John Williams (cumadóir)

Is cumadóir ceoil de chuid SAM é John Towner Williams (rugadh 8 Feabhra 1932 i Nua-Eabhrac) a bhfuil cáil ar leith tuillte aige mar gheall ar chumadh ceoil do scannáin go háirithe.

Saol 
Bhí a athair, Johnny Williams, ina cheoltóir cumasach a sheinn an trombóin agus na drumaí agus a ghlac páirt i mbanna den t-ainm an Raymond Scott Quintet. 

Bhí triúr clainne, Joseph, Mark agus Jennifer aige lena chéad bhean chéile Barbara Ruick a fuair bás sa bhliain 1974. Faoi láthair tá sé pósta leis an ngrianghrafadóir Samantha Winslow.

Rinne John Williams dianstaidéar ar an gceol ó aois óg agus é ag seinm an phianó, an trombóin, an clairinéid agus an troimpéid. Ba léir gan mhoill gur ceoltóir tréitheach a bhí ann. Thosaigh sé ag cumadh ceoil go luath agus lean sé air i rith an Dara Cogadh Domhanda agus é ina bhall de bhanna an aerfhórsa.

Coinnigh sé ar sa Juilliard School of Music le Rosina Lhevinne. Níos déanaí i Hollywood bhí sé faoi oiliúint ag Arthur Olaf Anderson agus Mario Castlenuovo-Tedesco.

Bhí tionchar mór ag Bernard Herrmann agus Henry Mancini air. Bhain sé Oscar le haghaidh ceol scannáin ceithre huaire agus bhí sé ina stiúrthóir ar an bhfoireann cheoil The Boston Pops.

Bhí rath ollmhór ar an gceol a scríobh sé do scannáin, go háirithe de chuid Steven Spielberg.

