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John Williams - the scores you'd forgotten

John Williams is one of the most successful of all Hollywood composers. With his vast output to hand, Matthew looks at some of the Williams scores you'd forgotten he'd written.

John Williams is one of the most successful and most identifiable of all Hollywood composers, with the likes of Star Wars, Harry Potter, ET, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, Saving Private Ryan and Schindler's List to his credit. But what might the Williams legacy be had Steven Spielberg and George Lucas turned to other composers to write their scores? Matthew looks back over John Williams鈥� long career and celebrates his associations with the likes of Oliver Stone, Robert Altman, Irwin Allen and Alfred Hitchcock. The programme features music from 鈥楬ow To Steal A Million鈥�, Lost In Space鈥�, 鈥楲and Of The Giants鈥�, 鈥楾he Valley Of The Dolls鈥�, 鈥業mages鈥�, 鈥楾he Long Goodbye鈥�, 鈥楾he Towering Inferno鈥�, 鈥楤lack Sunday鈥�, 鈥楩amily Plot鈥�, 鈥楾he Fury鈥�, 鈥楧racula鈥�, 鈥楾he Witches Of Eastwick鈥�, 鈥樏垩看� Alone鈥�, 鈥楳emoirs Of A Geisha鈥�, 鈥楾he Book Thief鈥� and 鈥楯ane Eyre鈥�. The Classic Score of the Week draws on music for Oliver Stone鈥檚 鈥楤orn On The Fourth Of July鈥�.

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Music Played

  • Henry Mancini

    Peter Gunn (1958-61) - Theme

    Orchestra: The Henry Mancini Orchestra. Conductor: Henry Mancini.
    • Crime-Stoppers: TV's Greatest P.I. Themes.
    • Rhino Entertainment Company.
    • 6.

  • John Williams

    How to Steal a Million (1966): Main Title

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • William Wyler's How To Steal A Million (Original Motion Picture Score).
    • 20th Century Fox Records.
    • 1.

  • John Williams

    Lost in Space (1965): Theme

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Lost In Space (Original Soundtrack From The Irwin Allen Television Series).
    • La-La Land Records.

  • John Williams

    Land of the Giants (1968): Theme

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 100 Greatest American TV Themes.
    • Silva Screen Records.

  • Andr茅 Previn

    Valley Of The Dolls (1967): The Gillian Girl Commercial

    Composer: John Williams. Performer: Dionne Warwick. Performer: MGM Studio Orchestra. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Valley Of The Dolls (Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Stateside.

  • John Williams

    Images (1972): In Search of Unicorns

    Composer: Stomu Yamashta. Performer: Stomu Yamashta. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Images (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Prometheus Records.

  • John Williams

    The Long Goodbye (1973): Variations on a theme

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Bateman.
    • The Music Of John Williams - The Definitive Collection.
    • Silva Screen.
    • 10.

  • John Williams

    The Towering Inferno (1974): An Architect's Dream

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: John Debney.
    • The Towering Inferno And Other Disaster Classics.
    • Varese Sarabande.
    • 1.

  • John Williams

    Black Sunday (1977): The End

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Black Sunday (Music From The Motion Picture).
    • Film Score Monthly.

  • John Williams

    Family Plot (1976): End Titles

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Bateman.
    • The Music Of John Williams - The Definitive Collection.
    • Silva Screen.

  • John Williams

    The Fury (1978): Theme

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nic Raine.
    • The Music Of John Williams - The Definitive Collection.
    • Silva Screen.

  • John Williams

    Dracula (1979): Night Journeys

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Dracula (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • MCA Records.

  • John Williams

    The Witches of Eastwick (1987): The Dance of the Witches

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • The Witches of Eastwick (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Perseverance.
    • 2.

  • John Williams

    蜜芽传媒 Alone (1990): The House

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • CBS.

  • John Williams

    Born on the 4th of July (1989): Cua Viet River, Vietnam 1968

    Performer: Tim Morrison. Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Born On The Fourth Of July (Motion Picture Soundtrack Album).
    • MCA.
    • 13.

  • John Williams

    Born on the 4th of July (1989): Theme

    Performer: Tim Morrison. Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Born On The Fourth Of July (Motion Picture Soundtrack Album).
    • MCA.
    • 13.

  • John Williams

    Memoires of a Geisha (2005): Sayuri's Theme

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • Memoirs Of A Geisha (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Sony Classical.

  • John Williams

    The Book Thief

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • The Book Thief (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Sony Classical.

  • John Williams

    Jane Eyre (1977): Theme

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nic Raine.
    • The Music Of John Williams - The Definitive Collection.
    • Silva Screen.

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