John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer,
conductor, and pianist. With a career spanning over six decades, he
has composed some of the most popular and recognizable film scores in
cinematic history, including the
Star Wars

Star Wars series, Jaws, Close
Encounters of the Third Kind, Superman, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,
the
Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones series, the first two
Home Alone

Home Alone films, the first
two
Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park films, Schindler's List, and the first three Harry
Potter films.[1] Williams has been associated with director Steven
Spielberg since 1974, composing music for all but three of his feature
films.[2] Other notable works by Williams include theme music for the
1984 Summer Olympic Games, NBC Sunday Night Football, "The Mission"
theme used by
NBC News

NBC News and
Seven News

Seven News in Australia, the television
series
Lost in Space

Lost in Space and Land of the Giants, and the incidental music
for the first season of Gilligan's Island.[3] Williams has also
composed numerous classical concertos and other works for orchestral
ensembles and solo instruments. From 1980 to 1993 he served as the
Boston Pops's principal conductor, and is currently the orchestra's
laureate conductor.[4]
Williams has won 24 Grammy Awards, seven British Academy Film Awards,
five Academy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards. With 51 Academy
Award nominations, Williams is the second most-nominated individual,
after Walt Disney.[5][6] In 2005, the
American Film Institute
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American Film Institute selected
Williams's score to 1977's
Star Wars

Star Wars as the greatest American film
score of all time. The soundtrack to
Star Wars

Star Wars was additionally
preserved by the
Library of Congress

Library of Congress into the National Recording
Registry, for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically
significant".[7] Williams was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl's Hall
of Fame in 2000, and was a recipient of the
Kennedy Center Honors

Kennedy Center Honors in
2004 and the
AFI Life Achievement Award

AFI Life Achievement Award in 2016. Williams composed the
score for eight of the top twenty highest-grossing films at the U.S.
box office (adjusted for inflation).[8]
Contents
1 Early life and family
2 Film and television scoring
3
Conducting

Conducting and performing
4 Personal life
5 Awards
5.1 AFI
5.2 Academy Awards
5.3 BAFTA Awards
5.4 Emmy Awards
5.5 Golden Globe Awards
5.6 Grammy Awards
6 Charting hits (U.S., Billboard)
7 Concert works
7.1 Concertos
7.2 Other orchestral works
7.3 Chamber works
8 Discography
9 See also
10 References
11 Further reading
12 External links
Early life and family[edit]
John Towner Williams was born on February 8, 1932 in Floral Park, New
York, to Esther (née Towner) and Johnny Williams,[9] a jazz
percussionist who played with the
Raymond Scott

Raymond Scott Quintet. Williams has
said of his lineage, "My father was a Maine man—we were very close.
My mother was from Boston. My father's parents ran a department store
in Bangor, Maine, and my mother's father was a cabinetmaker. [...]
People with those roots are not inclined to be lazy."[10]
In 1948, the Williams family moved to
Los Angeles

Los Angeles where John attended
North Hollywood High School, graduating in 1950. He later attended the
University of California, Los Angeles, and studied privately with the
Italian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.[11] Williams had
originally briefly attended
Los Angeles

Los Angeles City College for one semester
as the school had a Studio
Jazz

Jazz Band.[12]
In 1952, Williams was drafted into the U.S. Air Force, where he played
the piano, brass and conducted and arranged music for The U.S. Air
Force Band as part of his assignments.[13] In a 2016 interview with
the US airforce band, he recounted having attended basic airforce
training at Lackland base (San Antonio, Texas) following which he
served as a pianist and brass player, with secondary duties of making
arrangements for three years. He also attended music courses at the
University of Arizona as part of his service.[14][15]
In 1955, following his Air Force service, Williams moved to New York
City and entered
Juilliard School

Juilliard School where he studied piano with Rosina
Lhévinne.[11] During this time Williams worked as a jazz pianist in
the city's many jazz clubs.
After moving to Los Angeles, he began working as a session musician,
most notably for composer Henry Mancini. He worked with Mancini on the
Peter Gunn

Peter Gunn soundtrack where his fellow musicians in the rhythm section
included guitarist Bob Bain, bassist Rolly Bundock, and drummer Jack
Sperling, many of whom were also featured on the Mr. Lucky television
series.
Known as "Johnny" during the 1950s and early 1960s, Williams composed
the music for many television programmes (including several episodes
of M Squad[16][17]), and served as music arranger and bandleader for a
series of popular music albums with the singer Frankie Laine.[18][19]
Williams has two brothers, Donald and Jerry, both of whom work as
percussionists in Los Angeles.[20]
Film and television scoring[edit]
Main article:
List of compositions by John Williams § Film
scores
Williams at the Boston
Symphony

Symphony Hall after conducting the Boston Pops,
May 2006
While skilled in a variety of 20th century compositional idioms,
Williams's most familiar style may be described as a form of
neoromanticism,[21] inspired by the late 19th century's large-scale
orchestral music—in the style of
Tchaikovsky
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Tchaikovsky or Richard Wagner's
compositions and their concept of leitmotif—that inspired his film
music predecessors.[22]
After his studies at Juilliard, and the Eastman School of Music,
Williams returned to Los Angeles, where he began working as an
orchestrator at film studios. Among other composers, Williams worked
with Franz Waxman, Bernard Herrmann, and Alfred Newman, and also with
his fellow orchestrators
Conrad Salinger and Bob Franklyn.[23]
Williams was also a studio pianist, performing on film scores by
composers such as Jerry Goldsmith, Elmer Bernstein, and Henry Mancini.
Williams recorded with
Henry Mancini

Henry Mancini the film scores of 1959's Peter
Gunn, 1962's Days of Wine and Roses, and 1963's Charade. (Williams
actually played the well-recognized opening riff to Mancini's Peter
Gunn theme.[24][25])
Williams (sometimes credited as "Johnny Williams", because of the
already established actor of the same name) composed music for various
television programs in the 1960s: the pilot episode of Gilligan's
Island,[26] Bachelor Father (1959–1960), the Kraft Suspense Theatre,
Lost in Space

Lost in Space (1965–68),
The Time Tunnel

The Time Tunnel (1966–67), and Land of
the Giants (the last three created by the prolific TV producer, Irwin
Allen).[27]
Williams's first film composition was for the 1958
B movie

B movie Daddy-O,
and his first screen credit came two years later in Because They're
Young. He soon gained notice in Hollywood for his versatility in
composing jazz, piano, and symphonic music. Williams received his
first
Academy Award

Academy Award nomination for his film score for 1967's Valley of
the Dolls, and was nominated again for his score for 1969's Goodbye,
Mr. Chips. Williams broke through to win his first
Academy Award

Academy Award for
his film score in the 1971 film Fiddler on the Roof. In 1972, he
composed the score for the Robert Altman–directed psychological
thriller Images (recorded in collaboration with noted percussionist
Stomu Yamashta) which earned him another nomination in the category
Best Music, Original Dramatic Score at the 1973 Academy Awards.[28]
During the early 1970s, Williams's prominence grew thanks to his work
for now–film producer Irwin Allen's disaster films, composing the
scores for 1972's The Poseidon Adventure and 1974's The Towering
Inferno. In addition, he scored Universal's 1974 film Earthquake for
director Mark Robson, completing a "trinity" of scores for the
decade's highest-grossing "disaster films". He also scored the 1972
film The Cowboys, a western starring
John Wayne

