John Williams at 90

[AndyDursin]

Nice NYT article on Williams who turns 90 (my Dad does so in a couple of weeks as well), talking about stepping away from movies outside the occasional Spielberg film:



Plus a Jon Burlingame piece from Variety:

[BobaMike]

I can't imagine a world where there wasn't a Williams' score coming in the future. I'm glad he's still going. Rise of Skywalker was better than it had any right to be.


Interesting that one of those articles claims he is done with movies, while the Variety one doesn't!

I looked into going to the Gala celebration at the Kennedy center...but it sold out fast, and prices were insane. I think some levels went for $30,000!
They are doing ET and Jurassic Park live that same week, I may go to those.

[Paul MacLean]

I looked into going to the Gala celebration at the Kennedy center...but it sold out fast, and prices were insane. I think some levels went for $30,000!

There's going to be a big birthday celebration at Tanglewood in August. Williams probably won't be conducting but he'll be in attendance. I'm planning to go!

https://www.bso.org/events/john-williams-90th

[Eric W.]

Nice! It's hard to believe.