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John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer, conductor and pianist. In a career spanning over six decades, he has composed some of the most recognizable film scores in the history of motion pictures, including the Star Wars saga, Jaws, Superman, the Indiana Jones films, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Home Alone and its sequel, Hook, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, War Horse, and the first three Harry Potter films. He has had a long association with director Steven Spielberg, composing the music for all but two (Duel and The Color Purple) of Spielberg's major feature films.
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John Williams: A Life in Music [2018]
Song | Duration |
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Theme | 6:02 |
Harry Potter: Original Motion Picture Soundtracks I-V [2017]
Song | Duration |
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Double Trouble |
Star Wars: The Ultimate Vinyl Collection [2016]
Song | Duration |
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Duel of the Fates [Episode I] | 4:14 |
Jalousie, Tenderly & All the Things You Are [2015]
Song | Duration |
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The Song is You | 4:40 |
Music from the Star Wars Saga [2015] [2015]
Song | Duration |
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Duel Of The Fates | 4:09 |
Pops Goes the Trumpet, Pops Goes Latin & Glenn Miller's Biggest Hits [2015]
Song | Duration |
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St. Louis Blues | 2:55 |
Music of Steel: Heroic Themes from the Movies [2013]
Song | Duration |
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March | 4:25 |
Theme | 3:28 |
A Celebration [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Flying Theme | 3:45 |
A Celebration [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Never On Sunday | 2:49 |
The Trolley Song (Meet Me in St. Louis) | 3:28 |
Singin' in the Rain | 3:37 |
Satin Doll | 2:23 |
Sing, Sing, Sing | 4:01 |
Honor! A Celebration of the African American Cultural Legacy [2009]
Song | Duration |
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With a Song in my Heart | 2:43 |
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [2008]
Song | Duration |
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"Return" | 3:12 |
Finale | 9:20 |
Indiana Jones: The Complete Soundtracks Collection [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Anything Goes [Album Version] | 2:49 |
End Credits [Album Version] | 6:19 |
"Return" [Album Version] | 3:12 |
Finale [Album Version] | 9:20 |
Indiana Jones: The Complete Soundtracks Collection [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Anything Goes | 2:51 |
100 Greatest Film Themes [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Duel of the Fates | 4:09 |
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of John Williams & The Bosto [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Flying Theme | 3:47 |
Film Music by John Williams [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Duel of the Fates [From Star Wars] | 4:09 |
Wildlife Warriors: It's Time (A Tribute To Steve Irwin) [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Wildlife Warriors: It's Time | 3:06 |
Rip Rip Woodchip | 3:07 |
Dingo | 3:24 |
Humpin' My Bluey | 3:04 |
It's A Way Of Life | 3:37 |
Send Down The Rain | 3:16 |
Goodbye Blinky Bill | 3:30 |
Koala Koala | 2:37 |
A Thousand Feet | 2:54 |
Ancient Mountains | 4:42 |
River Crying Out | 3:38 |
Best of the Boston Pops: 20th Century Masters the Millennium Collection [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Princess Leia | 4:06 |
Come on Children Let's Sing: Great Songs of Love and Faith [2004]
Song | Duration |
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The Green Leaves of Summer | 3:37 |
Encore! [2004]
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Double Trouble | 1:37 |
Trojan Sunshine Reggae [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Theme from "A Summer Place" | 2:54 |
The Music of John Williams: 40 Years of Film Music [2003]
Song | Duration |
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End Credits | 6:29 |
Duel of the Fates | 4:16 |
Great Movie Love Themes: Five Star Collection [2002]
Song | Duration |
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End Credits | 5:46 |
100 Gold Fingers [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Love Is a Many Splendored Thing |
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [2001]
Song | Duration |
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For Always | 4:42 |
For Always (Duet) | 4:41 |
Classical Hits: The Best Music from Today's Classical Superstars [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Duel of the Fates | 4:16 |
Fiddler on the Roof [30th Anniversary Edition] [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Far From The Home I Love | 3:02 |
Quintessential Cleo [2001]
Song | Duration |
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He Was Beautiful | 4:20 |
Cinema Serenade II: The Golden Age [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Laura, song (for the film, "Laura") | 3:17 |
My Foolish Heart, song (written for the film score of the same name) | 3:46 |
Greatest Hits: 1969-1999 [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Somewhere in My Memory [Main Title from Home Alone] | 4:57 |
Duel of the Fates [From Star Wars Episode 1] | 4:14 |
