Williams may be best known for his work with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. "I have to say, without question, John Williams has been the single most significant contributor to my success as a filmmaker." - Steven Spielberg Movies: 'Star Wars' and 'Jurassic Park' He'd also gained attention for his score for The Poseidon Adventure (1972), which received an Oscar nomination as well. In 1972, Williams won an Academy Award for his work on Fiddler on the Roof. He received his first Academy Award nomination for Valley of the Dolls (1967). Williams also composed and arranged music for the big screen, starting with Daddy-O (1959). "I developed from very early on a habit of writing something every day, good or bad." Shows that received Williams's musical touch include Wagon Train, Gilligan's Island and Lost in Space. Soon, Williams was composing his own music for TV. Working with Henry Mancini, Williams also played piano on the theme for the television program Peter Gunn. He was heard as a pianist on films such as Some Like It Hot (1959) and To Kill a Mockingbird (1962).
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Returning to Los Angeles, Williams became a movie studio musician. However, Williams confessed in a 2012 interview with NPR that at Juilliard he heard "players like John Browning and Van Cliburn around the place, who were also students of Rosina's, and I thought to myself, 'If that's the competition, I think I'd better be a composer!'" Film and Television Composer Extraordinaire He also attended the Juilliard School, studying with famed teacher Rosina Lhevinne in pursuit of his dream of becoming a concert pianist. Air Force in 1951.Īfter three years of military service, Williams returned to New York City, where he worked as a jazz pianist. He attended the University of California at Los Angeles for a short time before being drafted into the U.S. With his family, Williams moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1948. His father was a musician, and Williams started taking piano lessons at a young age. John Towner Williams, generally known as John Williams, was born in the Flushing section of Queens, New York, on February 8, 1932. Williams has won five Academy Awards and received a record-breaking number of nominations. His career took off in the 1970s since then, he has scored more than 100 films, including Jaws (1975), the Star Wars films, E.T. John Williams - who studied at Juilliard - worked as a jazz pianist and studio musician before starting to compose for television and film.
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