Wednesday, 1 October 2014

October Musician of the Month - John Williams


John Williams (born 1932)

John Williams is an American composer, famous for writing film music. He is also a conductor and a pianist. Williams has been awarded for his music by achieving 5 Academy Awards, 4 Golden Globes, 7 BAFTAs and 21 Grammy Awards.  He has composed music for the following films...

  • Star Wars
  • Superman
  • Indiana Jones
  • E.T.
  • Jurassic Park
  • Harry Potter (first 3 films)
  • Hook
  • War Horse
Can you think of any more films?

Click on 'read more' to see some YouTube videos of Harry Potter and Star Wars.
Listen/ watch the YouTube clips below. Don't forget to comment and say what you think about John Williams' music.

Harry Potter, Hedwig's Theme by John Williams

Star Wars composed and conducted by John Williams

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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous1 October 2014 at 21:07

    I really like all the musics that he composed

    Una 5N

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  2. Anonymous6 October 2014 at 15:39

    Me too Una!

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  3. Anonymous14 October 2014 at 08:21

    What's your very favourite John Williams piece, Una? There are so may to choose from!

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