Themes From the Phantom Menace and Other Film Hits [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Duel of the Fates [ From "Star Wars: Episode One - the Phantom Menace"] | 4:25 |
From Sousa to Spielberg [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Main Theme | 5:50 |
La Chanson de Lara [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Seize Tonnes |
Home Alone Christmas [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Somewhere in My Memory | 3:50 |
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas | 2:41 |
The Very Best of Cleo Laine: 34 Classic Hits [1997]
Song | Duration |
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He Was Beautiful | 4:21 |
America the Beautiful [1996]
Song | Duration |
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This Land Is Your Land | 3:30 |
John Williams Conducting the Boston Pops [1996]
Song | Duration |
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This Land Is Your Land | 3:30 |
When the Saints Go Marching In | 4:27 |
Movie Memories [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Exactly Like You | 2:10 |
On the Sunny Side of the Street | 2:35 |
Pennies from Heaven | 2:47 |
Long Ago (And Far Away) | 3:00 |
John Williams/Boston Pops Salute to America [1995]
Song | Duration |
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America the Beautiful (original title "Materna") | 3:10 |
This Land Is Your Land | 3:31 |
St. Louis Blues, song [*] | 3:00 |
When the Saints Go Marching In [Medley] | 4:27 |
Pops Stoppers: Greatest Hits of the Boston Pops Orchestra [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Begin the Beguine | 3:19 |
The Very Best of John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra [1995]
Aisle Seat - Great Film Music [1993]
Song | Duration |
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New York, New York: Main Theme | 3:21 |
Aisle Seat: Great Film Music [1993]
Song | Duration |
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Over The Rainbow (From "The Wizard Of Oz") | 3:10 |
The Trolley Song [from Meet Me In St. Louis] | 3:29 |
Aisle Seat: Great Film Music [1993]
Song | Duration |
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Over the Rainbow | 3:09 |
Singin' In The Rain | 3:39 |
The Trolley Song (From Meet Me In St. Louis) | 3:29 |
Aisle Seat: Great Film Music [1993]
Song | Duration |
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow | 3:12 |
Jurassic Park [20th Anniversary Edition] [1993]
Song | Duration |
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A Tree for My Bed | 2:10 |
End Credits | 3:24 |
Jurassic Park [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [1993]
Song | Duration |
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Theme from Jurassic Park | 3:27 |
A Tree for My Bed | 2:12 |
End Credits | 3:28 |
Jurassic Park [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [Remastered] [Green LP] [1993]
Song | Duration |
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End Credits |
Night & Day [1993]
Song | Duration |
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New York, New York | 3:18 |
Far and Away [1992]
Song | Duration |
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End Credits | 6:39 |
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York [Original Score] [1992]
Song | Duration |
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Christmas Star | 3:18 |
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas | 2:51 |
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York [Original Soundtrack] [1992]
Song | Duration |
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Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas | 2:40 |
Christmas Star | 3:16 |
Over the Rainbow: Songs from the Movies [1992]
Song | Duration |
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Singin' in the Rain | 3:36 |
The Trolley Song | 3:26 |
New York, New York | 3:18 |
The Green Album [1992]
Song | Duration |
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This Land Is Your Land | 3:16 |
The Green Leaves of Summer | 3:23 |
Unforgettable [1992]
Song | Duration |
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Unforgettable | 3:33 |
Sophisticated Lady | 3:18 |
Moonlight Serenade | 4:02 |
Hook [1991]
Song | Duration |
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Prologue | 1:30 |
We Don't Wanna Grow Up | 1:50 |
When You're Alone | 3:13 |
Joy to the World [1991]
Song | Duration |
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Somewhere in My Memory | 3:46 |
Somewhere in My Memory [From Home Alone] | 3:47 |
Sleigh Ride, for orchestra (or string orchestra) | 2:53 |
Digital Jukebox: John Williams and the Boston Pops [1990]
Song | Duration |
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Never on Sunday, song | 2:48 |
Garota de Ipanema, song (a.k.a. "The Girl from Ipanema") | 3:19 |
Where Is Your Heart | 3:04 |
Ebb Tide | 4:02 |
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (for the film) | 3:30 |
Home Alone [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [1990]
Song | Duration |
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Somewhere in My Memory | 1:04 |
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas |
Presumed Innocent [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [1990]
Song | Duration |
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End Credits | 4:03 |
Swing, Swing, Swing [1990]
Song | Duration |
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Moonlight Serenade | 3:47 |
Born on the Fourth of July [1989]
Song | Duration |
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Prologue | 1:22 |
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [1989]
