John Williams

Known For: Sound
Born: February 8, 1932
Place of Birth: Queens, New York City, New York, USA

John Williams

John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer and conductor. In a career that has spanned seven decades, he has composed some of the most popular, recognizable, and critically acclaimed film scoresin cinema history. He has a distinct sound that mixes romanticism, impressionism and atonal music with complex orchestration. He is best known for his collaborations with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas and has received numerous accolades including 26 Grammy Awards, five Academy Awards, seven BAFTA Awards, three Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. With 54 Academy Award nominations, he is the second-most nominated person, after Walt Disney, and is the oldest Oscar nominee in any category, at 91 years old. Williams's early work as a film composer includes Valley of the Dolls (1967), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), Images and The Cowboys (both 1972), The Long Goodbye (19…

Filmography

Disclosure Day

2026 · Original Music Composer

Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord

2026 · Music

The Cinema of John Williams (Indiana Jones, E.T., Star Wars and more)

2025 · Original Music Composer

Superman

2025 · Music

Jurassic World Rebirth

2025 · Music

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

2025 · Self

OSN: Musiche dall'America con Gianna Fratta e Alessandro Taverna

2025 · Original Music Composer

Jonas Kaufmann: The Sound of Movies

2024 · Compositor

Henry Mancini: 100 at the Hollywood Bowl

2024 · Self

Music by John Williams

2024 · Self - Composer, Music

LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy

2024 · Music

John Williams: A Legacy In Sound

2024 · Self

Disney Legends Awards Ceremony

2024 · Self

Jurassic World: Chaos Theory

2024 · Main Title Theme Composer

John Williams in Tokyo

2024 · Self

Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones and Harrison Ford

2023 · Self

Eastwood Symphonic

2023 · Music

The Making of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

2023 · Self

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

2023 · Original Music Composer, Conductor, Orchestrator

Anne-Sophie Mutter - Vivace

2023 · Self

The Fabelmans: A Family in Film

2023 · Self

Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure

2022 · Main Title Theme Composer

The Fabelmans

2022 · Original Music Composer

Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi

2022 · Music

If These Walls Could Sing

2022 · Self

Piano Cinéma

2022 · Original Music Composer

Jurassic World Dominion

2022 · Main Title Theme Composer

Obi-Wan Kenobi

2022 · Main Title Theme Composer

Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen

2022 · self

The Stories of West Side Story

2022 · Self

Ennio

2022 · Self

Anne-Sophie Mutter, John Williams & Friends: Beethoven and Williams

2022 · selbst

Williams: Violin Concerto No. 2 & Selected Film Themes

2022 · Self - Conductor

OSN: Il ballo al Cinema con John Axelrod

2022 · Original Music Composer

The Book of Boba Fett

2021 · Music

John Williams Live - Music from the Movies

2021 · , Original Music Composer

For the Empire

2021 · Music

John Williams: The Berlin Concert

2021 · Self

Star Wars: The Bad Batch

2021 · Music

LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special

2020 · Music

A World Without Beethoven?

2020 · Self

John Williams: Live in Vienna

2020 · Self - Conductor, Music

Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian

2020 · Self - Composer (archive footage)

The Skywalker Legacy

2020 · Self

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

2019 · Oma Tres, Original Music Composer

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

2019 · Self (archive footage)

Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits

2019 · Self

Battle at Big Rock

2019 · Main Title Theme Composer

Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood

2018 · Self - Conductor

The Post

2017 · Original Music Composer

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

2017 · Original Music Composer

Spielberg

2017 · Self

Dear Basketball

2017 · Music

Score: A Film Music Documentary

2017 · Self

Hoshino

2016 · Original Music Composer

The BFG

2016 · Original Music Composer

John Williams at the BBC

2016 · self

John Williams: The Seventh Symphony

2016 · Self (archive footage)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2015 · Original Music Composer

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

A John Williams Celebration

2015 · Self

The Book Thief

2013 · Original Music Composer

Lincoln: An American Journey

2013 · Self

Lincoln

2012 · Original Music Composer

The 'E.T.' Journals

2012 · Self

Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Darth Maul Returns

2012 · Theme Song Performance

War Horse

2011 · Original Music Composer

AFI's Master Class - The Art of Collaboration: Steven Spielberg and John Williams

