John Towner Williams born February 8 1932 is an American composer conductor and pianist Widely regarded as one of the greatest American composers of all time he has composed some of the most popular recognizable and critically acclaimed film scores in cinematic history in a career spanning over six decades Williams has won 24 Grammy Awards seven British Academy Film Awards five Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards With 51 Academy Award nominations he is the second mostnominated individual after Walt Disney In 2005 the American Film Institute selected Williamss score to 1977s Star Wars as the greatest American film score of all time The soundtrack to Star Wars was additionally preserved by the Library of Congress into the National Recording Registry for being culturally historically or aesthetically significant Williams has composed for many critically acclaimed and popular movies including the Star Wars series Jaws Close Encounters of the Third Kind Superman ET the ExtraTerrestrial the Indiana Jones series the first two Home Alone films Hook the first two Jurassic Park films Schindlers List and the first three Harry Potter films He has been associated with director Steven Spielberg since 1974 composing music for all but four of his feature filmsDuel The Color Purple Bridge of Spies and Ready Player One Other works by Williams include theme music for the 1984 Summer Olympic Games NBC Sunday Night Football The Mission theme used by NBC News and Seven News in Australia the television series Lost in Space and Land of the Giants and the incidental music for the first season of Gilligans Island Williams has also composed numerous classical concertos and other works for orchestral ensembles and solo instruments He served as the Boston Popss principal conductor from 1980 to 1993 and is its laureate conductor He was inducted into the Hollywood Bowls Hall of Fame in 2000 and was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004 and the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2016 Williams composed the score for eight of the top 20 highestgrossing films at the US box office adjusted for inflation
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