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John Williams at 90

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2022 1:22 pm
by 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:


Re: John Williams at 90

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2022 3:22 pm
by 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.

Re: John Williams at 90

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2022 11:55 pm
by Paul MacLean
BobaMike wrote: Tue Feb 08, 2022 3:22 pm 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!
:o

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

Re: John Williams at 90

Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 4:20 pm
by Eric W.
Nice! It's hard to believe.