John Williams

NASA launch 'wake up' contest featuring The Clash, Foo Fighters and The Beatles
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Sunday, Aug 29, 2010 @ 9:59am

) 'Start Me Up' (Rolling Stones) 'The Distance' (Cake) 'Theme From The Star Wars Trilogy'(John Williams) 'These Are The Days' (10,000 Maniacs) 'Time For Me To Fly'(REO Speedwagon) 'What A Wonderful World'(Louis Armstrong) 'Where I Come From' (Alan Jackson) 'Window On The World' (Jimmy Buffett) New! NME iPhone App: Get NME news, videos, photos and more on the move ...

Aretha Franklin sings at Barack Obama's inauguration
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Friday, Aug 20, 2010 @ 6:10pm

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Following Franklin's performance, new Vice-President Joe Biden was sworn in, and then after the performance of a piece of music written by 'Star Wars' soundtrack composer John Williams - Obama himself was sworn in as the the 44th President of the United States Of America. ...

Blue Turtle Seduction:13 Floors
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Friday, Aug 20, 2010 @ 6:10pm

), "Castaway" (an island accented variation on a stew pot of traditional folk imagery), "Rome" (a fiddlin' dance number for the end of empires), "El Camino" (a rousing weirdo's reel that feels like running down a hill with a drink in your hand), "Perfect Gentlemen" (a nifty cover of Wycleff Jean's stripper ditty) and 13-minute closer "Roses > Big Belt Buckle" (a jam vehicle lit with mirror ball lights, John Williams quotations and blues-rock chug that ends with a "Middle Earth Jam" that's pretty amusing ...

Concord Records To Release Expanded 'Indiana Jones' Soundtracks Feb. 17
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Wednesday, Aug 18, 2010 @ 1:21pm

On February 17, 2009 Concord Records will release individually the soundtracks to the original three Indiana Jones films: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Originally Available as Part of Last Year's Limited-Edition Boxed Set, These Expanded and Remastered Soundtracks Feature Previously Unreleased Music From The First Three Films!
All three feature Oscar-winning composer John Williams' soundtracks digitally remastered from ... statue in Raiders is like a dream come true. Now with just about every bit of Indiana Jones music on deck here, listing to some of John Williams' greatest achievements for the popcorn cinema has never sounded more fun, or fresh. Raid this covenant of CD's immediately."

Produced by Laurent Bouzereau, the reissued CD's expand the first three iconic Indiana Jones soundtrack albums, which have been collectors' items for many years.
Concord Records also released the soundtrack to last year's mega ... -blockbuster Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (which was recently nominated for a 2009 Grammy® Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media).

With 45 Academy Award nominations and five Oscars® under his belt, John Williams has composed many of the most famous film scores in history, and has collaborated with Steven Spielberg for the past 35 years on 23 films including Jaws, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial and Schindler's List. Williams also ...

Aretha Franklin to sing at Obama inauguration
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Wednesday, Aug 18, 2010 @ 1:21pm

, violinist Itzhak Perlman, pianist Gabriela Montero and clarinetist Anthony McGill will perform a new work composed by John Williams, who also provided music for Obama's election night rally in Chicago's Grant Park. The committee did not release a title for the work by Williams, who is best known for his film scores such as "Star Wars" and "Jaws." Vice President-elect Joe Biden will take his oath from Justice John Paul Stevens. Others on the schedule were a nod to Obama's election as the country ...