.”

 

“But you’ll die!”

 

“Nothing can stop that now. Just for once, let me look on you with my own eyes.”

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1 hour ago, BB-8 said:

"John, help me take this crown off.”

 

“But you’ll die!”

 

“Nothing can stop that now. Just for once, let me look on you with my own eyes.”

“Now I am King!”

IYKYK😉

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[Marian Schedenig 6031]

Classic FM article:

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“It is an honor for me to join him as an Honorary Knight!” Iger said. “I have always been in awe of his work. May the force be with him!”

 

And a tweet by the LSO:

 

I guess that officially makes JW a Jedi Knight (I can't believe nobody made that lame joke in this thread before…)

 

[Naïve Old Fart 7248]

Yo, Johnny!

All congrats on your honourary knighthood, dude!

As you haven't given a single public performance of your own music in the UK, since July 4th, 1998, perhaps you could use getting done by Charlie boy, to plan a concert, with the L.S.O., at, either, Barbican, or the Royal Albert Hall?

Wha' d'ya say?

 

Signed,

A patient fan

 

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1 hour ago, Marian Schedenig said:

 

I guess that officially makes JW a Jedi Knight (I can't believe nobody made that lame joke in this thread before…)

 

Well let's hope he'll return one day.

 

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[TownerFan 4973]

3 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

Yo, Johnny!

All congrats on your honourary knighthood, dude!

As you haven't given a single public performance of your own music in the UK, since July 4th, 1998, perhaps you could use getting done by Charlie boy, to plan a concert, with the L.S.O., at, either, Barbican, or the Royal Albert Hall?

Wha' d'ya say?

 

Signed,

A patient fan

 

 

I am curious at how they will deal with this, but I think usually honorary knighthoods of foreign individuals are given in ceremonies held in local British consulates and not at the Palace. When they gave it to Spielberg in 2001, it was done at the British embassy in Washington D.C.

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Well it all goes down in history either side of the pond.

 

[QuartalHarmony 232]

1 hour ago, TownerFan said:

usually honorary knighthoods of foreign individuals are given in ceremonies held in local British consulates and not at the Palace

You are correct that this is usual practice, for reasons of convenience to the recipient.
 

However, the monarch can give honours at his or her pleasure, so (in my understanding) there would be nothing stopping JW’s people requesting the honour be bestowed by the monarch in person at a Royal Palace in the UK. Whilst he’s here, I’m sure the LSO would give their collective right arms to play under him one more time, so that would be at least one open door they’d be pushing on. Surely this is too good an opportunity not to at least ask…

 

Mark

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11 hours ago, QuartalHarmony said:

You are correct that this is usual practice, for reasons of convenience to the recipient.
 

However, the monarch can give honours at his or her pleasure, so (in my understanding) there would be nothing stopping JW’s people requesting the honour be bestowed by the monarch in person at a Royal Palace in the UK. Whilst he’s here, I’m sure the LSO would give their collective right arms to play under him one more time, so that would be at least one open door they’d be pushing on. Surely this is too good an opportunity not to at least ask…

 

Mark

King Charles and John Williams are both environmentalists and should avoid flying around the globe just to fetch a piece of paper. ;-)

[Disco Stu 15425]

John Williams is joining such luminaries as Kevin Spacey and Rudy Giuliani in this honor

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_honorary_Knights_and_Dames_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire

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1 hour ago, Disco Stu said:

John Williams is joining such luminaries as Kevin Spacey and Rudy Giuliani in this honor

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_honorary_Knights_and_Dames_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire

And Plácido Domingo...

[QuartalHarmony 232]

On 26/9/2022 at 7:55 PM, BB-8 said:

avoid flying around the globe just to fetch a piece of paper

Firstly, that’s an excellent reason to combine it with a concert and secondly… a piece of paper? It’s a knighthood, not a driving license!

[Manakin Skywalker 3393]

5 hours ago, Disco Stu said:

John Williams is joining such luminaries as Kevin Spacey and Rudy Giuliani in this honor

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_honorary_Knights_and_Dames_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire

 

[Amvanquish 38]

Well last week I created a post suggesting that I would love to see John Williams compose  a requiem mass or piece of music (possibly Coronation)  in honour of Her Majesty The Queen or the new King.

I have followed John Williams since 1971 when I first heard his score for The Poseidon Adventure at the age of 13 and I have never wavered in my admiration for his music since.

I knew deep down and my instincts were right that greatness was written in the stars for him .

Ive not been proved wrong and it’s due to him that I eventually moved to working in the U.K. Film Industry as a Film Buyer for Multiplex Cinema Chains and I certainly made sure the films he scored were dated in the cinemas I looked after for almost 18 years.

Being British and 100% Royalist you can imagine my ecstatic joy at the news that John Williams had been given an honorary knighthood, a KBE, by Queen Elizabeth as one of her final acts. Now she didn’t  give these out as if they were confetti , she would have been inspired to give this award because she liked John Williams music personally. The knighthoods she gave out , were and are not just issued under the advice of the government or via certain interested parties but are personal . Williams music has been used by the BBC and ITV and British documentary film makers for many royal jubilee and commemorative events and for solemn occasions like Remembrance, VE and VJ days , so she would have watched the recordings go out on tv with Williams’ music adding to the mood . Truly she must have enjoyed the music he has composed over the years and which has been added by film editors, aside from watching films with a Williams score.
Incidentally having worked in the U.K. Cinema Exhibition industry at top level , I know there is a screening room both at Buckingham Palace and at Windsor Castle and that 35mm prints of feature films ( before digital) were sent to the Palace for viewing and films were also considered for the annual Royal Film Performance so it’s safe to assume that she would have watched Spielbergs films ( the other KBE beneficiary) with Williams’ soundtrack.
What an absolutely wonderful tribute to the top film composer in the world from one of the most remarkable women in the world.

Our Elizabeth The Great has done John Williams proud in her last days as Monarch.

it is just so incredibly sad that Williams will not be able to receive this honour from Queen Elizabeth II herself although yes I know awards like this are given out at a consular level.

What he must be feeling today must warm his heart ,safe in the knowledge that his Anglophile connections (ie the LSO) and love of the U.K. has got the merit he truly deserves.

This is far better than an Oscar or a BAFTA - it’s a thank you for ALL his compositions and works from the British people.

I hope this award inspires him to write something in her honour as he moves into his last furlong as a classical concert composer (and hopefully he does come out of film composing retirement to top it all by composing a Bond film score)

I know that his being american , you can’t use the word Sir, but god damn it , I’m going to break protocol from now on and say in light of the fact that Indy 5 may be his last film score ; and I know I say this on behalf of many if not all of you on this brilliant JWFan website and on others like The Legacy of John Williams who are dedicated to his music , 

“ARISE SIR JOHN.

CONGRATULATIONS  AND WELL DONE FOR ALL YOUR WONDERFUL MUSIC THAT HAS INSPIRED OTHERS AND IS LOVED BY ALL YOUR FANS WORLDWIDE.

THANK YOU SIR, FOR EVERYTHING”