2011 · Self

The Adventures of Tintin

2011 · Original Music Composer

A Conversation with the Masters: The Empire Strikes Back 30 Years Later

2011 · Self

LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace

2011 · Original Music Composer

Return to Jurassic Park

2011 · Self

LEGO Star Wars: Bombad Bounty

2010 · Main Title Theme Composer

Music

2010 · Self

Deconstructing Dad: The Music, Machines and Mystery of Raymond Scott

2010 · Self

Jaws: The Inside Story

2010 · Self

Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me

2009 · Self / Performer

The Shark Is Still Working

2009 · Self

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story

2009 · Self

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

2009 · Self

A Timeless Call

2008 · Music

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

2008 · Original Music Composer

Lego Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Brick

2008 · Music

Love Will Tear Us Apart

Love Will Tear Us Apart

2007

You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman

2006 · Self

Päronet och bajskorven

Päronet och bajskorven

2006 · Music

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

2006 · Original Music Composer

An Inconvenient Truth

2006 · Thanks

Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer

2006 · Self

Munich

2005 · Original Music Composer

Memoirs of a Geisha

2005 · Original Music Composer

Star Wars: Within a Minute - The Making of Episode III

2005 · Self

War of the Worlds

2005 · Original Music Composer, Conductor

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

2005 · Original Music Composer

Star Wars: A Musical Journey

2005

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?

2004 · Self (archive footage)

The Revamping of Dracula

2004 · Self

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

2004 · Self

When Star Wars Ruled the World

2004 · Self

The Terminal

2004 · Original Music Composer

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2004 · Original Music Composer

The Music of 'Indiana Jones'

2003 · Self

Catch Me If You Can: Behind the Camera

2003 · Self

Building a Scene

2003

Catch Me If You Can

2002 · Original Music Composer

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002 · Original Music Composer

Minority Report

2002 · Original Music Composer

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

2002 · Original Music Composer

The Music of E.T.: A Discussion with John Williams

2002 · Self, Thanks

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001 · Original Music Composer

The Beginning: Making Episode I

2001 · Self

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

2001 · Original Music Composer

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

2001 · Self

Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'

2001 · Self

Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend

2001 · Self

Plotting 'Family Plot'

2001 · Self

The Patriot

2000 · Original Music Composer

The Unfinished Journey

1999 · Original Music Composer

Angela's Ashes

1999 · Original Music Composer

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

1999 · Original Music Composer

Stepmom

1998 · Original Music Composer

Saving Private Ryan

1998 · Original Music Composer, Conductor

Amistad

1997 · Original Music Composer

Seven Years in Tibet

1997 · Original Music Composer

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

1997 · Original Music Composer

The Making of 'The Lost World'

1997 · Self

Rosewood

1997 · Original Music Composer

Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery

1997 · Self

In the Teeth of Jaws

1997 · Self

Sleepers

1996 · Original Music Composer

The Making of 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'

1996 · Self

Atlanta 1996: Games of the XXVI Olympiad - Opening Ceremony

1996 · Conductor

The Making of '1941'

1996 · Self

Nixon

1995 · Original Music Composer

Sabrina

1995 · Original Music Composer, Songs

The Making of 'Jaws'

