A new Disney+ film about the prolific film composer chronicles his life and career, with a focus on his famous music for movies including “Jaws” and “Star Wars.” ...

But how many of us really know the man wielding the baton behind the legend that is John Williams? How many of us are aware of the gentle soul behind the larger-than-life triumphs of Jaws, Star Wars, ...

After 50-plus years writing film music, John Williams has become a singular pop culture entity. He is responsible for the Star Wars Imperial March, the soundtrack to E.T.'s flight across the moon, the ...

That just goes to show that “Music for John Williams” is intended more as a greatest-hits reel — the documentary equivalent of a flattering coffee-table book — than an attempt to better ...

The highly prolific author and documentarian Laurent Bouzereau joins to fill us in on his new Disney+ documentary “Music by ...

The life and career of John Williams ... least three books on the filmmaker, including last year’s Spielberg: The First Ten Years. Bouzereau has even made a documentary on Williams before ...

But the fest kicked off with yet another AFI honoree, legendary movie composer and musician John Williams, who is the subject of an exceptionally well-conceived and executed documentary on his ...

By Daniel Fienberg Chief Television Critic Laurent Bouzereau’s 105-minute Music by John Williams, premiering at AFI Fest ahead of its Nov. 1 Disney+ debut, is the most creatively successful of ...

There were great cinema composers before John Williams and there will be great composers after him. And yet, through his seven-decade career, he towers over everyone else. His music is not only ...

Ron Howard is also a producer on the film and helped Spielberg introduce the Chinese screening. Although he admitted that Spielberg is “somebody who knows him far better than I do,” Howard may ...

Dava Sobel’s The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science (2024) is another terrific book that humanizes science ... After I heard John Williams’ interview with ...

HOLLYWOOD -- John Williams is a movie maestro behind some of the most iconic scores in film history. And now, a new documentary celebrates his long and illustrious career. "Music by John Williams ...