List of compositions by John Williams

This is a list of compositions by John Williams.

Film scores

The following list consists of select films for which John Williams wrote the score and/or songs.

1950s

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1954	You Are Welcome[1][2]	?	Promotional film for the tourist information office of Newfoundland
1958	Daddy-O	Lou Place	John Williams' feature film debut

1960s

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1960	I Passed for White	Fred M. Wilcox
	Because They're Young	Paul Wendkos
1961	The Secret Ways	Phil Karlson Richard Widmark
1962	Bachelor Flat	Frank Tashlin Budd Grossman
1963	Diamond Head	Guy Green
	Gidget Goes to Rome	Paul Wendkos
1964	The Killers	Don Siegel	The main title and the closing was edited from music originally composed by Henry Mancini for Touch of Evil. Mancini's "Too Little Time" from The Glenn Miller Story, was also incorporated into the score.
1965	None but the Brave	Frank Sinatra
	John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!	J. Lee Thompson
1966	The Rare Breed	Andrew V. McLaglen
	How to Steal a Million	William Wyler
	The Plainsman	David Lowell Rich
	Not with My Wife, You Don't!	Norman Panama
	Penelope	Arthur Hiller
1967	A Guide for the Married Man	Gene Kelly
	Valley of the Dolls	Mark Robson	Oscar nomination (songs written by André and Dory Previn)
	Fitzwilly	Delbert Mann
	Heidi		TV movie
1968	Land of the Giants (TV Series)	Harry Harris
1969	Daddy's Gone A-Hunting	Mark Robson
	Goodbye, Mr. Chips	Herbert Ross	Oscar nomination
	The Reivers	Mark Rydell

1970s

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1970	Storia di una donna	Leonardo Bercovici	His only score written for a foreign movie
	Jane Eyre	Delbert Mann	TV movie
1971	Fiddler on the Roof	Norman Jewison	Oscar winner (score adaptation)
1972	The Cowboys	Mark Rydell	N/A
	The Screaming Woman	Jack Smight	TV movie
	Images	Robert Altman	Oscar nomination
	The Poseidon Adventure	Ronald Neame	Golden Globe and Oscar nominations
	Pete 'n' Tillie	Martin Ritt	N/A
1973	The Long Goodbye	Robert Altman	Also title song (with Johnny Mercer)
	Tom Sawyer	Don Taylor	Golden Globe and Oscar nominations shared with Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman
	The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing	Richard C. Sarafian	N/A
	The Paper Chase	James Bridges	N/A
	Cinderella Liberty	Mark Rydell	Golden Globe and Oscar nominations
1974	Conrack	Martin Ritt	N/A
	The Sugarland Express	Steven Spielberg	First of many collaborations with Steven Spielberg
	Earthquake	Mark Robson	Golden Globe nomination
	The Towering Inferno	John Guillerman	Oscar nomination
1975	The Eiger Sanction	Clint Eastwood	N/A
	Jaws	Steven Spielberg	Grammy, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Oscar winner
1976	Family Plot	Alfred Hitchcock	N/A
	The Missouri Breaks	Arthur Penn	N/A
	Midway	Jack Smight	N/A
1977	Black Sunday	John Frankenheimer	N/A
	Star Wars	George Lucas	Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA winner, 4 Grammy nominations including 3 wins
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Steven Spielberg	Golden Globe and Oscar nominations, 3 Grammy nominations including 2 wins
1978	The Fury	Brian De Palma	N/A
	Jaws 2	Jeannot Szwarc	N/A
	Superman	Richard Donner	Golden Globe and Oscar nominations, 3 Grammy nominations including 2 wins
1979	Dracula	John Badham	N/A
	1941	Steven Spielberg	N/A