John Wayne and directed by Mark
Rydell.[29]
In 1974, director
Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg approached Williams to compose the
music for his feature directorial debut, The Sugarland Express. They
teamed up again a year later for Spielberg's second film, Jaws. Widely
considered to be a classic suspense film, its film score's ominous,
two-note ostinato has become synonymous with sharks and approaching
danger. The score earned Williams his second Academy Award, his first
for an original composition.[28]
Shortly thereafter, Spielberg and Williams began a long collaboration
for their next feature film together, Close Encounters of the Third
Kind. During their two-year-long collaboration, they crafted its
distinctive five-note figure that functions both in the background
music and as the communications signal of the film's
extraterrestrials. Williams also used a system of musical hand signals
in the film that were based on hand signs created by
John Curwen

John Curwen and
refined by Zoltán Kodály.[30]
During the same period, Spielberg recommended Williams to his friend
and fellow director George Lucas, who needed a composer to score his
ambitious 1977 space epic film Star Wars. Williams delivered a grand
symphonic score in the fashion of Richard Strauss, Antonín Dvořák,
and Golden Age Hollywood composers
Max Steiner

Max Steiner and Erich Wolfgang
Korngold. Its main theme, "Luke's Theme" is among the most widely
recognized in film history, and the "Force Theme" and "Princess Leia's
Theme" are well-known examples of leitmotif. Both the film and its
score were immensely successful—it remains the highest grossing
non-popular music recording of all-time—and Williams won another
Academy Award

Academy Award for Best Original Score.[31]
In 1980, Williams returned to score The Empire Strikes Back, where he
introduced "The Imperial March" as the theme for
Darth Vader

Darth Vader and the
Galactic Empire, "Yoda's Theme", and "Han
Solo

Solo and the Princess". The
original
Star Wars

Star Wars trilogy concluded with the 1983 film Return of the
Jedi, for which Williams's score provided most notably the "Emperor's
Theme", "Parade of the Ewoks", and "Luke and Leia". Both scores earned
him
Academy Award

Academy Award nominations.[28]
John Williams

John Williams conducting the score to
Raiders of the Lost Ark

Raiders of the Lost Ark in the
Avery Fisher Hall
For the 1976
Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock film, Family Plot, Williams was not in
love with this particular film, but did not want to turn down the
chance to work for Hitchcock. Hitchcock merely told him that in
scoring the film to remember one thing, "Murder can be fun." Hitchcock
was very satisfied with the result.
Williams worked with director
Richard Donner

Richard Donner to score the 1978 film
Superman. The score's heroic and romantic themes, particularly the
main march, the Superman fanfare and the love theme, known as "Can You
Read My Mind," appeared in the four sequel films. For the 1981 film
Raiders of the Lost Ark, created by Lucas and directed by Spielberg,
Williams wrote a rousing main theme known as "The Raiders March" to
accompany the film's hero, Indiana Jones. He composed separate themes
to represent the Ark of the Covenant, the character Marion, and the
story's Nazi villains. Additional themes were featured in his scores
to the subsequent films in the franchise
Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones and the Temple
of Doom, a prequel (1984),
Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989),
and
Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008).
Williams composed an emotional and sensitive score to Spielberg's 1982
fantasy film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Williams was awarded a fourth
Academy Award

Academy Award for this score.[28]
The Spielberg-Williams collaboration resumed with the director's 1987
film Empire of the Sun, and has continued to the present, spanning
genres from science fiction thrillers (1993's Jurassic Park), to
somber tragedies (1993's Schindler's List, 2005's Munich), to
Eastern-tinged melodramas (2005's Memoirs of a Geisha, directed by Rob
Marshall), to dramatic war films (1998's Saving Private Ryan).
Spielberg has said, "I call it an honorable privilege to regard John
Williams as a friend."[32]
In 1999,
George Lucas

George Lucas launched the first of a series of prequels to
the original
Star Wars

Star Wars trilogy. Williams was asked to score all three
films, starting with The Phantom Menace. Along with themes from the
previous films, Williams created new themes to be used as leitmotifs
in 2002's Attack of the Clones and 2005's Revenge of the Sith. Most
notable of these was "Duel of the Fates", an aggressive choral
movement in the style of Verdi's Requiem,[33] utilizing harsh Sanskrit
lyrics that broadened the style of music used in the
Star Wars

Star Wars films.
Also of note was "Anakin's Theme", which begins as an innocent
childlike melody and morphs insidiously into a quote of the sinister
"Imperial March." For Episode II, Williams composed "Across the
Stars", a love theme for
Padmé Amidala

Padmé Amidala and Anakin Skywalker
(mirroring the love theme composed for The Empire Strikes
Back).[34][35] The final installment combined many of the themes
created for the series' previous films, including "The Emperor's
Theme," "The Imperial March", "Across the Stars", "Duel of the Fates",
"The Force Theme", "Rebel Fanfare", "Luke's Theme", and "Princess
Leia's Theme", as well as new themes for
General Grievous

General Grievous and the
film's climax, entitled "Battle of the Heroes".[36]
In the new millennium, Williams was asked to score the film
adaptations of J. K. Rowling's widely successful book series, Harry
Potter. He went on to score the film franchise's first three
installments. As with his Superman theme, the most important theme
from Williams's scores for the
Harry Potter

Harry Potter films, dubbed "Hedwig's
Theme", has been used in the fourth through to the eighth films (Harry
Potter and the Goblet of Fire,
Harry Potter

Harry Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix,
Harry Potter

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,
Harry Potter

Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and
Harry Potter

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
– Part 2), scored by
Patrick Doyle (Goblet of Fire), Nicholas Hooper
(Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince) and Alexandre Desplat
(Deathly Hallows). Like the main themes from Jaws, Star Wars,
Superman, and Indiana Jones, fans have come to identify the Harry
Potter films with Williams's original compositions. Williams was asked
to return to score the film franchise's final installment, Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, but director David Yates
stated that "their schedules simply did not align" as he would have
had to provide Williams with a rough cut of the film sooner than was
possible.[37]
In the 20th anniversary edition of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial in 2002,
Williams composed a reorchestrated score for the Universal Pictures
logo with the variant of the movie itself, segueing to the notes from
the movie.
In 2006,
Superman Returns

Superman Returns was completed under Bryan Singer's
direction, best known for directing the first two films in the X-Men
series. Although Singer did not request Williams to compose a score
for the intentionally Donner-esque film, he employed the skills of X2
composer
John Ottman

John Ottman to incorporate Williams's original Superman
theme, as well as those for Lois Lane, Krypton and Smallville. In
2011, the "Main Title Theme" and elements of "Can You Read My Mind"
were notably used in the final scene of "Finale," the series finale of
the WB/CW television series Smallville.[38] Don Davis performed a
similar role for
Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park III, recommended by Williams himself to
the producers.[39]
In 2008, Williams returned to the
Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones series to score the
fourth film—
Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. He
received a Grammy nomination for his work on the film. Indiana Jones
and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was also the only film score from
the
Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones film series not to be nominated for an Academy
Award. During 2008, he also composed music for two documentaries,
Warner at War,[40] and A Timeless Call,[41] the latter of which was
directed by Steven Spielberg.
After a three-year absence from film scoring, Williams composed the
scores for Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin and War Horse in 2011.
Both scores received overwhelmingly positive
reviews,[42][43][44][45][46][47] with both scores earning Academy
Award nominations,[48] and the latter being nominated for a Golden
Globe.[49] The Oscar nominations are Williams's 46th and 47th, making
him the most nominated musician in Academy Awards history (having
previously been tied with Alfred Newman's 45 nominations), and the
second most nominated overall, following Walt Disney. Williams won an
Annie Award for his score for The Adventures of Tintin in 2012. In
2012, Williams scored Spielberg's film Lincoln and subsequently
received his 48th
Academy Award

