John Williams

Full name: John Towner Williams
Age: 74
Birthplace: Floral Park, Long Island, New York, USA
Short biography: John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is one of the most widely recognized composers of film scores. As of 2006, he has received 45 Academy Award nominations, an accomplishment surpassed only by Walt Disney. Williams is best known for heroic, rousing themes to adventure and fantasy films. This includes some of the highest grossing films of all time, such as Star Wars, Superman, Jaws, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, and the first three Harry Potter movies. His richly thematic and highly popular 1977 score to the first Star Wars film was selected by the American Film Institute as the greatest American movie score of all time. To date, five of his film scores have won Oscars.

Filmography:

1. Interstellar (2009)
2. Jurassic Park IV (2008)
3. Indiana Jones 4 (2008)
4. Lincoln (2008)
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) (main theme from "Harry Potter")
6. Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (2006) (VG) (from "Star Wars")
7. Superman Returns (2006) (from "Superman: The Movie")
8. Jaws Unleashed (2006) (VG) (original theme from "Jaws")
9. Star Wars: Empire at War (2006) (VG) (from "Star Wars")
10. Munich (2005)
11. Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
12. The H.G. Wells Legacy (2005) (V)
13. 'War of the Worlds': Production Diaries, East Coast - Exile (2005) (V)
14. Steven Spielberg and the Original 'War of the Worlds' (2005) (V)
15. 'War of the Worlds': Production Diaries, West Coast - Destruction (2005) (V)
16. 'War of the Worlds': Production Diaries, East Coast - Beginning (2005) (V)
17. 'War of the Worlds': Previsualization (2005) (V)
18. Designing the Enemy: Tripods and Aliens (2005) (V)
19. 'War of the Worlds': Characters - The Family Unit (2005) (V)
20. We Are Not Alone (2005) (V)
21. Scoring 'War of the Worlds' (2005) (V)
22. 'War of the Worlds': Revisiting the Invasion (2005) (V)
23. 'War of the Worlds': Production Diaries, West Coast - War (2005) (V)
24. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) (main theme "Harry Potter") (uncredited) (theme "Hedwig's Theme")
25. Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005) (VG) (from various films)
26. War of the Worlds (2005)