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John Williams: A Prestigious In The Film

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John Williams was born on 8 February in 1932 in New York City, United States of America. He is an Americans musician, film composer, conductor, and piano player. Prestigious in music for over six decades as a composer and conductor of numerous movies are renowned. The movies which he composed is the soundtrack for such: Star Wars, Superman, three episodes of Harry Potter , Jurassic Park , Jaws, E.t. the Extra-Terrestrial, Schindler's List, Raiders of the Lost Ark including many others of the movies soundtrack under the production of Steven Spielberg. John William’s father was a musician. His father is the most importance person to inspire him to take a piano lesson since he was a young age at New York City. In 1948, his family moved to Los …show more content…

There, he has the opportunity to play for a film on the piano such; Some like It Hot and To Kill a Mocking Bird for example. He also plays for a theme a Television program as well. During working as a musician for a television show, he also was composing music for a T.V. show as well. Additional, he started to compose and arrange the music for the film during this time. The first film music he composes was a film music Daddy-O in 1959. Eight years later, he received his first Academy Award nomination from his film composition for Valley of the Dolls. In 1975, he expelled as a famous film composer since his success with the music for the movie Jaws and acclaimed with Firecrackers and a soundtrack in the film Star Wars in 1977. Furthermore, Williams also has composed another music genre, including concert pieces and the music for Olympic Game several times. Moreover, he is a well-known conductor. In 1980, he became a conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra until retired in 1993. However, nowadays he still serves as a guest conductor for the Pops concert for the Boston Pop Orchestra. Additionally, he is a guest conductor for The London Symphony Orchestra for the pop concert

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