Academy Award nomination.[50]
In February 2013, Williams expressed his interest in working in the
Star Wars

Star Wars sequel trilogy, stating: "Now we’re hearing of a new set
of movies coming in 2015, 2016... so I need to make sure I'm still
ready to go in a few years for what I hope would be continued work
with George."[51] He also scored the 2013 film The Book Thief,[52]
which marked his first collaboration with a director other than
Spielberg since 2005. The score earned him an Academy Award, Golden
Globe and BAFTA nominations and earned him a
Grammy Award

Grammy Award for Best
Instrumental Composition. It was his 44th nomination for Best Original
Score (and 49th overall), setting a new record for the most
nominations in that category (he previously tied Alfred Newman's
record of 43 nominations in 2013).[28][53]
In 2015, he scored Star Wars: The Force Awakens, earning him his 50th
Academy Award

Academy Award nomination.[54][55] Williams was also set to write the
score for Bridge of Spies that year, which would have been his 27th
collaboration with director Steven Spielberg.[56] However, in March
2015, it was announced that
Thomas Newman

Thomas Newman would replace Williams for
the film, as Williams's schedule was interrupted by a minor health
issue and he became unavailable to score the film.[57] This is the
first Spielberg film since The Color Purple (1985) not scored by
Williams.[2]
In 2016, Williams composed the score for Spielberg's The BFG, which
opened in July 2016.
In March 2017, Williams scored the animated short film Dear Basketball
directed by
Glen Keane

Glen Keane and based on a poem by Kobe Bryant.[58][59]
Williams wrote the music for Star Wars: The Last Jedi,[60] the eighth
episode of the saga, released on December 15, 2017, and is presumed to
be working on
Star Wars

Star Wars Episode IX. Also in 2017, he composed the
score for Steven Spielberg's drama film The Post.[61]
Williams will contribute the main theme for the 2018 standalone Star
Wars film Solo: A
Star Wars

Star Wars Story while John Powell will write the
film's original score.[62] Williams is also currently attached to
score the fifth
Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones film.[63]
A three-disc box set compilation of all of Williams' musical scores
for Steven Spielberg's films, titled
John Williams

John Williams & Steven
Spielberg: The Ultimate Collection, was released on March 17, 2017,
which includes two previous score compilations from 1991 and 1995.[64]
Williams's body of work in film composing was featured in the 2017
documentary film SCORE: A Film Music Documentary.[65]
In March 2018 Williams announced that following Star Wars: Episode IX,
which is due for release on December 20, 2019, that he will retire
from composing music for the
Star Wars

Star Wars franchise. “We know J.J.
Abrams is preparing one
Star Wars

Star Wars movie now that I will hopefully do
next year for him. I look forward to it. It will round out a series of
nine, that will be quite enough for me” Williams said.[66]
Conducting

Conducting and performing[edit]
Williams signing an autograph after a concert
From 1980–93, Williams succeeded
Arthur Fiedler

Arthur Fiedler as the Boston Pops
Orchestra's Principal Conductor. Williams never met Fiedler in person
but spoke with him by telephone. His arrival as the Pops' new leader
in the spring of 1980 allowed him to devote part of the Pops' first
PBS broadcast of the season to presenting his new compositions for The
Empire Strikes Back.
Williams almost ended his tenure with the Pops in 1984.[67] Considered
a customary practice of opinion, some players hissed while
sight-reading a new Williams composition in rehearsal; Williams
abruptly left the session and turned in his resignation. He initially
cited mounting conflicts with his film composing schedule, but later
admitted a perceived lack of discipline in, and respect from, the
Pops' ranks, culminating in this latest instance. After entreaties by
the management and personal apologies from the musicians, Williams
withdrew his resignation and continued as principal conductor for nine
more years.[68] In 1995, he was succeeded by Keith Lockhart, the
former associate conductor of the Cincinnati
Symphony

Symphony Orchestra and
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.
Williams is now the Pops'
Laureate

Laureate Conductor, thus maintaining his
affiliation with its parent, the Boston
Symphony

Symphony Orchestra (BSO).
Williams leads the Pops on several occasions each year, particularly
during their Holiday Pops season and typically for a week of concerts
in May. He conducts an annual Film Night at both Boston
Symphony

Symphony Hall
and Tanglewood, where he frequently enlists the
Tanglewood

Tanglewood Festival
Chorus, the BSO's official chorus.[69]
Williams has written many concert pieces, including a symphony; a
Concerto

Concerto for Horn written for Dale Clevenger, the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra's Principal Hornist; a
Concerto

Concerto for Clarinet written for
Michele Zukovsky (the
Los Angeles

Los Angeles Philharmonic's Principal
Clarinetist) in 1991;[70] a sinfonietta for wind ensemble; a cello
concerto premiered by
Yo-Yo Ma

Yo-Yo Ma and the Boston
Symphony

Symphony Orchestra at
Tanglewood

Tanglewood in 1994; concertos for the flute and violin recorded by the
London
Symphony

Symphony Orchestra; and a trumpet concerto, which was premiered
by The
Cleveland Orchestra

Cleveland Orchestra and their principal trumpet Michael Sachs
in September 1996.[71]
His bassoon concerto, "The Five Sacred Trees", which was premiered by
the
New York Philharmonic

New York Philharmonic and principal bassoon player Judith LeClair
in 1995, was recorded for Sony Classical by Williams with LeClair and
the London
Symphony

Symphony Orchestra. Williams was the subject of an
hour-long documentary for the
BBC

BBC in 1980, and was featured in a
report on 20/20 in 1983.[72]
Stanley Donen

Stanley Donen (left) and
John Williams

John Williams at Avery Fisher Hall
In 1985, Williams was commissioned by NBC to compose a television news
music package for various network news spots. The package, which
Williams named "The Mission," consists of four movements, two of which
are still used heavily by NBC today for Today, NBC Nightly News, and
Meet the Press. He composed the "Liberty Fanfare" for the Statue of
Liberty's rededication, "We're Lookin' Good!" for the
Special

Special Olympics
in celebration of the 1987 International Summer Games, and themes for
the 1984, 1988, 1996, and 2002 Olympic Games. His most recent concert
work, "Seven for Luck", for soprano and orchestra, is a seven-piece
song cycle based on the texts of former U.S. Poet
Laureate

Laureate Rita Dove.
"Seven for Luck" was given its world premiere by the Boston Symphony
under Williams with soprano Cynthia Haymon.[71]
Williams conducting at Hollywood Bowl
Williams makes annual appearances with the
Los Angeles

Los Angeles Philharmonic at
the Hollywood Bowl, and took part as conductor and composer in the
orchestra's opening gala concerts for the
Walt Disney

Walt Disney Concert Hall in
2003. In 2004, Williams both served as the Grand Marshal for the Rose
Parade, and directed "The Star Spangled Banner" at the Rose Bowl's
beginning. In April 2005, Williams and the
Boston Pops

Boston Pops performed the
"Throne Room Finale" from
Star Wars

Star Wars at opening day in
Fenway Park

Fenway Park as
the Boston Red Sox, having won their first
World Series

World Series championship
since 1918, received their championship rings. For Game 1 of the 2007
World Series, Williams conducted a brass-and-drum ensemble through a
new dissonant arrangement of the "Star Spangled Banner."[72]
In February 2004, April 2006, and September 2007, he conducted the New
York Philharmonic at
Avery Fisher Hall