Song | Duration |
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End Credits (Raiders March) | 10:37 |
By Request: The Best of John Williams & the Boston Pops [1987]
Song | Duration |
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Flying Theme | 3:44 |
March | 4:25 |
The Accidental Tourist [1987]
Song | Duration |
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End Credits |
America, The Dream Goes On [1985]
Song | Duration |
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This Land Is Your Land | 3:30 |
Music From the Films of Alfred Hitchcock: Family Plot, Strangers On A Train, Suspicion [1985]
Song | Duration |
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End Credits | 3:55 |
Boston Pops on Stage [1984]
Song | Duration |
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Here You Come Again [From Dancin'] | 2:59 |
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom [1984]
Song | Duration |
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Anything Goes | 2:49 |
Anything Goes, song (from "Anything Goes") | 2:49 |
End Credits | 6:19 |
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom [Import] [1984]
Song | Duration |
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Anything Goes | 2:53 |
With a Song in My Heart [1984]
Song | Duration |
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In the Still of the Night | 2:43 |
Spring Is Here | 3:32 |
I'm Old Fashioned | 2:32 |
The Song Is You | 3:43 |
I Love You | 2:15 |
Love Is Here to Stay | 3:36 |
Love Walked In | 2:39 |
With a Song in My Heart | 2:43 |
With a Song in My Heart [1984]
Song | Duration |
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Spring Is Here [From "I Married An Angel"] | 3:32 |
The Song Is You (from "Music In The Air") | 3:43 |
With A Song In My Heart [From "With A Song In My Heart"] | 2:43 |
John Williams: The Star Wars Trilogy [1983]
Song | Duration |
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Princess Leia's Theme | 4:26 |
Fight With Tie Fighters | 4:33 |
Jabba The Hut | 4:01 |
Finale | 3:16 |
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial [20th Anniversary Remaster] [1982]
Song | Duration |
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End Credits | 3:49 |
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [1982]
Song | Duration |
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End Credits | 3:51 |
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [20th Anniversary Edit [1982]
Song | Duration |
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End Credits | 3:49 |
Pops in Space [1980]
Song | Duration |
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March | 4:27 |
Princess Leia | 4:06 |
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [1980]
Song | Duration |
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The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme) | 3:02 |
Superman: The Movie [1978]
Song | Duration |
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Prologue and Main Title | 5:36 |
Best Friends [1976]
Song | Duration |
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Killing Me Softly With His Song | 4:35 |
Eleanor Rigby | 3:31 |
He Was Beautiful | 4:19 |
Empire of the Sun
Song | Duration |
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Suo Gan | 2:21 |
John Williams Conducts Music from the Star Wars Saga
Song | Duration |
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Main Theme | 5:40 |
John Williams: Jaws
Song | Duration |
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End Title | 1:56 |
Midway [Original Motion Picture Score]
Song | Duration |
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Prologue | 0:32 |
Munich [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
Song | Duration |
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End Credits | 4:06 |
Pops in Love
Song | Duration |
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Canon | 5:01 |
Salute to America
Song | Duration |
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St. Louis Blues March | 0:03 |
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
Song | Duration |
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Star Wars Main Title/The Arrival at Naboo |
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
Song | Duration |
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Luke And Leia | 4:45 |
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace [Poster Blister]
Song | Duration |
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Star Wars Main Title/The Arrival at Naboo | 2:55 |
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back [2 Disc Jewel Case]
Song | Duration |
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The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme) | 3:03 |
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back [Limited Edition Slipcase]
Song | Duration |
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The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme) | 3:02 |
The Accidental Tourist [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
Song | Duration |
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End Credits [A Second Chance] | 3:11 |
The Very Best of the Boston Pops
Song | Duration |
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Main Theme | 3:36 |
New York, New York | 3:21 |
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War of the Worlds [Music from the Motion Picture]
Song | Duration |
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Prologue | 2:53 |
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