1980s

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1980	The Empire Strikes Back	Irvin Kershner	Golden Globe and Oscar nominations, BAFTA winner, 5 Grammy nominations including 2 wins
1981	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Steven Spielberg	Grammy winner, Oscar nomination
	Heartbeeps	Allan Arkush	N/A
1982	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	Steven Spielberg	Golden Globe, Oscar, and BAFTA winner, 5 Grammy nominations including 3 wins
	Yes, Giorgio	Franklin J. Schaffner	Music composed by Michael J. Lewis; song only – "If We Were In Love" Oscar and Golden Globe nomination
	Monsignor	Frank Perry	N/A
1983	Return of the Jedi	Richard Marquand	Grammy and Oscar nominations
1984	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Steven Spielberg	Oscar nomination
	The River	Mark Rydell	Golden Globe and Oscar nominations
1986	SpaceCamp	Harry Winer	N/A
1987	The Witches of Eastwick	George Miller	Grammy and Oscar nominations
	Empire of the Sun	Steven Spielberg	Grammy, Golden Globe, and Oscar nominations, BAFTA winner
	Superman IV: The Quest for Peace	Sidney J. Furie	Adapted and conducted by Alexander Courage, Three new themes
1988	The Accidental Tourist	Lawrence Kasdan	Golden Globe and Oscar nominations
1989	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	Steven Spielberg	Grammy and Oscar nominations
	Born on the Fourth of July	Oliver Stone	Grammy, Golden Globe, and Oscar nominations
	Always	Steven Spielberg	N/A

1990s

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1990	Stanley & Iris	Martin Ritt	N/A
	Presumed Innocent	Alan J. Pakula	N/A
	Home Alone	Chris Columbus	Grammy and double Oscar nominations
1991	Hook	Steven Spielberg	Oscar and double Grammy nominations
	JFK	Oliver Stone	Oscar nominations
1992	Far and Away	Ron Howard	N/A
	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	Chris Columbus	N/A
1993	Jurassic Park	Steven Spielberg	Grammy nomination
	Schindler's List		Golden Globe, Oscar, Grammy, and BAFTA winner
1994	Wolf	Mike Nichols	unused score
1995	Sabrina	Sydney Pollack	Grammy, Golden Globe, and double Oscar nominations
	Nixon	Oliver Stone	Oscar nomination
1996	Sleepers	Barry Levinson
1997	Rosewood	John Singleton	N/A
	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Steven Spielberg	Grammy nomination
	Seven Years in Tibet	Jean-Jacques Annaud	Grammy and Golden Globe nominations
	Amistad	Steven Spielberg	Grammy and Oscar nominations
1998	Saving Private Ryan		Golden Globe, Grammy, and Oscar nominations
	Stepmom	Chris Columbus	N/A
1999	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	George Lucas	Grammy nomination
	Angela's Ashes	Alan Parker	Grammy winner, Golden Globe and Oscar nominations

2000s

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2000	The Patriot	Roland Emmerich	Oscar nomination
2001	A.I.: Artificial Intelligence	Steven Spielberg	Golden Globe, Grammy, and Oscar nominations
	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Chris Columbus	Oscar nomination and double Grammy nominations
2002	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones	George Lucas	N/A
	Minority Report	Steven Spielberg	N/A
	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Chris Columbus	Grammy nomination/Adapted and conducted by William Ross
	Catch Me If You Can	Steven Spielberg	Grammy and Oscar nominations
2004	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Alfonso Cuarón
	The Terminal	Steven Spielberg	N/A
2005	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	George Lucas	Double Grammy nominations
	War of the Worlds	Steven Spielberg	Grammy nomination
	Memoirs of a Geisha	Rob Marshall	Oscar nomination, Golden Globe and BAFTA winner, double Grammy nominations including one win. First time approaching filmmakers to do the score.
	Munich	Steven Spielberg	Oscar nomination, Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition; and Grammy nomination for Best Score Soundtrack Album
2008	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull		At the 51st Grammy Awards, John Williams won an award for "The Adventures of Mutt," with a nomination in Best Score Soundtrack Album For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media

