Wednesday, 1 October 2014

Musician of the Month - John Williams

Our new musician of the month for October is…

John Williams
(Born 1932)

  • You might not have heard his name before, but you will definitely have heard some of his music!
  • He has written music for over 80 films, including some of the most famous films of all time. Including Star Wars, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones and Superman.
  • He has won 5 oscars, 4 golden globes, 7 british film awards and 21 grammy awards.
  • He wrote his first film music at the age of 20 and is still writing music today, 60 years later.
Click read more to listen to some of his music, there's so many to choose from, I'll post some more soon.

Star Wars Main Theme

Harry Potter - Hedwig's Theme


Indiana Jones - Main Theme


Catch Me if You Can


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  1. Eugene1 October 2014 at 15:07

    The star wars one is my favourite.

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    1. Anonymous6 October 2014 at 09:30

      Thanks for the comment Eugene.

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  2. Unknown6 October 2014 at 15:48

    I love the all songs specially the one from harry potter I have watched all the harry potter movies but I never knew that John Williams writes all the music!<3( :

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    1. Anonymous7 October 2014 at 07:54

      Thanks for the comment Mia. I'm glad you like the Harry Potter music - I love the way it sounds so magical.

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  3. Nathan6 October 2014 at 19:05

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  4. Nathan6 October 2014 at 19:35

    I liked the part when the sounds get higher in Harry Potter.

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    1. Anonymous7 October 2014 at 07:58

      Good comment Nathan. Why do you think John Williams decided to make the sounds go higher?

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  5. Unknown6 October 2014 at 19:42

    Hi this is Adrian Ng in 3T I love the Star Wars music!!!!!!

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    1. Anonymous7 October 2014 at 07:59

      Thanks for the comment Adrian. I'm glad you like the Star Wars music, it's one of my favourites too.

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  6. Anonymous6 October 2014 at 19:55

    I like the star wars music the best . By Edward 4J

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  7. Edward6 October 2014 at 20:01

    At the start i n the harry potter music is a bit scary

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    1. Anonymous7 October 2014 at 07:57

      I agree, it's very mysterious. Please remember to put a name on your comments so I know who you are!

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  8. Anonymous6 October 2014 at 20:53

    i like most of the music.

    -matthew 3D

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    1. Anonymous7 October 2014 at 07:57

      I'm glad Matthew, could you pick a favourite?

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  9. Andrew li @4J6 October 2014 at 20:58

    John Williams was born in Australia.

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    1. Anonymous7 October 2014 at 07:56

      Are you sure Andrew? I just looked it up and google tells me, he was born in New York. There is also a different man called John Williams who is a famous guitar player, he was born in Australia, maybe it was him you'd found? Well done for looking into it though!

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  10. Anonymous7 October 2014 at 18:27

    Hello! Trinity Yu here from 4c,I liked all the wonderful musics they were great, I liked all of them they sounded incredible and super!!!!!!!!!

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    1. Anonymous8 October 2014 at 21:28

      Hi Trinity, thanks for your comment - I'm glad you like them all! I'll post some more soon.

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  11. Anonymous8 October 2014 at 15:42

    Hi Mr. McLean Lara 4H and Archie 2F liked star wars music the most .Archie 2F and Lara 4H

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    1. Anonymous8 October 2014 at 21:29

      Thanks for the comment Lara and Archie.

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  12. Anonymous8 October 2014 at 17:16

    I can't choose my favourite, they are all sooooo good. I am also looking forward to Senior Choir next week, I am also really excited to practice Belive.
    Sanya Bannerji 4J

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    1. Anonymous8 October 2014 at 21:29

      Hi Sanya. We've only just had our rehearsal this week, glad you're already looking forward to the next one!

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  13. Anonymous8 October 2014 at 19:22

    Mr Mclean ,which is your favourite movie out of all of these?
    Millie Hilken 5R

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    1. Anonymous8 October 2014 at 21:31

      Hmmm… good question Millie! Do you mean which movie or which music? I'm guessing you mean music... I find it quite hard to choose, I think they're all great in their own ways. I think overall I would probably choose Star Wars because it was one of my favourite films as a child, but I do love the music from all these films.

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    2. katherine25 October 2014 at 19:32

      Wow! I wonder if John Williams is going to write

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    3. katherine25 October 2014 at 19:35

      Sorry for the mistake but- more music for more famous shows?
      Katherine(5L)

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  14. Anonymous8 October 2014 at 19:37

    I like all of them.
    Mikul Wyer (4BH)

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    1. Anonymous8 October 2014 at 21:32

      Me too Mikul, thanks for commenting.

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  15. Anonymous10 October 2014 at 15:25

    I like star wars

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  16. Anonymous10 October 2014 at 15:27

    Albert Liang (3M)

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  17. Anonymous11 October 2014 at 13:38

    John williams also made the Jurassic park theme song

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  18. Anonymous11 October 2014 at 13:40

    Bryan 4J

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  19. Anonymous12 October 2014 at 11:53

    I love the Harry Potter one. It's a bit sad and mysterious at the start then builds up and becomes louder. The music makes you shiver a bit and feel a sense of dread. It's really well written :)
    -Kristy Ma 6C

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    1. Anonymous13 October 2014 at 08:06

      Hi Kristy. Thanks for the really thoughtful comment, I love how you describe the music and the reasons why you like it.

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  20. Anonymous12 October 2014 at 11:54

    Plus, the music completely reflects the movie for Harry Potter :)
    -Kristy Ma 6C

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  21. Anonymous13 October 2014 at 19:20

    My fav is Harry potter 2nd fav is star wars and 3rd is Jurasic park ;]

    P.S I have seen all the Jurasic park movies
    BRYAN 4J

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    1. Anonymous13 October 2014 at 21:01

      Thanks for the comment Bryan. Can you say why these are your favourites?

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  22. Irene17 October 2014 at 19:36

    Wow!John Williams has wrote a lot of songs.They are all very creative especially the Jurassic Park.

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  23. Anonymous18 October 2014 at 09:06

    nice!!

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  24. Anonymous22 October 2014 at 17:08

    Hi Mr Mclean I think they can be better, especially Harry potter because it has only piano, and they should add some more instruments.

    -Utkarsh 3C

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    1. Anonymous28 October 2014 at 08:27

      Interesting comment Utkarsh, it's always good to try and improve things but are you sure there's only a piano in Harry Potter? Listen a bit longer and you might find more instruments join in, why do you think he did this?

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