John Towner Williams
John Towner Williams
is an American composer and conductor. In a career spanning six decades,
Williams has composed many of the most famous soundtracks in film history as
Jaws, ET: The Alien, Superman, the film saga Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Jurassic
Park, Schindler's List, Memoirs of a Geisha, Harry Potter, Artificial
Intelligence and many others. He has also done musical compositions for various
Olympic Games, numerous television series and several concert pieces. Williams
received the Oscar of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in
Hollywood five times and is credited with 48 nominations. It is one of the most
celebrated composers of film music.
He was born on
February 8, 1932 in Floral Park, New York. He is the eldest son of Esther and
John Williams, and has two brothers and one sister. His father was a jazz
drummer who played with the legendary Raymond Scott Quintet. In 1948, the
Williams family moved to Los Angeles; there, John Williams attended North
Hollywood High School, an institution where he graduated in 1950. He then moved
to the University of California, where he studied piano and composition. In
1952, he was drafted into the United States Air Force, where he arranged and
conducted music for the band Air Force, as part of their duties.
When his military
service ended in 1955, Williams moved to New York City and entered the
Juilliard School. In 1960 he was hired by Columbia Records as a pianist and
composer, where numerous albums he made with composer André Previn German
origin.
Williams was married
to actress Barbara Ruick from 1956 until her death from intracranial
hemorrhage, March 3, 1974. Together they had three children. He married a
second time with Samantha Winslow, his current wife, who lives in the city of
Boston
E,T The Alien
It is co-produced and
directed by Steven Spielberg American science fiction film 1982, whose
soundtrack was the work of John. Tells the story of Elliot, a lonely boy who
befriends an alien called ET, who is left on Earth. Elliott and his brothers
help the alien return to its home, while trying to keep hidden from his mother
and government.
The film, distributed
by Universal Pictures, was a blockbuster, surpassing Star Wars, becoming the
highest grossing film of all time, a record he held for ten years.
John Williams
composed a score that moves through three dramatic levels:
1. Subjects who set
the unknown and scenes of dialogue.
2. The themes that
express feelings about the friendship between Elliot and ET
3. Items that refer
to magic and fantasy.
The New Yorker won an
Oscar, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA and three Grammys for the work you did in this
movie.
Songs from the movie:
· -Main
Titles
· -Far
From Home
· -Bait
for E.T
· -Meeting
E.T
· -E.T´s
New Home
· -Beginning
Of A Friendship
· -Toys
· -I´m
Keeping Him
· -E.T´s
Powers
· -E.T
and Elliot Get Drunk
· -Frogs
At Home
· -Magic
Of Halloween
· -Sending
The Signal
· -Searching
For E.T
· -Invading
Elliott´s House
· -E.T
Is Dying
· -Losing
E.T
· -E.T
Is Alive
· -Saying
Goodbye
Bait for E.T:
Magic of Halloween
E.T is dying
Star
Wars
His music is all
composed almost entirely of John Williams orchestral and musical themes.
Williams
orchestration is based on a varied and eclectic mix of styles, among which
influence Late Romanticism.
The orchestrations of
all movies, like many others Williams compositions were performed by the London
Symphony Orchestra.
Close Encounters of Third Phase
It
is a science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg.
It tells the story of
a repair power lines who changes his life trasver a UFO, which is aware of the
US government. Steven in this film, offered a new approach to traditional film
aliens. For the 1st time the aliens were friendlies peaceful.
John Williams has
more than one year to create the soundtrack. The key argument of this film is
the little tune of 5 notes, as this appears as a vehicle of communication.
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