John Williams - Greatest Hits 1969 - 1999 (CD) (US Import)
John Williams - Greatest Hits 1969 - 1999 (CD) (US Import)
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Imported from the USA
- Artist
- John Williams
- EAN/UPC
- 0074645133324
- Product Type
- CD
- Label
- Sony Classical
- Cat No
- S2K 51333
- Released
- 1999
- Pressing
- USA
- Studio
- Masterworks USA
- Music Genre
- Soundtrack , Classic
- Styles
- Modern, Score
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Description
John Williams (4) — Greatest Hits 1969-1999
Format: CD • Label: Sony Classical (S2K 51333) • Released: 1999 • Pressing: USA • Genre: Modern, Score
Tracklist:
1-1. “Main Title” From Star Wars
1-2. “Flying Theme” From E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
1-3. “Main Title” From Superman
1-4. “Parade Of The Slave Children” From Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom
1-5. “Theme” From Sugarland Express
1-6. “Theme” From Jaws
1-7. “Bugler's Dream” / “Olympic Fanfare And Theme”
1-8. “Luke And Leia” From Return Of The Jedi
1-9. “Main Title” From The Reivers
1-10. “The Imperial March” From The Empire Strikes Back
1-11. “Scherzo For Motorcycle And Orchestra” From Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade
1-12. “Cadillac Of The Skies” From Empire Of The Sun
1-13. “The Raiders' March” From Raiders Of The Lost Ark
1-14. “Suite” From Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
2-1. “Hymn To The Fallen” From Saving Private Ryan
2-2. “Theme” From Jurassic Park
2-3. “Theme” From Schindler's List
2-4. “Flight To Neverland” From Hook
2-5. “Seven Years In Tibet” From Seven Years In Tibet
2-6. “Prologue” From JFK
2-7. “The Days Between” From Stepmom
2-8. “March” From 1941
2-9. “Somewhere In My Memory” Main Title From Home Alone
2-10. “Summon The Heroes” (For Tim Morrison)
2-11. “Look Down, Lord” Reprise And Finale From Rosewood
2-12. “Theme” From Far And Away
2-13. “Theme” From Born On The Fourth Of July
2-14. “Duel Of The Fates” From Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace
Imported from the USA.
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About the artist
American film composer, conductor, and pianist.
Born February 8, 1932 in Floral Park, Long Island, NY, USA
In a career spanning six decades, he has composed some of the most recognizable film scores in the history of motion pictures. Williams (often credited as "Johnny Williams") also composed the theme music for various TV programs in the 1960s. Williams was known as "Little Johnny Love" Williams during the early 1960s, and he served as music arranger and bandleader for a series of popular music albums with the singer Frankie Laine. His most typical style may be considered Neo-romanticism, with a notorious use of leitmotifs and orchestral grandeur (most iconically in the Star Wars saga), but he has made also incursions in Impressionist, Expressionist or Experimental music, and also in progressive Jazz (his father was a jazz drummer and he began his career as a jazz pianist, often working with Henry Mancini).
Williams has won five Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, seven BAFTA Awards, and 21 Grammy Awards. As of 2023, he has received 53 Academy Award nominations, an accomplishment surpassed only by Walt Disney (59). His longtime collaboration with producers Steven Spielberg and George Lucas has been very fruitful and contributed to the growing popularity of score music. John Williams was honored with the prestigious Richard Kirk award at the 1999 BMI Film and TV Awards.
Williams was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame in 2000, and was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004.
Williams is also the father of Joseph Williams and Mark T. Williams. Brother of Don Williams.
Source: Discogs