Avery Fisher Hall in New York City. The initial
program was intended to be a one-time special event, and featured
Williams's medley of Oscar-winning film scores first performed at the
previous year's Academy Awards.[73] Its unprecedented popularity led
to two concerts in 2006: fundraising gala events featuring personal
recollections by film directors
Martin Scorsese
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Martin Scorsese and Steven
Spielberg.[74][75] Continuing demand fueled three more concerts in
2007, which all sold out. These featured a tribute to the musicals of
film director Stanley Donen, and had the distinction of serving as the
New York Philharmonic

New York Philharmonic season's opening event.[76][77] After a
three-season absence, Williams conducted the Philharmonic once again
in October 2011.[78]
Maestro Williams also conducted the National
Symphony

Symphony Orchestra, the
U.S. Army Herald Trumpets, the Joint Armed Forces Chorus, and the
Choral Arts Society of Washington performing his new arrangement of
"The Star-Spangled Banner" for its 200th anniversary. The performance
was held at A Capitol Fourth, an Independence Day celebration concert
in Washington, D.C., on July 4, 2014.[79]
At
Star Wars

Star Wars Celebration Orlando, Williams performed a surprise
concert along with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, featuring
"Princess Leia's Theme" (a tribute to the recently deceased Carrie
Fisher), "The Imperial March" and "Main Title" followed by George
Lucas saying, "The secret sauce of Star Wars, the greatest
composer-conductor in the universe, John Williams."
Personal life[edit]
Williams married Barbara Ruick, an American actress and singer, in
1956. Together they had three children: Jennifer (b. 1956), Mark
Towner Williams (b. 1958), and Joseph (b. 1960), who is the lead
singer of Toto. The two remained married until her death in 1974. In
1980, Williams married Samantha Winslow, a photographer.[80]
Awards[edit]
John Williams

John Williams has been nominated for 51 Academy Awards, winning 5; 6
Emmy Awards, winning 3; 25 Golden Globe Awards, winning 4; 67 Grammy
Awards, winning 23; and has received 7 British Academy Film Awards.
With 51 Oscar nominations, Williams currently holds the record for the
most Oscar nominations for a living person,[81][82] and is the second
most nominated person in Academy Awards history behind Walt Disney's
59. Forty-six of Williams's Oscar nominations are for Best Original
Score and five are for Best Original Song. He won four Oscars for Best
Original Score and one for Best Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song
Score (Fiddler on the Roof).
In 1980, Williams received an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee
College of Music.[83]
Williams has been inducted into the American Classical Music Hall of
Fame and the
Hollywood Bowl

Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame. Williams was honored with
the annual Richard Kirk award at the 1999 BMI Film and TV Awards,
recognizing his contribution to film and television music.[84] In
2004, he received Kennedy Center Honors. He won a Classic Brit Award
in 2005 for his soundtrack work of the previous year.
Notably, Williams has won the
Grammy Award

Grammy Award for Best Instrumental
Composition for his scores for Star Wars, Close Encounters of the
Third Kind, Superman, The Empire Strikes Back, E.T. the
Extra-Terrestrial, Angela's Ashes, Munich,
Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones and the
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and The Book Thief. The competition
includes not only composers of film scores, but also composers of
instrumental music of any genre, including composers of classical fare
such as symphonies and chamber music.
Williams received an Honorary
Doctor of Music

Doctor of Music degree from Boston
College in 1993[85] and from
Harvard University

Harvard University in 2017.[86]
In 2003, the
International Olympic Committee
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International Olympic Committee accorded Williams its
highest individual honor, the Olympic Order.[87]
In 2009, Williams received the
National Medal of Arts

National Medal of Arts in the White
House in
Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. for his achievements in symphonic music for
films, and "as a pre-eminent composer and conductor [whose] scores
have defined and inspired modern movie-going for decades."[88]
Williams was made an honorary brother of
Kappa Kappa Psi

Kappa Kappa Psi at Boston
University in the late 1980s.[89] In 2013, Williams was presented with
the
Ken Burns

Ken Burns Lifetime Achievement Award.[90]
AFI[edit]
In 2005, the
American Film Institute
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American Film Institute selected Williams's richly
thematic and highly popular score to 1977's
Star Wars

Star Wars as the greatest
American film score of all time. His scores for Jaws and E.T. also
appeared on the list, at No. 6 and No. 14, respectively.[91] He is the
only composer to have three scores on the list. Williams received the
AFI Life Achievement Award

AFI Life Achievement Award in June 2016, becoming the first composer
to receive the award.[92]
Academy Awards[edit]
Year
Project
Category
Result
1967
Valley of the Dolls
Best Score Adaptation
Nominated
1969
Goodbye, Mr Chips
Best Score Adaptation
Nominated
The Reivers
Best Original Score
Nominated
1971
Fiddler on the Roof
Best Scoring Adaptation and Original Song Score
Won
1972
Images
Best Original Dramatic Score
Nominated
The Poseidon Adventure
Best Original Dramatic Score
Nominated
1973
Cinderella Liberty
Best Original Dramatic Score
Nominated
"Nice to Be Around" (from Cinderella Liberty)
Best Original Song
Nominated
Tom Sawyer
Best Score Adaptation
Nominated
1974
The Towering Inferno
Original Score
Nominated
1975
Jaws
Best Original Dramatic Score
Won
1977
Star Wars
Original Score
Won
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Original Score
Nominated
1978
Superman
Original Score
Nominated
1980
The Empire Strikes Back
Original Score
Nominated
1981
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Original Score
Nominated
1982
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Original Score
Won
"If We Were in Love" (from Yes, Giorgio)
Best Original Song
Nominated
1983
Return of the Jedi
Original Score
Nominated
1984
Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Original Score
Nominated
The River
Original Score
Nominated
1987
Empire of the Sun
Original Score
Nominated
The Witches of Eastwick
Original Score
Nominated
1988
The Accidental Tourist
Original Score
Nominated
1989
Born on the Fourth of July
Original Score
Nominated
Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Original Score
Nominated
1990
Home Alone
Original Score
Nominated
"Somewhere in My Memory" (from Home Alone)
Best Original Song
Nominated
1991
JFK
Original Score
Nominated
"When You're Alone" (from Hook)
Best Original Song
Nominated
1993
Schindler's List
Original Score
Won
1995
Nixon
Best Original Dramatic Score
Nominated
Sabrina
Best Original Musical or Comedy Score
Nominated
"Moonlight" (from Sabrina)
Best Original Song
Nominated
1996
Sleepers
Best Original Dramatic Score
Nominated
1997
Amistad
Best Original Dramatic Score
Nominated
1998
Saving Private Ryan
Best Original Dramatic Score
Nominated
1999
Angela's Ashes
Original Score
Nominated
2000
The Patriot
Original Score
Nominated
2001
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Original Score
Nominated
Harry Potter

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Original Score
Nominated
2002
Catch Me If You Can
Original Score
Nominated
2004
Harry Potter

