john williams by: paul brassard, nate korous, george chahua, & kathyrn roberts
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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
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