Happy Birthday: John Williams

John Williams

Born: February 8, 1932 in Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Married to: Samantha Winslow (21 July 1980 – present)
Barbara Ruick (15 April 1956 – 3 March 1974) (her death) (3 children)

5 Time OSCAR Winner:
Schindler’s List (1993)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Star Wars (1977)
Jaws (1975)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

I work very much in what some would consider old school, in front of the keyboard with pencil and paper. The piano is my favorite tool. Over the decades there has been so much amazing technological change in the music business, but I’ve been so busy I’ve never retooled.

[on the musical scoring of films] In the future, I think serious composers will become ever more interested. Changes in technology Eli change aesthetic approaches. More connections between the audio and visual world would also open possibilities that young composers find increasingly intriguing.

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