John Williams - biography

“So much of what we do is ephemeral and quickly forgotten, even by ourselves, so it’s gratifying to have something you have done linger in people’s memories.”

“The Olympics are a wonderful metaphor for world cooperation, the kind of international competition that’s wholesome and healthy, an interplay between countries that represents the best in all of us.”

John Williams has appeared in the following films:
A Day’s Pleasure (1919)
The Foreman Went to France (1942)
The Goose Steps Out (1942)
The Next of Kin (1942)
Kind Lady (1951)
Thunder in the East (1952)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Sabrina (1954)
To Catch a Thief (1955)
D-Day the Sixth of June (1956)
Island in the Sun (1957)
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
Midnight Lace (1960)
Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
Dear Brigitte (1965)
Harlow (1965)
Double Trouble (1967)
A Flea in Her Ear (1968)
The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968)
No Deposit, No Return (1976)
Hot Lead and Cold Feet (1978)
Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
Old Gringo (1989)


John Williams composed the score for the following films:
Downbeat (1958)
Because They’re Young (1960)
The Secret Ways (1961)
Bachelor Flat (1962)
Diamond Head (1963)
The Killers (1964)
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home (1965)
None But the Brave (1965)
How to Steal a Million (1966)
Not with My Wife, You Don’t! (1966)
The Plainsman (1966)
The Rare Breed (1966)
Penelope (1966)
A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
Fitzwilly (1967)
Sergeant Ryker (1968)
Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting (1969)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
The Reivers (1969)
Storia di una donna (1970)
Pete ’n’ Tillie (1972)
The Cowboys (1972)
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973)
Cinderella Liberty (1973)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
Tom Sawyer (1973)
Earthquake (1974)
The Sugarland Express (1974)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Conrack (1974)
Jaws (1975)
The Eiger Sanction (1975)
Family Plot (1976)
Midway (1976)
The Missouri Breaks (1976)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Star Wars (1977)
Jaws 2 (1978)
Superman (1978)
The Fury (1978)
1941 (1979)
Dracula (1979)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Heartbeeps (1981)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Return of the Jedi (1983)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
The River (1984)
SpaceCamp (1986)
Emma’s War (1986)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
The Accidental Tourist (1988)
Always (1989)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Presumed Innocent (1990)
Stanley & Iris (1990)
Home Alone (1990)
Hook (1991)
JFK (1991)
Far and Away (1992)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Schindler’s List (1993)
Nixon (1995)
Sabrina (1995)
Sleepers (1996)
Amistad (1997)
Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Rosewood (1997)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Stepmom (1998)
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
The Unfinished Journey (1999)
Angela’s Ashes (1999)
The Patriot (2000)
Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Minority Report (2002)
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
The Terminal (2004)
Munich (2005)
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
War of the Worlds (2005)
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
A Timeless Call (2008)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011)
War Horse (2011)