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John Williams
American composer and conductor (born 1932)
This article is about the composer. For other people named John Williams, see John Williams (disambiguation).
John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932)[1][2][3] 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 scores in cinema history.[4][5][6] He has a distinct sound that mixes romanticism, impressionism and atonal music with complex orchestration.[7] 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,[a] and is the oldest Oscar nominee in any category, at 91 years old.[8]
Williams's early work as a film composer includes Valley of the Wales international footballer For other people with similar names, see Jonathan Williams. Jonathan Peter Williams (born 9 October 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League Two club Gillingham. He retired from international football for Wales in 2023. Williams started his career at Crystal Palace, and whilst there had loan spells at Nottingham Forest, Milton Keynes Dons, Ipswich Town and Sunderland. He signed for Charlton Athletic on a permanent deal in January 2019 before moving to Cardiff City two years later in February 2021. Affectionately known as "Joniesta",[3] he was part of the Welsh squad that reached the semi-final stages of the 2016 European Championships. Williams made his breakthrough into the Crystal Palace first team at the beginning of the 2011–12 season, after much hype surrounding his performances for the academy and reserve side the previous term.[citation needed] He made his debut on 16 August 2011, coming on as a second-half subst In a career that spans five decades, John Williams has become one of America’s most accomplished and successful composers for film and for the concert stage. He has served as music director and laureate conductor of one of the country’s treasured musical institutions, the Boston Pops Orchestra, and he maintains thriving artistic relationships with many of the world’s great orchestras, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Mr. Williams has received a variety of prestigious awards, including the National Medal of Arts, the Kennedy Center Honor, the Olympic Order, and numerous Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, Emmy Awards and Golden Globe Awards. He remains one of our nation’s most distinguished and contributive musical voices. Mr. Williams has composed the music and served as music director for more than one hundred films. His 40-year artistic partnership with director Steven Spielberg has resulted in many of Hollywood’s most acclaimed and succes
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