John Williams Composer

John Williams was born on February 8, 1932 in New York City . He studied at Juilliard, filled in as a jazz piano player and studio artist before beginning to create for TV and film. His career began in the 1970s; from that point forward, he has scored more than 100 movies, including Jaws (1975), the Star Wars movies, E.T. (1982) and Schindler's List (1993). Williams has won five Academy Awards and got a record-breaking cluster of nominations.

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Brief history

The "sound" of film music really started in the mid 1890's with the "silent" film, when an accompanist in the theater gave piano music as foundation to the picture onscreen. when the new century rolled over, motion picture music turned out to be progressively "diegetic", which means it assumed an onscreen part in the story. Production organizations started to print "cue sheets" for their movies as rules on which style of music ran with a specific scene. By 1911, unique piano music was being composed for particular films, and throughout the following decade, the theater organ made its debut while backup in bigger venues developed to incorporate instrumental gatherings and choruses.