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Original Score
Nominated
2005
Memoirs of a Geisha
Original Score
Nominated
Munich
Original Score
Nominated
2011
The Adventures of Tintin
Original Score
Nominated
War Horse
Original Score
Nominated
2012
Lincoln
Original Score
Nominated
2013
The Book Thief
Original Score
Nominated
2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Original Score
Nominated
2017
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Original Score
Nominated
BAFTA Awards[edit]
Year
Project
Category
Result
1975
Jaws
Best Film Music
Won
1978
Star Wars
Best Film Music
Won
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Best Film Music
Nominated
1980
The Empire Strikes Back
Best Film Music
Won
1981
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Best Film Music
Nominated
1982
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Best Film Music
Won
1988
Empire of the Sun
Best Film Music
Won
1993
Schindler's List
Best Film Music
Won
1998
Saving Private Ryan
Best Film Music
Nominated
2002
Catch Me If You Can
Best Film Music
Nominated
2005
Memoirs of a Geisha
Best Film Music
Won
2011
War Horse
Best Film Music
Nominated
2012
Lincoln
Best Film Music
Nominated
2013
The Book Thief
Best Film Music
Nominated
2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Film Music
Nominated
Emmy Awards[edit]
Year
Project
Category
Result
1962
Alcoa Premiere
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composed for Television
Nominated
1963
Alcoa Premiere
Outstanding Achievement in Composing Original Music
Nominated
1968
Heidi
Outstanding Achievement in Musical Composition
Won
1971
Jane Eyre
Outstanding Achievement in Musical Composition
Won
2002
74th Academy Awards
Outstanding Music Direction
Nominated
2009
Great Performances
Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
Won[93]
Golden Globe Awards[edit]
Year
Project
Category
Result
Ref.
1972
The Poseidon Adventure
Best Original Score
Nominated
1973
Cinderella Liberty
Best Original Score
Nominated
Tom Sawyer (with
Richard M. Sherman

Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman)
Best Original Score
Nominated
1974
Earthquake
Best Original Score
Nominated
1975
Jaws
Best Original Score
Won
1977
Star Wars
Best Original Score
Won
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Best Original Score
Nominated
1978
Superman
Best Original Score
Nominated
1980
The Empire Strikes Back
Best Original Score
Nominated
1982
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Best Original Score
Won
"If We Were In Love" (with Alan and Marilyn Bergman) from Yes, Giorgio
Best Original Song
Nominated
1984
The River
Best Original Score
Nominated
1987
Empire of the Sun
Best Original Score
Nominated
1988
The Accidental Tourist
Best Original Score
Nominated
1989
Born on the Fourth of July
Best Original Score
Nominated
1993
Schindler's List
Best Original Score
Nominated
1995
"Moonlight" (with Alan and Marilyn Bergman) from Sabrina
Best Original Song
Nominated
1997
Seven Years in Tibet
Best Original Score
Nominated
1998
Saving Private Ryan
Best Original Score
Nominated
1999
Angela's Ashes
Best Original Score
Nominated
2001
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Best Original Score
Nominated
2005
Memoirs of a Geisha
Best Original Score
Won
2011
War Horse
Best Original Score
Nominated
2012
Lincoln
Best Original Score
Nominated
2013
The Book Thief
Best Original Score
Nominated
2017
The Post
Best Original Score
Nominated
[94][95]
Grammy Awards[edit]
Year
Project
Category
Result
1962
Checkmate
Best Soundtrack Album or Recording or Score from Motion Picture or
Television
Nominated
1975
Jaws
Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a
Television Special
Won
1978
"Main Title" from Star Wars
Best Instrumental Composition
Won
Star Wars
Best Pop Instrumental Recording
Won
Best Original Score Written For A Motion Picture Or A Television
Special
Won
Album of the Year
Nominated
1979
"Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind"
Best Instrumental Composition
Won
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture
Won
1980
"Main Title Theme from Superman"
Best Instrumental Composition
Won
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Nominated
Superman
Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture
Won
1981
"Yoda's Theme"
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Nominated
Best Instrumental Composition
Nominated
"The Empire Strikes Back"
Won
"Imperial March" (Darth Vader's Theme)
Nominated
Star Wars

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture
Won
1982
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture
Won
1983
"Adventures on Earth"
Best Instrumental Composition
Nominated
"Flying" (Theme from E.T.)
Won
Best
Arrangement

Arrangement on an Instrumental Recording
Won
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Best Pop Instrument Performance
Nominated
Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture
Won
1984
Star Wars

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for
Television
Nominated
1985
Olympic Fanfare and Theme
Best Instrumental Composition
Won
1986
Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
Best Recording for Children
Nominated
1988
The Witches of Eastwick
Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for
Television
Nominated
1989
"Olympic Spirit"
Best Instrumental Composition
Nominated
Empire of the Sun
Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for
Television
Nominated
1990
Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for
Television
Nominated
1991
Born on the Fourth of July
Best
Arrangement

Arrangement on an Instrumental Recording
Nominated
1992
The
Star Wars

Star Wars Trilogy
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Nominated
"
Home Alone

Home Alone Main Title"
Best
Arrangement

Arrangement on an Instrumental
Nominated
"Somewhere in My Memory" (with Leslie Bricusse) from Home Alone
Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television
Nominated
1993
Hook
Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Nominated
Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for
Television
Nominated
1994
Jurassic Park
Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for
Television
Nominated
1995
Schindler's List
Instrumental Composition for a Motion Picture or Television
Won
1997
"Moonlight" (with Alan and Marilyn Bergman) from Sabrina
Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television
Nominated
1998
Seven Years in Tibet
Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for
Television
Nominated
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Nominated
1999
Saving Private Ryan
Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for
Television
Won
Amistad
Nominated
Gershwin Fantasy
Best Classical Crossover Album
Nominated
2000
Star Wars

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other
Visual Media
Nominated
"Stella by Starlight" (from The Uninvited) from: Cinema Serenade 2:
The Golden Age
Best Instrumental Arrangement
Nominated
2001
"Theme" from Angela's Ashes
Best Instrumental Composition
Won
2002
Artificial Intelligence: A.I.
Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other
Visual Media
Nominated
2003
"Hedwig's Theme"
Best Instrumental Composition
Nominated
Harry Potter

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other
Visual Media
Nominated
2004
Catch Me If You Can
Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other
Visual Media
Nominated
Harry Potter

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Nominated
2005
Harry Potter

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other
Visual Media
Nominated
2006
Star Wars

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other
Visual Media
Nominated
2007
Memoirs of a Geisha
Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other
Visual Media
Won
Munich
Nominated
"A Prayer For Peace" (Theme from Munich)
Best Instrumental Composition
Won
"Sayuri's Theme and End Credits" (Theme from Memoirs of a Geisha)
Nominated
2009
Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other
Visual Media
Nominated
"The Adventures of Mutt" from
Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the
Crystal Skull
Best Instrumental Composition
Won
2012
The Adventures of Tintin
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media
Nominated
2013
Lincoln
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Nominated
2014
"The Book Thief" from The Book Thief
Best Instrumental Composition
Won
2016
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Won
2017
"Escapades for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra" from Catch Me If You Can
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella
Won
Charting hits (U.S., Billboard)[edit]
1975 – "Main Title (Theme from 'Jaws')," No. 32
1977 – "
Star Wars

Star Wars Theme – Main Title," No. 10
1978 – "Theme from "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"," No.
13
Concert works[edit]
Concertos[edit]
1969:
Concerto

Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
1976:
Concerto

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
1985:
Concerto

Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra
1991:
Concerto

Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
1993:
Concerto

Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra, The Five Sacred Trees
1994:
Concerto

Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
1996:
Concerto

Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra
2000: TreeSong for Violin and Orchestra
2002: Heartwood: Lyric Sketches for Cello and Orchestra
2002: Escapades for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra (cut from the Catch
Me If You Can film score)
2003:
Concerto

Concerto for Horn and Orchestra
2007: Duo Concertante for Violin and Viola
2009:
Concerto

Concerto for Viola and Orchestra
2009: On Willows and Birches, for Harp and Orchestra
2011:
Concerto

Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra
Other orchestral works[edit]
1965: Prelude and Fugue on Stan Kenton Conducts the Los Angeles
Neophonic Orchestra (Capitol, 1965)
1965:
Symphony

Symphony #1
1968: Sinfonietta for Wind Ensemble
1975:
Thomas and the King – Musical
1980: Jubilee 350 Fanfare
1984: Olympic Fanfare & Theme
1986: Liberty Fanfare
1987: A Hymn to New England
1988: Fanfare for Michael Dukakis
1988: For New York
1990: Celebrate Discovery
1993: Sound the Bells!
1994: Song for World Peace
1995: Variations on Happy Birthday
1999: American Journey
2003: Soundings
2007: Star Spangled Banner
2008: A Timeless Call
2012: Fanfare for Fenway
2012: Seven for Luck for soprano and orchestra
2013: For 'The President's Own'
2014: Star Spangled Banner
2014: Scherzo for
Piano

Piano and Orchestra
Chamber works[edit]
1951: Sonata for Piano
1997: Elegy for Cello and Piano
2001: Three Pieces for solo Cello
2009:
Air and Simple Gifts

Air and Simple Gifts for violin, cello, clarinet and piano
2011: Quartet La Jolla for violin, cello, clarinet and harp
2012: Rounds for solo guitar
2013: Conversations for solo Piano
2014: Music for
Brass

Brass for
Brass

Brass Ensemble and Percussion
Discography[edit]
Main article:
John Williams

John Williams discography
See also[edit]
List of compositions by John Williams
Music of Harry Potter
Music of Star Wars
Music of Superman
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4, 2011.
^ "
Kappa Kappa Psi

Kappa Kappa Psi Theta Beta at Boston University".
^ "
Ken Burns

Ken Burns Lifetime Achievement Award".
^ "AFI 100 Years of Film Scores". Web.archive.org. 2007-10-22.
Archived from the original on October 22, 2007. Retrieved
2011-09-05.
^ Gray, Tim (October 8, 2015). "
John Williams

John Williams Tapped for 44th AFI Life
Achievement Award". Variety. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
^ "
Great Performances wins Primetime Emmy;
John Williams

John Williams interview".
WNET. September 15, 2009. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
^ Aswad, Jem (January 8, 2018). "Golden Globes:
Alexandre Desplat

Alexandre Desplat Wins
Best Original Score for 'The Shape Of Water'". Variety. Retrieved
January 8, 2018.
^ Unterberg, Andrew (January 8, 2018). "'The Shape of Water' Wins Best
Score at the 2018 Golden Globes". Billboard. Retrieved January 8,
2018.
Further reading[edit]
Audissino, Emilio: John Williams's Film Music. 'Jaws,' 'Star Wars,'
'Raiders of the Lost Ark,' and the Return of the Classical Hollywood
Music Style (Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 2014), 346
pp. ISBN 978-0-299-29734-3
Audissino, Emilio: "Golden Age 2.0:
John Williams

John Williams and the Revival of
the Symphonic Film Score". In: Stoppe, Sebastian (2014). Film in
Concert. Film Scores and their Relation to Classical Concert Music.
Glücksstadt, Germany: VWH Verlag. pp. 109–124.
ISBN 978-3-86488060-5.
Paulus, Irena: "Williams versus Wagner—Or an Attempt at Linking
Musical Epics". In: Stoppe, Sebastian (2014). Film in Concert. Film
Scores and their Relation to Classical Concert Music. Glücksstadt,
Germany: VWH Verlag. pp. 63–108.
ISBN 978-3-86488060-5.
Moormann, Peter (2010). Spielberg-Variationen: die Filmmusik von John
Williams (in German). Baden-Baden: Nomos, Edition Reinhard Fischer.
p. 797. ISBN 978-3-8329-5355-3.
Aschieri, Roberto (1999). Over the Moon: La Mứsica de John Williams
Para El Cine (in Spanish). Santigo, Chile: Función Privada, sponsored
by Universidad Diego Portales. p. 400.
ISBN 978-4-89799-246-4.
External links[edit]
Find more aboutJohn Williamsat's sister projects
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Data from Wikidata
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Cultural offices
Preceded by
Arthur Fiedler
Conductor,
Boston Pops

Boston Pops Orchestra
1980–1993
Succeeded by
Keith Lockhart
First
Laureate

Laureate Conductor,
Boston Pops

Boston Pops Orchestra
1993–present
Incumbent
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John Williams
Discography
List of compositions
Soundtracks
Jaws (1975)
Star Wars

Star Wars (1977)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
The Empire Strikes Back

The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Raiders of the Lost Ark

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Return of the Jedi

Return of the Jedi (1983)
Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Home Alone

Home Alone (1990)
JFK (1991)
Home Alone

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park (1993)
Schindler's List

Schindler's List (1993)
The Lost World:
Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park (1997)
Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
Angela's Ashes (1999)
The Patriot (2000)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Harry Potter

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
Harry Potter

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Catch Me If You Can

Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Harry Potter

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
Munich (2005)
Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Compilations
John Williams

John Williams Greatest Hits 1969–1999
Category
Awards for John Williams
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Academy Award

Academy Award for Best Original Score
1930s
Louis Silvers

Louis Silvers (1934)
Max Steiner

Max Steiner (1935)
Leo F. Forbstein

Leo F. Forbstein (1936)
Charles Previn

Charles Previn (1937)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold/Alfred Newman (1938)
Herbert Stothart/Richard Hageman, W. Franke Harling, John Leipold, Leo
Shuken (1939)
1940s
Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith, Ned Washington/Alfred Newman (1940)
Bernard Herrmann/
Frank Churchill and
Oliver Wallace (1941)
Max Steiner/
Ray Heindorf and
Heinz Roemheld (1942)
Alfred Newman/
Ray Heindorf (1943)
Max Steiner/
Morris Stoloff and
Carmen Dragon

Carmen Dragon (1944)
Miklós Rózsa/
Georgie Stoll (1945)
Hugo Friedhofer/
Morris Stoloff (1946)
Miklós Rózsa/Alfred Newman (1947)
Brian Easdale/
Johnny Green

Johnny Green and
Roger Edens (1948)
Aaron Copland/
Roger Edens and
Lennie Hayton (1949)
1950s
Franz Waxman/
Adolph Deutsch and
Roger Edens (1950)
Franz Waxman/
Johnny Green

Johnny Green and
Saul Chaplin (1951)
Dimitri Tiomkin/Alfred Newman (1952)
Bronisław Kaper/Alfred Newman (1953)
Dimitri Tiomkin/
Adolph Deutsch and
Saul Chaplin (1954)
Alfred Newman/Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton and Adolph Deutsch
(1955)
Victor Young/Alfred Newman and
Ken Darby (1956)
Malcolm Arnold (1957)
Dimitri Tiomkin/Andre Previn (1958)
Miklós Rózsa/Andre Previn and
Ken Darby (1959)
1960s
Ernest Gold/
Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman (1960)
Henry Mancini/Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green,
Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal
(1961)
Maurice Jarre/
Ray Heindorf (1962)
John Addison/Andre Previn (1963)
Richard M. Sherman

Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman/Andre Previn (1964)
Maurice Jarre/
Irwin Kostal (1965)
John Barry/
Ken Thorne (1966)
Elmer Bernstein/Alfred Newman and
Ken Darby (1967)
John Barry/
Johnny Green

Johnny Green (1968)
Burt Bacharach/
Lennie Hayton and
Lionel Newman (1969)
1970s
Francis Lai/
The Beatles

The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison
and Ringo Starr) (1970)
Michel Legrand/
John Williams