2010s

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2011	The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn	Steven Spielberg	Grammy and Oscar nominations, Annie Award winner. Williams's first score for an animated film.
	War Horse		Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA nominations
2012	Lincoln		Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Grammy nominations
2013	The Book Thief	Brian Percival	Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations. Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition.
2015	Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens	J.J. Abrams	Oscar and BAFTA nominations. First J.J. Abrams theatrical film without his long-time composer Michael Giacchino.
2016	The BFG	Steven Spielberg	N/A
2017	Star Wars: Episode VIII[3]	Rian Johnson	N/A
2018	Ready Player One[3]	Steven Spielberg	N/A
2019	Indiana Jones 5[4]		N/A

The Olympics

	Olympic Fanfare and Theme Theme music for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
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Williams has composed music for four Olympic Games:

• "Olympic Fanfare and Theme" – 1984 Summer Olympics, Los Angeles

  Written specifically for the opening ceremonies. In a 1996 re-release, the opening trumpet fanfare was replaced with "Bugler's Dream", a previous Olympic Theme written by Leo Arnaud. This recording has been used as the theme for NBC's Olympic coverage ever since. Williams received a Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition.

• "The Olympic Spirit" – 1988 Summer Olympics, Seoul

  Commissioned by NBC Sports for their television coverage. Williams received a Grammy nomination for Best Instrumental Composition.

• "Summon the Heroes" – 1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta, Georgia

  Written in commemoration of the Centennial of the Modern Olympic Games. Premiering on July 19, 1996, the piece features heavy use of the brass and wind sections and is approximately six minutes in length. Principal Boston Pops trumpeter Timothy Morrison played the opening solo on the album recording. It has been arranged for various types of ensembles, including wind ensembles. This theme is now used prevalently by NBC for intros and outros to commercial breaks of the Olympics.

• "Call of the Champions" – 2002 Winter Olympics, Salt Lake City, Utah

Television themes

• For NBC (United States):
  • NBC News—"The Mission"
    • NBC Nightly News
    • The Today Show
    • Meet the Press
  • NBC Sunday Night Football^[5]
• Amazing Stories
• Checkmate (TV series)
• Land of the Giants
• Lost in Space
• The Time Tunnel
• The Tammy Grimes Show^[6]
• The theme for Great Performances
• Score (but not the theme) for Gilligan's Island (first season)

Concerti

Composition Year	Title	Premiere Date	Premiere Performers	Notes
1969	Concerto for Flute and Orchestra	1981	Leonard Slatkin/Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra – Saint Louis
1976	Concerto for Violin and Orchestra	1981-01-29	Leonard Slatkin/Saint Louis Symphony – Mark Peskanov, Violin – Saint Louis	Composed at the suggestion of Barbara Ruick, first wife of the composer. Begun in 1974, shortly after Ruick's death, and completed in 1976
1985	Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra	1985-05-08	John Williams/Boston Pops – Chester Schimtz, Tuba – Boston	Composed in 1985 for the Centennial of the Boston Pops
1991	Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra	1991-04-13	John Williams/Riverside County Philharmonic – Michele Zukovsky, Clarinet – Los Angeles	Composed in 1991 for Michele Zukovsky, principal clarinet of the LA Philharmonic[7]
1993	Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra (The Five Sacred Trees)	1995-04-15	Kurt Masur/New York Philharmonic – Judith LeClair, Basoon	Composed in 1993 for the 150th celebration of the New York Philharmonic
1994	Concerto for Cello and Orchestra	1994-07-07	John Williams/Boston Symphony – Yo-Yo Ma, Cello – Tanglewood	Composed in 1994 for the opening of the Seiji Osawa Hall in Tanglewood
1996	Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra	1996-10	Christoph von Dohnányi/Cleveland Orchestra – Michael Sachs on Trumpet	Composed in 1996 for Michael Sachs, first trumpet of the Cleveland Orchestra
1997 rev. 2002	Elegy for Cello and Piano		Premiered by John Williams, piano and John Waltz, cello. Later arranged for Cello and Orchestra	Composed in 1997 for a memorial service in Los Angeles. Based on a secondary theme from Seven Years in Tibet
2000	TreeSong for Violin and Orchestra	2000-07-08	John Williams/Boston Symphony – Gil Shaham, Violin	Composed in 2000 for Gil Shaham
2001	Heartwood: Lyric Sketches for Cello and Orchestra	2002-08-04	John Williams/Boston Symphony – Yo-Yo Ma, Cello – Boston	Composed in 2001 for Yo-Yo Ma
2003	Concerto for Horn and Orchestra	2003-11-29	John Williams/Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Dale Clevenger, Horn – Chicago	Composed for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's principal horn Dale Clevenger
2007	Duo Concertante for Violin and Viola	2007-08-17	John Williams/Boston Pops – Victor Romanul, Violin – Michael Zaretsky, Viola – Tanglewood	Composed for Michael Zaretsky
2009	Concerto for Viola and Orchestra	2009-05-26	John Williams/Boston Symphony – Boston	Composed for Cathy Basrak. Unreleased
2009	On Willows and Birches (Concerto for Harp and Orchestra)	2009-09-23	John Williams/Boston Symphony – Boston	Composed for Ann Hobson Pilot
2011	Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra	2011-05-25	John Williams/Boston Pops – Keisuke Wakao, Oboe – Boston	Composed for Keisuke Wakao

