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John Williams: A Life in Music | Classic FM CFMD60

John Williams: A Life in Music

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Label: Classic FM

Cat No: CFMD60

Barcode: 0602567435426

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Soundtrack

Release Date: 4th May 2018

Contents

Artists

London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Gavin Greenaway

Works

Williams, John

E T: The Extra-Terrestrial (film score)
» Flying theme
Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone (film score)
» Hedwig's Theme
Hook (film score)
» The Flight to Neverland
Jaws (film score)
» Shark theme
Jurassic Park (film score)
» Main theme
Raiders of the Lost Ark (film score)
» The Raiders March
Saving Private Ryan (film score)
» Hymn to the fallen
Schindler's List (film score)
» Main theme
Star Wars IV (original): A New Hope (film score)
» Main Theme
Superman (film score)
» Superman March

Artists

London Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Gavin Greenaway

About

John Williams: A Life In Music – a brand new album of iconic movie scores by the world’s most successful film composer – including Star Wars, Jurassic Park, E.T. and many more. The album features brand new recordings with the London Symphony Orchestra, who recorded many of the original versions, and includes a world premiere recording of Schindler’s List for cello - which has never been heard before.

Recorded by an 86-piece orchestra, this epic collection of music was conducted by Gavin Greenaway and recorded at London’s Air Studios. The 10-track album features Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter, performed by the LSO for the very first time. The premiere of Schindler’s List is the first time John Williams’s official arrangement for cello has ever been recorded.

The LSO’s close connection with Williams dates back nearly 40 years, and the standard is there to be heard in these new recordings. From writing the world’s best-loved soundtracks – including Jaws, E.T. and the Home Alone films – to conducting some of the world’s most accomplished orchestras, Williams truly is one of the greatest living composers of our generation.

Following 2018’s Oscar nominations, Williams broke his own record with more Oscar nominations than any other living person – a title he first earned in 2016. Williams has also won five Academy Awards, seven BAFTAs, 24 Grammy’s, four Golden Globes, five Emmys and numerous gold and platinum records.

In 2018, the Hollywood legend celebrates sixty years in movies. Alongside the release of this once-in-a-lifetime album, Williams will also conduct the LSO in an extremely rare performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall, making it the 86-year-old composer's first performance in the UK for 22 years.

Over the span of his extraordinary career, Williams has graced the TV screens and touched the hearts of people across the world with his music, and this new album promises to do the same.

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