John Williams (1971)
Charlie Chaplin,
Raymond Rasch and Larry Russell/
Ralph Burns
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Ralph Burns (1972)
Marvin Hamlisch/
Marvin Hamlisch

Marvin Hamlisch (1973)
Nino Rota

Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola/
Nelson Riddle

Nelson Riddle (1974)
John Williams/
Leonard Rosenman

Leonard Rosenman (1975)
Jerry Goldsmith/
Leonard Rosenman

Leonard Rosenman (1976)
John Williams/
Jonathan Tunick (1977)
Giorgio Moroder/
Joe Renzetti (1978)
Georges Delerue/
Ralph Burns
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Ralph Burns (1979)
1980s
Michael Gore (1980)
Vangelis

Vangelis (1981)
John Williams/
Henry Mancini

Henry Mancini and
Leslie Bricusse (1982)
Bill Conti/Michel Legrand,
Alan and Marilyn Bergman (1983)
Maurice Jarre/Prince (1984)
John Barry (1985)
Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock (1986)
Ryuichi Sakamoto,
David Byrne

David Byrne and
Cong Su (1987)
Dave Grusin

Dave Grusin (1988)
Alan Menken
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Alan Menken (1989)
1990s
John Barry (1990)
Alan Menken
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Alan Menken (1991)
Alan Menken
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Alan Menken (1992)
John Williams

John Williams (1993)
Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer (1994)
Luis Enríquez Bacalov/
Alan Menken
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Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz (1995)
Gabriel Yared/
Rachel Portman (1996)
James Horner/
Anne Dudley

Anne Dudley (1997)
Nicola Piovani/
Stephen Warbeck (1998)
John Corigliano (1999)
2000s
Tan Dun

Tan Dun (2000)
Howard Shore

Howard Shore (2001)
Elliot Goldenthal

Elliot Goldenthal (2002)
Howard Shore

Howard Shore (2003)
Jan A. P. Kaczmarek
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Jan A. P. Kaczmarek (2004)
Gustavo Santaolalla

Gustavo Santaolalla (2005)
Gustavo Santaolalla

Gustavo Santaolalla (2006)
Dario Marianelli (2007)
A. R. Rahman

A. R. Rahman (2008)
Michael Giacchino

Michael Giacchino (2009)
2010s
Trent Reznor

Trent Reznor and
Atticus Ross

Atticus Ross (2010)
Ludovic Bource

Ludovic Bource (2011)
Mychael Danna (2012)
Steven Price (2013)
Alexandre Desplat

Alexandre Desplat (2014)
Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone (2015)
Justin Hurwitz
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Justin Hurwitz (2016)
Alexandre Desplat

Alexandre Desplat (2017)
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AFI Life Achievement Award
John Ford

John Ford (1973)
James Cagney

James Cagney (1974)
Orson Welles

Orson Welles (1975)
William Wyler

William Wyler (1976)
Bette Davis

Bette Davis (1977)
Henry Fonda
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Henry Fonda (1978)
Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock (1979)
James Stewart
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James Stewart (1980)
Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire (1981)
Frank Capra

Frank Capra (1982)
John Huston

John Huston (1983)
Lillian Gish

Lillian Gish (1984)
Gene Kelly

Gene Kelly (1985)
Billy Wilder

Billy Wilder (1986)
Barbara Stanwyck

Barbara Stanwyck (1987)
Jack Lemmon

Jack Lemmon (1988)
Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck (1989)
David Lean

David Lean (1990)
Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas (1991)
Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier (1992)
Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor (1993)
Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson (1994)
Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg (1995)
Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood (1996)
Martin Scorsese
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Martin Scorsese (1997)
Robert Wise

Robert Wise (1998)
Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman (1999)
Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford (2000)
Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand (2001)
Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks (2002)
Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro (2003)
Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep (2004)
George Lucas

George Lucas (2005)
Sean Connery

Sean Connery (2006)
Al Pacino

Al Pacino (2007)
Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty (2008)
Michael Douglas

Michael Douglas (2009)
Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols (2010)
Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman (2011)
Shirley MacLaine

Shirley MacLaine (2012)
Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks (2013)
Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda (2014)
Steve Martin

Steve Martin (2015)
John Williams

John Williams (2016)
Diane Keaton
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Diane Keaton (2017)
George Clooney

George Clooney (2018)
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BAFTA Award for Best Film Music
John Barry (1968)
Mikis Theodorakis

Mikis Theodorakis (1969)
Burt Bacharach

Burt Bacharach (1970)
Michel Legrand (1971)
Nino Rota

Nino Rota (1972)
Alan Price (1973)
Richard Rodney Bennett (1974)
John Williams

John Williams (1975)
Bernard Herrmann

Bernard Herrmann (1976)
John Addison (1977)
John Williams

John Williams (1978)
Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone (1979)
John Williams

John Williams (1980)
Carl Davis

Carl Davis (1981)
John Williams

John Williams (1982)
Ryuichi Sakamoto

Ryuichi Sakamoto (1983)
Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone (1984)
Maurice Jarre

Maurice Jarre (1985)
Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone (1986)
Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone (1987)
John Williams

John Williams (1988)
Maurice Jarre

Maurice Jarre (1989)
Andrea and
Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone (1990)
Jean-Claude Petit (1991)
David Hirschfelder (1992)
John Williams

John Williams (1993)
Don Was

Don Was (1994)
Luis Bacalov

Luis Bacalov (1995)
Gabriel Yared (1996)
Nellee Hooper (1997)
David Hirschfelder (1998)
Thomas Newman

Thomas Newman (1999)
Tan Dun

Tan Dun (2000)
Craig Armstrong and
Marius de Vries (2001)
Philip Glass

Philip Glass (2002)
T Bone Burnett

T Bone Burnett and
Gabriel Yared (2003)
Gustavo Santaolalla

Gustavo Santaolalla (2004)
John Williams

John Williams (2005)
Gustavo Santaolalla

Gustavo Santaolalla (2006)
Christopher Gunning

Christopher Gunning (2007)
A. R. Rahman

A. R. Rahman (2008)
Michael Giacchino

Michael Giacchino (2009)
Alexandre Desplat

Alexandre Desplat (2010)
Ludovic Bource

Ludovic Bource (2011)
Thomas Newman

Thomas Newman (2012)
Steven Price (2013)
Alexandre Desplat

Alexandre Desplat (2014)
Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone (2015)
Justin Hurwitz
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Justin Hurwitz (2016)
Alexandre Desplat

Alexandre Desplat (2017)
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Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score
John Williams

John Williams (1998)
Gabriel Yared (1999)
Lisa Gerrard

Lisa Gerrard and
Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer (2000)
Howard Shore

Howard Shore (2001)
John Williams

John Williams (2002)
Howard Shore

Howard Shore (2003)
Howard Shore

Howard Shore (2004)
John Williams

John Williams (2005)
Philip Glass

Philip Glass (2006)
Jonny Greenwood

Jonny Greenwood (2007)
A. R. Rahman

A. R. Rahman (2008)
Michael Giacchino

Michael Giacchino (2009)
Trent Reznor

Trent Reznor and
Atticus Ross

Atticus Ross (2010)
Ludovic Bource

Ludovic Bource (2011)
John Williams

John Williams (2012)
Steven Price (2013)
Antonio Sánchez (2014)
Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone (2015)
Justin Hurwitz
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Justin Hurwitz (2016)
Alexandre Desplat

Alexandre Desplat (2017)
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Golden Globe Award

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
1940s
Life with Father –
Max Steiner

Max Steiner (1947)
The Red Shoes –
Brian Easdale (1948)
The Inspector General –
Johnny Green