Celebration pieces and other concert works

• "Prelude and Fugue for Orchestra" (1965). Premiered by the Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra conducted by Stan Kenton. The original Kenton version is on the album Stan Kenton Conducts the Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra. Another recording is available for download in MP3 at the United States Marine Band website.
• "Symphony #1" (1966), premiered by Houston Symphony under André Previn in 1968. Williams reworked the piece in 1988 (scheduled to be performed by the San Francisco Symphony during a visit as guest conductor in early 1990s but pulled before the performance).
• "Sinfonietta for Wind Ensemble" (1968), commissioned and first recorded in 1970 by Eastman Wind Ensemble under Donald Hunsberger.^[8]
• Thomas and The King (musical, 1975), premiered in London. Recorded in 1981 by the Original Cast.
• "Jubilee 350 Fanfare" (1980), premiered by the Boston Pops conducted by Williams. Piece celebrating the 350th anniversary of the City of Boston
• "Fanfare for a Festive Occasion" (1980), composed for by the Boston Civic Orchestra and its conductor Max Hobart, and premiered on November 14, 1980.^[9]
• Liberty Fanfare (1986), premiered on July 4, 1986 by the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra. Piece composed for the Liberty Weekend Centennial of the Statue of Liberty
• "A Hymn to New England" (1987)
• "Fanfare for Michael Dukakis" (1988). Composed for Michael Dukakis' presidential campaign and premiered at the 1988 Democratic National Convention
• "For New York" (Variations on theme by Leonard Bernstein) (1988). Composed for Leonard Bernstein's 70th birthday celebrations
• "Celebrate Discovery" (1990). Composed for the 500th anniversary celebration of the arrival of Columbus in America
• "Aloft! To the Royal Masthead" (1992), for the visiting Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
• "Sound the Bells!" (1993), composed in honor of the wedding of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako.
• "Song for World Peace" (1994)
• "Variations on Happy Birthday" (1995)
• "American Journey" (1999). Portions premiered as accompaniment to a film by Steven Spielberg as part of the Millennium Celebration in Washington D.C. December 31, 1999
• "Three Pieces for Solo Cello" (2001)
• "Soundings" (2003), composed for the Walt Disney Concert Hall
• "Star Spangled Banner" (2007), special arrangement for game 1 of the 2007 World Series played by the Boston Pops Orchestra
• "A Timeless Call" (2008). Score to the Steven Spielberg war veteran tribute film shown on day 3 of the 2008 Democratic National Convention
• "Air and Simple Gifts", performed by Itzhak Perlman on violin, Yo-Yo Ma on cello, Gabriela Montero on piano, and Anthony McGill on clarinet. Composed for the Barack Obama 2009 presidential inauguration
• "Viktor's Tale" (2010), for clarinet and concert band. From "The Terminal".
• "La Jolla Quartet: A Chamber Piece for Violin, Cello, Clarinet, and Harp" (2011). Premiered August 2011 at the La Jolla Music Society's SummerFest^[10]
• "Fanfare for Fenway" (2012), Premiered April 2012 as part of the Boston Red Sox's commemoration of their 100th anniversary in Fenway Park.^[11]
• "Rounds" (2012), for solo guitar - Composed for Spanish guitarist Pablo Sáinz Villegas and premiered in June 2012 at the Parkening International Guitar Competition in Malibu.^[12]
• "Fanfare for 'The President's Own'" (2013), Premiered May 2013 for the United States Marine Band's 215th anniversary.^[13]
• "Conversations" (2013), a four-movement work for solo piano. The first two movements were premiered by pianist Gloria Cheng on July 22, 2013 at the Mendocino Music Festival in California. She premiered the entire work in November on the Piano Spheres series in Los Angeles.^[14] A recording of "Conversations" was released on February 10, 2015 as part of Gloria Cheng's solo album 'Montage'.^[15]
• "Music for Brass" for Brass Ensemble and Percussion (2014), premiered on June 12 by the National Brass Ensemble.^[16]
• "Scherzo for Piano and Orchestra" (2014), premiered on July 1 at the Music in the Summer Air Festival in Beijing, China, featuring pianist Lang Lang.^[17]
• "A Toast!" (2014), celebrating the arrival of Andris Nelsons as new Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
• "Just Down West Street…on the left" (2015), Tanglewood Music Center 75th Anniversary commission.
• "Dear Basketball" (2016), a musical score for an animated short film directed by Glen Keane.

