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John Williams / John Williams

 

John Williams

The NBC Olympics; Jaws; Indian Jones; Jurassic Park; Harry Potter; [mother fuckin'] STAR WARS! You can easily imagine each of those epic melodies for each of those iconic movies in your head & for good reason: each were created by the legendary (and [as of this writing] 80-year-old) & the always-high-in demand-Hollywood composer John Williams! And it's easy to see why for Mr. John Williams has a wickedly great-and-keen-sense of creating a true score which not only just fits every FILM he is responsible for scoring- but nearly every God-damn SCENE! It's almost like God undoubtedly blessed him with this-other-worldly sixth-sense. And the credibility and recognition is there: He has 75 Grammy nominations & with that ultimately brings him to be the 6th most winning-est with 26 [!]. A complete compositional genius. Newbies  should seek out his John Williams Greatest Hits 1969-1999- but unfortunately that doesn't include his iconic Harry Potter theme, but the good news: any listener would appreciate the cinematic (even without the visuals) experience of the 2001 soundtrack Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. We also have him to thank for this EPIC Star Wars disco track.

 He continues to keep killin' them...

It's...

John Williams

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John Williams

I first found about this legendary classical-guitarist WAY LATE into his career. But as the saying goes: "Better late than never!!!" I am still a newbie when it comes to the depth of classical music: I would just tip my toes in with the HOLY TRINITY: Bach, Beethoven and Mozart. I was lucky enough to be introduced to (another) John Williams. I wasn't familiar with his work until my Godfather-in-law, Frank, introduced me to his 1999 release: Schubert: Arpeggio Sonata in A Minor, D. 821 - Giuliani: Guitar Concerto No. 1 in A Major, Op. 30. Now, I had heard of this Schubert fella' before- but never this Giuliani guy- proving my ignorance but also proving how Williams himself single-handily was my entry-way into digging deeper into the classical works. I also new within' the first few seconds of this first track of  that Schubert & Giuliani CD, I was going to be an instant fan because I fell in love right-away; I've always been a fan of classical guitar; I had, however, never heard anything this effortlessly played ethereal music delivered to my ears. The blend of a perfect mix of effortless guitar-playing with accompanying strings; It truly makes for a heavenly experience- not to even mention the melodious melodies of if it all. I truly had never heard anything like it before. This was the first time I found myself actually bobbing my head on a FIRST LISTEN to a classical piece! Other than having some really great compositional works of some Beatles songs, and being a founding father of one of the most underrated progressive-rock bands of all time (but we'll get to that on a separate post)... the Aussie-bred Williams, simply put, has a grace with his playing. A humble virtuoso genius. Check out my personal favorite "Air on a G String." Newbies can't go wrong with any of his work, however, I would point newbies to (the hard to find U.K.-only-release [but the easy-to recreate-by-building-a-playlist-on Spotify] the aptly titled: John Williams The Essential  Collection.

Truthfully, though, you can't go wrong with any of them...

It's...

John Williams


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