Johnny Green (1949)
1950s
Sunset Boulevard –
Franz Waxman (1950)
September Affair

September Affair –
Victor Young

Victor Young (1951)
High Noon

High Noon –
Dimitri Tiomkin

Dimitri Tiomkin (1952)
On the Beach – Ernest Gold (1959)
1960s
The Alamo –
Dimitri Tiomkin

Dimitri Tiomkin (1960)
The Guns of Navarone –
Dimitri Tiomkin

Dimitri Tiomkin (1961)
To Kill a Mockingbird –
Elmer Bernstein

Elmer Bernstein (1962)
(1963)
The Fall of the Roman Empire –
Dimitri Tiomkin

Dimitri Tiomkin (1964)
Doctor Zhivago –
Maurice Jarre

Maurice Jarre (1965)
Hawaii –
Elmer Bernstein

Elmer Bernstein (1966)
Camelot –
Frederick Loewe (1967)
The Shoes of the Fisherman –
Alex North (1968)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid –
Burt Bacharach

Burt Bacharach (1969)
1970s
Love Story –
Francis Lai (1970)
Shaft –
Isaac Hayes

Isaac Hayes (1971)
The Godfather

The Godfather –
Nino Rota

Nino Rota (1972)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull –
Neil Diamond

Neil Diamond (1973)
The Little Prince – Alan Jay Lerner,
Frederick Loewe (1974)
Jaws –
John Williams

John Williams (1975)
A Star is Born – Kenneth Ascher, Paul Williams (1976)
Star Wars

Star Wars –
John Williams

John Williams (1977)
Midnight Express –
Giorgio Moroder

Giorgio Moroder (1978)
Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now – Carmine Coppola,
Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola (1979)
1980s
The Stunt Man

The Stunt Man –
Dominic Frontiere (1980)
(1981)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial –
John Williams

John Williams (1982)
Flashdance

Flashdance –
Giorgio Moroder

Giorgio Moroder (1983)
A Passage to India –
Maurice Jarre

Maurice Jarre (1984)
Out of Africa – John Barry (1985)
The Mission –
Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone (1986)
The Last Emperor

The Last Emperor – David Byrne, Ryuichi Sakamoto,
Cong Su (1987)
Gorillas in the Mist

Gorillas in the Mist –
Maurice Jarre

Maurice Jarre (1988)
The Little Mermaid –
Alan Menken
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Alan Menken (1989)
1990s
The Sheltering Sky – Richard Horowitz,
Ryuichi Sakamoto

Ryuichi Sakamoto (1990)
Beauty and the Beast –
Alan Menken
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Alan Menken (1991)
Aladdin –
Alan Menken
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Alan Menken (1992)
Heaven & Earth –
Kitarō
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Kitarō (1993)
The Lion King

The Lion King –
Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer (1994)
A Walk in the Clouds

A Walk in the Clouds –
Maurice Jarre

Maurice Jarre (1995)
The English Patient –
Gabriel Yared (1996)
Titanic –
James Horner

James Horner (1997)
The Truman Show – Burkhard Dallwitz,
Philip Glass

Philip Glass (1998)
1900 –
Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone (1999)
2000s
Gladiator – Lisa Gerrard,
Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer (2000)
Moulin Rouge! – Craig Armstrong (2001)
Frida

Frida –
Elliot Goldenthal

Elliot Goldenthal (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King –
Howard Shore

Howard Shore (2003)
The Aviator –
Howard Shore

Howard Shore (2004)
Memoirs of a Geisha –
John Williams

John Williams (2005)
The Painted Veil –
Alexandre Desplat

Alexandre Desplat (2006)
Atonement –
Dario Marianelli (2007)
Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire –
A. R. Rahman

A. R. Rahman (2008)
Up –
Michael Giacchino

Michael Giacchino (2009)
2010s
The Social Network

The Social Network – Trent Reznor,
Atticus Ross

Atticus Ross (2010)
The Artist –
Ludovic Bource

Ludovic Bource (2011)
Life of Pi –
Mychael Danna (2012)
All Is Lost –
Alex Ebert

Alex Ebert (2013)
The Theory of Everything –
Jóhann Jóhannsson
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Jóhann Jóhannsson (2014)
The Hateful Eight

The Hateful Eight –
Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone (2015)
La La Land –
Justin Hurwitz
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Justin Hurwitz (2016)
The Shape of Water
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The Shape of Water -
Alexandre Desplat

Alexandre Desplat (2017)
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Kennedy Center Honorees (2000s)
2000
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Chuck Berry
Plácido Domingo
Clint Eastwood
Angela Lansbury
2001
Julie Andrews
Van Cliburn
Quincy Jones
Jack Nicholson
Luciano Pavarotti
2002
James Earl Jones
James Levine
Chita Rivera
Paul Simon
Elizabeth Taylor
2003
James Brown
Carol Burnett
Loretta Lynn
Mike Nichols
Itzhak Perlman
2004
Warren Beatty
Ossie Davis

Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee
Elton John
Joan Sutherland
John Williams
2005
Tony Bennett
Suzanne Farrell
Julie Harris
Robert Redford
Tina Turner
2006
Zubin Mehta
Dolly Parton
Smokey Robinson
Steven Spielberg
Andrew Lloyd Webber
2007
Leon Fleisher
Steve Martin
Diana Ross
Martin Scorsese
Brian Wilson
2008
Morgan Freeman
George Jones
Barbra Streisand
Twyla Tharp
Pete Townshend
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Pete Townshend & Roger Daltrey
2009
Mel Brooks
Dave Brubeck
Grace Bumbry
Robert De Niro
Bruce Springsteen
Complete list
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
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Saturn Award for Best Music
Bernard Herrmann

Bernard Herrmann (1973)
Miklós Rózsa (1974/75)
David Raksin (1976)
John Williams/
John Williams

John Williams (1977)
John Williams

John Williams (1978)
Miklós Rózsa (1979)
John Barry (1980)
John Williams

John Williams (1981)
John Williams

John Williams (1982)
James Horner

James Horner (1983)
Jerry Goldsmith

Jerry Goldsmith (1984)
Bruce Broughton (1985)
Alan Menken
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Alan Menken (1986)
Alan Silvestri

Alan Silvestri (1987)
Christopher Young

Christopher Young (1988)
Alan Silvestri

Alan Silvestri (1989/90)
Loek Dikker
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Loek Dikker (1991)
Angelo Badalamenti (1992)
Danny Elfman

Danny Elfman (1993)
Howard Shore

Howard Shore (1994)
John Ottman

John Ottman (1995)
Danny Elfman

Danny Elfman (1996)
Danny Elfman

Danny Elfman (1997)
John Carpenter

John Carpenter (1998)
Danny Elfman

Danny Elfman (1999)
James Horner

James Horner (2000)
John Williams

John Williams (2001)
Danny Elfman

Danny Elfman (2002)
Howard Shore

Howard Shore (2003)
Alan Silvestri

Alan Silvestri (2004)
John Williams

John Williams (2005)
John Ottman

John Ottman (2006)
Alan Menken
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Alan Menken (2007)
James Newton Howard

James Newton Howard and
Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer (2008)
James Horner

James Horner (2009)
Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer (2010)
Michael Giacchino

Michael Giacchino (2011)
Danny Elfman

Danny Elfman (2012)
Frank Ilfman

Frank Ilfman (2013)
Hans Zimmer

Hans Zimmer (2014)
John Williams

John Williams (2015)
Justin Hurwitz
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Justin Hurwitz (2016)
Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film
release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year.
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