1995 · Self

The Hollywood Soundtrack Story

The Hollywood Soundtrack Story

1995 · Self

Return of the Ewok

1994 · Music

Schindler's List

1993 · Original Music Composer

Jurassic Park

1993 · Original Music Composer

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

1992 · Original Music Composer

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

Far and Away

1992 · Original Music Composer

JFK

1991 · Original Music Composer

Hook

1991 · Original Music Composer, Songs

Home Alone

1990 · Original Music Composer

Presumed Innocent

1990 · Original Music Composer

Stanley & Iris

1990 · Original Music Composer

Always

1989 · Original Music Composer

Born on the Fourth of July

1989 · Original Music Composer

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

1989 · Original Music Composer

The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball

1989 · Self

The Accidental Tourist

1988 · Original Music Composer

Empire of the Sun

1987 · Original Music Composer

The Witches of Eastwick

1987 · Original Music Composer, Conductor

Amazing Stories

1986 · Original Music Composer

SpaceCamp

1986 · Original Music Composer

Amazing Stories

1985 · Main Title Theme Composer

The River

1984 · Original Music Composer

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

1984 · Original Music Composer

From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga

1983 · Self

Return of the Jedi

1983 · Original Music Composer

Cinderella Revolution

1983 · Music

The Man Who Saved the World

1982 · Music

Monsignor

1982 · Original Music Composer

Yes, Giorgio

1982 · Songs

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

1982 · Original Music Composer

Heartbeeps

1981 · Original Music Composer

Raiders of the Lost Ark

1981 · Original Music Composer

Superman II

1980 · Music, Theme Song Performance

The Making of The Empire Strikes Back

1980 · Self

SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

1980 · Self

The Empire Strikes Back

1980 · Original Music Composer

Star Wars: Music by John Williams

1980 · Self

1941

1979 · Original Music Composer

Dracula

1979 · Original Music Composer

The Kennedy Center Honors

1978 · Self

Superman

1978 · Original Music Composer

Jaws 2

1978 · Original Music Composer

The Fury

1978 · Original Music Composer

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977 · Original Music Composer

The Royal Variety Performance 1977

1977

Bloodthirsty Hawk

1977 · Music

Star Wars

1977 · Original Music Composer

Black Sunday

1977 · Original Music Composer

Previn and the Pittsburgh

1977 · Self

Midway

1976 · Original Music Composer

The Missouri Breaks

1976 · Original Music Composer

Family Plot

1976 · Original Music Composer

Jaws

1975 · Original Music Composer, Conductor

The Eiger Sanction

1975 · Original Music Composer

The Towering Inferno

1974 · Original Music Composer

Earthquake

1974 · Original Music Composer

The Sugarland Express

1974 · Original Music Composer, Conductor

Conrack

1974 · Original Music Composer

Cinderella Liberty

1973 · Original Music Composer

The Paper Chase

1973 · Original Music Composer

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing

1973 · Original Music Composer

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1973 · Self

Tom Sawyer

1973 · Original Music Composer

The Long Goodbye

1973 · Original Music Composer

Images

1972 · Orchestrator, Conductor, Original Music Composer

Pete 'n' Tillie

1972 · Original Music Composer

The Poseidon Adventure

1972 · Original Music Composer

The Screaming Woman

1972 · Main Title Theme Composer, Original Music Composer

The Cowboys

1972 · Original Music Composer

Fiddler on the Roof

1971 · Orchestrator, Conductor, Music Arranger, Original Music Composer

Jane Eyre

1970 · Original Music Composer

Story of a Woman

1970 · Original Music Composer

The Reivers

1969 · Original Music Composer

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

1969 · Original Music Composer, Conductor, Music Supervisor

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

1969 · Original Music Composer

Heidi

1968 · Original Music Composer

60 Minutes

1968 · Self

Sergeant Ryker

1968 · Original Music Composer

Valley of the Dolls

1967 · Original Music Composer

Fitzwilly

1967 · Original Music Composer

Ghostbreakers

1967 · Original Music Composer

A Guide for the Married Man

1967 · Original Music Composer

Penelope

1966 · Original Music Composer, Songs

Not With My Wife, You Don't!

1966 · Original Music Composer

The Plainsman

1966 · Original Music Composer

How to Steal a Million

1966 · Original Music Composer

The Rare Breed

1966 · Original Music Composer

The Kathryn Reed Story

1965 · Original Music Composer

Lost in Space

1965 · Original Music Composer

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

1965 · Original Music Composer, Conductor

None But the Brave

1965 · Original Music Composer

Redcap

1964 · Original Music Composer

The Killers

1964 · Original Music Composer

Nightmare in Chicago

1964 · Original Music Composer

Gidget Goes to Rome

1963 · Original Music Composer

The Best Years

1963 · Music

Diamond Head

1962 · Original Music Composer

Stark Fear

1962 · Music

Flashing Spikes

1962 · Original Music Composer

Bachelor Flat

1961 · Original Music Composer

Alcoa Premiere

1961 · Music Score Producer

The Guns of Navarone

1961 · Music Arranger

The Secret Ways

1961 · Original Music Composer

Because They're Young

1960 · Original Music Composer

I Passed for White

1960 · Original Music Composer

Daddy-O

1958 · Original Music Composer

Bachelor Father

1957 · Original Music Composer

Playhouse 90

1956 · Self (Pianist)

The Oscars

1953 · Self

Today

1952 · Conductor

Montage: Great Film Composers and The Piano

Montage: Great Film Composers and The Piano

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Live at the Shrine! John Williams and the World Premiere of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: The 20th Anniversary

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John Williams · Virelixia