John WilliamsBy: Paul Brassard, Nate Korous, George

Chahua, & Kathyrn Roberts

Biography

• Beginnings• Born February 8, 1932

• Notable schools attended

• Family

• Film Scoring• Neoromanticism

• Composers worked with

• Television

• Acadamy Awards

• Movie Director

Biography

• Preforming and Conducting

• Pianist

• Boston Pops Orchestra

• New York Philharmonic

• Boston Symphony Orchestra

• National Symphony Orchestra

• Grand Marshal for the Rose Parade

History

• Training

• As a child he studied the piano, trumpet, trombone, and clarinet.

• UCLA – Composition

• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

• Julliard – Piano

• Additional experience working as an orchestrator and arranger

• Career: Composer, Conductor, Pianist

• Genres: Film Score, contemporary classical music, post-romanticism, jazz

History – Film Scores

History - Compositions

• Other Compositions Include:• Music for four Olympic Games

• NBC Sunday Night Football

• NBC Nightly News

• The Statue of Liberty Rededication

• Television programs

• Boston Pops Orchestra’s Principal Conductor (1980-1993)

• Williams is an accomplished pianist.

History – Awards

• Awards:• Nominated for 49 Academy Awards, winning 6

• Nominated for 6 Emmy Awards, winning 3

• Nominated for 25 Golden Globe Awards, winning 4

• Nominated for 63 Grammy awards, winning 21

• Received 7 British Academy Film Awards

• Inducted into the American classical Music Hall of Fame

• Inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame

• Received the Kennedy Center Honors

The Raiders March

• Steven Speilberg and other directors

• Inspired by Tchaikovsky and Wagner

• Leitmotif

• Musical techniques used to portray traits of the character

Listening Guide for "March": From Raiders of the Lost Arc by John Williams

from Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Arc

• The End

Citations

• http://screencrave.com/2013-07-29/john-williams-confirmed-score-star-wars-episode-vii-entire-sequel-trilogy/

• http://donjapy2011.deviantart.com/art/John-Williams-poster-255023504

• http://indianajones.wikia.com/wiki/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark

• http://www.christart.com/clipart/image/whip