John Williams will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Classic Brit Awards. The composer who celebrated his 80th birthday this year will be the first film composer to receive the lifetime achievement award in the award ceremony’s 13-year history. The full list of nominations will be announced on September 6 and […]
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John Williams to Receive Classic Brit Award
Posted: August 21, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Classic Brit Awards, John Williams, Tanglewood
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John Williams on NBC’s Rock Center
Posted: July 27, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: John Williams
Last night, NBC’s Rock Center with Brian Williams featured a segment on composer John Williams. During the interview, the composer who turned 80 earlier this year talks about his composing methods and his own favorite scores for director Steven Spielberg. Williams also performs NBC’s The Mission news theme on the piano. Check out a 4-minute […]
Rolfe Kent Receives BMI’s Richard Kirk Award
Posted: May 20, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: BMI Film & Television Awards, John Williams, Mark Mothersbaugh, Mychael Danna, Richard Kirk Award, Rolfe Kent, Thomas Newman
This past Wednesday, Rolfe Kent has received the Richard Kirk Award at the BMI Film and TV Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. The award is bestowed on composers who have made significant contributions to the realm of film and television music. BMI has published a video of Kent’s full acceptance speech, […]
John Williams Performs ‘Fanfare for Fenway’
Posted: April 21, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: Fanfare for Fenway, John Williams
Last night, composer John Williams and the Boston Pops debuted the original piece Fanfare for Fenway as part of the Red Sox commemoration of their 100th year in Fenway Park. NESN.com has published a video from the performance conducted by Williams, which can be watched after the jump. As reported last month, the fanfare has […]
Expanded ‘Hook’ Soundtrack by John Williams Released
Posted: March 27, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Hook, John Williams, score, Soundtrack, Steven Spielberg
La-La Land Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release of the remastered and expanded original score to the 1991 adventure/fantasy epic Hook directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams and Julia Roberts. The 2-CD release features more than 65 minutes of unreleased music composed by Spielberg’s regular musical collaborator John Williams […]
John Williams Records ‘Fanfare for Fenway’
Posted: March 26, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Fanfare for Fenway, John Williams
John Williams has composed a fanfare for the 100th Anniversary of Boston’s legendary Fenway Park. The piece, which is slightly more than three minutes long was recorded last Saturday at Symphony Hall in Boston by musicians from the Boston Pops Orchestra and conducted by Williams. The composer himself a Red Sox fan and his music […]
Weekly Film Music Roundup (February 10, 2012)
Posted: February 10, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Andrew Lockington, Dickon Hinchliffe, Episode I, John Williams, Journey 2, Michael Brook, Rachel Portman, Ramin Djawadi, Rampart, Safe House, score, Soundtrack, Star Wars, The Mysterious Island, The Phantom Menace, The Vow
Four new movies are opening in wide release this weekend: Expected to top the weekend box office is the action thriller Safe House directed by Daniel Espinosa and starring Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Vera Farmiga, Liam Cunningham, Brendan Gleeson, Robert Patrick and Sam Shepard. The film’s score is written by Ramin Djawadi. Varese Sarabande Records […]
John Williams Wins Annie Award for ‘The Adventures of Tintin’
Posted: February 4, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Annie Awards, John Williams, Michael Giacchinio, Prep & Landing, The Adventures of Tintin
John Williams has won the Annie Award in the Music in a Feature Production category for his score for Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin at tonight’s 39th Annie Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, which was hosted by Patton Oswalt. The other contenders in the category were Henry Jackman (Puss in Boots), Mikael Mutti, Siedah […]
Sony Classical to Reissue ‘Star Wars: Episode I – The Phanom Menace’ Soundtrack
Posted: January 4, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music AlbumsTags: Episode I, John Williams, score, Soundtrack, Star Wars, The Phantom Menace
According to JWfan.net, Sony Classical will be releasing a new edition of the soundtrack for Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace to coincide with the release of the 3D re-release of the film in February. The album featuring the original music composed by John Williams will be a straight re-issue of the soundtrack […]
The Sound and Music of ‘War Horse’
Posted: December 24, 2011 by filmmusicreporter in Composer InterviewsTags: John Williams, Steven Spielberg, War Horse