References

1. ""You Are Welcome" - John Williams film score from 1954".
2. http://fpdownload.adobe.com/strobe/FlashMediaPlayback.swf?src=http://collections.mun.ca/videos/extension/image/2603.mp4
3. Burlingame, Jon (June 9, 2016). "AFI Honoree John Williams Looks Back on Six Decades of Iconic Themes". Variety. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
4. "EXCLUSIVE: Steven Spielberg Confirms That John Williams Will Return to Score the Fifth 'Indiana Jones'".
5. John Eggerton,"Are You Ready For Some Gridiron Violins?" in Broadcasting & Cable, August 30, 2006.
6. Rina Fox; et al. "The Tammy Grimes Show". Classic TV Archive. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
7. David Blumberg (2011). "Clarinet Concerto recording". Mytempo.com. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
8. "Sinfonietta for Wind Ensemble". The John Williams Web Pages. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
9. "Fanfare for a Festive Occasion". The John Williams Web Pages. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
10. "John Williams Fan Network – Jwfan". Jwfan.com. Retrieved 2011-09-19.
11. "John Williams, Boston Pops Perform 'Fanfare for Fenway' in Tribute to Park's 100th Anniversary". Jwfan.com. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
12. "John Williams' Guitar Piece 'Rounds' Online". Jwfan.com. 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
13. "New Williams Fanfare to Premiere Next Week". Jwfan.com. 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
14. "‘Conversations’: New Concert Work for Piano Solo" (UPDATED), Jwfan.com, 2013-05-31, retrieved 2013-06-18
15. John Williams’ ‘Conversations’ for Piano Solo to be Released February 10, Jwfan.com, 2014-06-29, retrieved 2014-07-03
16. "National Brass Ensemble in Concert". Retrieved July 3, 2014.
17. "'John Williams' 'Scherzo for Piano and Orchestra' World Premiere (Video)". Jwfan.com. 2014-07-03. Retrieved July 3, 2014.