Saothar 

Teilifís/Scannáin
 John Williams Today, 1952 (sraith theilifíse) 
 General Electric Theater, 1953 (sraith theilifíse) 
 Playhouse 90, 1957 (sraith theilifíse) 
 Tales of Wells Fargo, 1957 (sraith theilifíse) 
 My Gun Is Quick, 1957 
 Bachelor Father, 1957 (sraith theilifíse) 
 Wagon Train, 1957 (sraith theilifíse) 
 M Squad, 1957 (sraith theilifíse, le Johnny Williams) 
 Daddy-O, 1958 
 I Passed for White, 1960 
 Because They're Young, 1960 
 Checkmate, 1960 (sraith theilifíse) 
 The Secret Ways, 1961 (le Johnny Williams) 
 Kraft Mystery Theater, 1961 (sraith theilifíse, le Johnny Williams) 
 Alcoa Premiere, 1961 (sraith theilifíse, le Johnny T. Williams) 
 Bachelor Flat, 1962 
 The Virginian, 1962 (sraith theilifíse) 
 The Wide Country, 1962 
 Empire, 1962 (sraith theilifíse) 
 Diamond Head, 1963 
 Gidget Goes to Rome, 1963 (le Johnny Williams) 
 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, 1963 (sraith theilifíse) 
 Gilligan's Island, 1964 (sraith theilifíse, le Johnny Williams) 
 Nightmare in Chicago, 1964 (teilifís) 
 The Killers, 1964 (le Johnny Williams) 
 The Katherine Reed Story, 1965 
 None But the Brave, 1965 (le Johnny Williams) 
 John Goldfarb, Please Come Home, 1965 
 Lost in Space, 1965 (sraith theilifíse, le Johnny Williams) 
 The Rare Breed, 1966 (le Johnny Williams) 
 The Kraft Summer Music Hall, 1966 (sraith theilifíse) 
 How to Steal a Million, 1966 
 The Plainsman, 1966 (le Johnny Williams) 
 The Tammy Grimes Show, 1966 (sraith theilifíse) 
 The Time Tunnel, 1966 (sraith theilifíse, le Johnny Williams) 
 Not with My Wife, You Don't!, 1966 (le Johnny Williams) 
 Penelope, 1966 (le Johnny Williams) 
 A Guide for the Married Man, 1967 (le Johnny Williams) 
 Ghostbreakers, 1967 (teilifíse) 
 Valley of the Dolls, 1967 
 Fitzwilly, 1967 (le Johnny Williams) 
 Sergeant Ryker, 1968 
 Land of the Giants, 1968 (sraith theilifíse) 
 Heidi, 1968 (teilifís) 
 Saturday Adoption, 1968 (teilifís) 
 Daddy's Gone A-Hunting, 1969 
 Goodbye, Mr. Chips, 1969
 The Reivers, 1969 
 NBC Nightly News, 1970 (teilifís) 
 Storia di una donna, 1970 
 Jane Eyre, 1970 
 The Cowboys, 1972 
 The Screaming Woman, 1972 (teilifís) 
 Images, 1972 
 The Poseidon Adventure, 1972 
 Pete 'n' Tillie, 1972 (le John T. Williams) 
 Cinderella Liberty, 1973 
 The Paper Chase, 1973 
 The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing, 1973 
 The Cowboys, 1974 (sraith theilifíse) 
 Conrack, 1974 
 The Sugarland Express, 1974 
 Earthquake, 1974 
 The Towering Inferno, 1974 
 The Eiger Sanction, 1975 
 Jaws, 1975 
 Family Plot, 1976 
 The Missouri Breaks, 1976 
 Midway, 1976 
 Black Sunday, 1977 
 Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, 1977 
 Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1977 
 The Fury, 1978 
 Jaws 2, 1978 
 Superman, 1978 
 Dracula, 1979 
 1941 - Allarme a Hollywood (1941), 1979 
 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, 1980 
 Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981 
 Heartbeeps, 1981 
 Aliens From Another Planet, 1982 (scannán teilifíse, le Johnny Williams) 
 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, 1982 
 Yes, Giorgio, 1982 
 Monsignor, 1982 
 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, 1983 
 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, 1984 
 Top Secret!, 1984 
 The River, 1984 
 SpaceCamp, 1986 
 Star Tours, 1987 
 The Witches of Eastwick, 1987 
 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, 1987 
 Empire of the Sun, 1987 
 The Accidental Tourist, 1988 
 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, 1989 
 Born on the Fourth of July, 1989 
 Always, 1989 
 Stanley & Iris, 1990 
 Presumed Innocent, 1990 
 Home Alone, 1990 
 Hook, 1991 
 JFK, 1991 
 Far and Away, 1992 
 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, 1992 
 Jurassic Park, 1993 
 Schindler's List, 1993 
 Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures, 1994 (videogioco) 
 Sabrina, 1995 
 Nixon, 1995 
 The Olympic Torch Relay, 1996 (teilifíse) 
 Sleepers, 1996 
 Rosewood, 1997 
 The Lost World: Jurassic Park, 1997 
 Seven Years in Tibet, 1997 
 Amistad, 1997 
 Saving Private Ryan, 1998 
 Stepmom, 1998 
 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, 1999 
 Angela's Ashes, 1999 
 The Unfinished Journey, 1999 
 The Patriot, 2000 
 Artificial Intelligence: AI, 2001 
 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 2001 
 Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter, 2002 (videogioco) 
 Reflections of Evil, 2002 
 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, 2002 
 Minority Report, 2002 
 Star Wars: Clone Wars, 2002 
 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 2002 
 Catch Me If You Can, 2002 
 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, 2003 
 Star Wars: Clone Wars, 2003 
 Once Upon a Jedi, 2004 
 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 2004 
 The Terminal, 2004 
 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, 2004 
 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, 2005 
 War of the Worlds, 2005 
 Memoirs of a Geisha, 2005 
 Munich, 2005 
 Superman II - The Richard Donner Cut, 2006 
 
Na hOlimpeacha
 Olympic Fanfare and Theme, XXIII Los Angeles 1984 
 The Olympic Spirit, XV 1988 
 Summon the Heroes, XVII Atlantaa 1996 
 Call of the Champions, XIX Salt Lake City 2002 

Conceirtigh
 Concerto per flauto e orchestra (1969) 
 Concerto per violino (1976, rielab. 1998) 
 "The five sacred trees" 
 Concerto per violoncello e orchestra 
 Concerto per tromba e orchestra 
 "Tree song" per violino e orchestra 
 "3 pieces from Shindler's list" per violino e orchestra 
 Concerto per clarinetto e orchestra 
 Concerto per tuba e orchestra

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