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John Williams: A Composer's Life

John Williams: A Composer's Life

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Availability:In StockContributor:Tim GreivingPublish date:9/2/2025Pages:640
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197620885ISBN-10:197620884UPC:9780197620885Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, MusicBook Subcategory:Music, Individual Composer & MusicianSize:8.80 x 6.40 x 1.90 inchesWeight:2.3016Product ID:SCSHJ3EK5V

John Williams: A Composer's Life

The first biography of a great American composer of the cinema age

John Williams is one of the most important film composers of all time, having almost singlehandedly revived the Hollywood symphonic scoring tradition and helped restore the livelihood of American orchestras through the popularity of film music programming. His film music, in the words of director Oliver Stone, "came to stand for...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197620885ISBN-10:197620884UPC:9780197620885Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, MusicBook Subcategory:Music, Individual Composer & MusicianSize:8.80 x 6.40 x 1.90 inchesWeight:2.3016Product ID:SCSHJ3EK5V
Tim Greiving is an arts journalist in Los Angeles who specializes in film music. He has contributed stories to NPR, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, and the New York Times. He has written program notes for the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Royal Albert Hall, and liner notes for more than one hundred soundtrack albums. He contributes to the Visual History Program for the Academy of...
Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Tim Greiving

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