Books
The Film Music of John Williams by Call Number: ML410.W71335 A83 2021ISBN: 9780299332341Publication Date: 2021
John Williams's Film Music: Jaws, Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and the return of the classical Hollywood music style by
John Williams is one of the most renowned film composers in history. He has penned unforgettable scores for Star Wars, the Indiana Jones series, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws, Superman, and countless other films. Fans flock to his many concerts, and with forty-nine Academy Award nominations as of 2014, he is the second-most Oscar-nominated person after Walt Disney. Yet despite such critical acclaim and prestige, this is the first book in English on Williams’s work and career. Combining accessible writing with thorough scholarship, and rigorous historical accounts with insightful readings, John Williams’s Film Music explores why Williams is so important to the history of film music. Beginning with an overview of music from Hollywood’s Golden Age (1933-58), Emilio Audissino traces the turning points of Williams’s career and articulates how he revived the classical Hollywood musical style. This book charts each landmark of this musical restoration, with special attention to the scores for Jaws and Star Wars, Williams’s work as conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, and a full film/music analysis of Raiders of the Lost Ark. The result is a precise, enlightening definition of Williams’s "neoclassicism” and a grounded demonstration of his lasting importance, for both his compositions and his historical role in restoring part of the Hollywood tradition.
Call Number: Regenstein, Bookstacks: ML410.W71335 A83 2014ISBN: 9780299297343Publication Date: 2014-06-12
Recordings
The following recordings of John Williams's compositions for the Star Wars films can be found in the Recordings Collection in Regenstein Library.
- The Star Wars trilogy [music from the original motion picture scores] byCall Number: Online via Naxos Music Library
- The empire strikes back original motion picture score byCall Number: Regenstein, Room 360, Recordings Collection: AudCD Varese 36Publication Date: 1980
- Star wars, episode I, the phantom menace. byCall Number: Regenstein, Room 360, Recordings Collection, AudCD Sony 372Publication Date: 1999
- Star wars, episode III, revenge of the Sith original motion picture soundtrack byCall Number: Regenstein, Room 360, Recordings Collection, AudCD Sony 373
- Sketches on Star wars [music by John Williams ; arrangements by Terry Trotter]. byCall Number: Online via Naxos Music Library
- Yo-Yo Ma plays the music of John Williams byCall Number: Regenstein, Room 360, Recordings Collection: AudCD Sony 292Publication Date: 2002
- Star Wars. Rise of Skywalker original soundtrack byCall Number: AudCD Disney 12462524Publication Date: 2019
- Celebrating John Williams; Los Angeles Philharmonic byCall Number: Naxos Music LibraryPublication Date: 2019
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