Music by John Williams

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N P "Music by John Williams" is an excellently appreciative life and career retrospective of arguably the most accomplished, respected, and most importantly, beloved film composers of all time. As I was watching the documentary, I was in awe time and time and time again by the various genres from plenty of the biggest pictures ever, and especially those, that have a figment of mine and many others childhoods, adolescence and life soundtracks. From what I gathered, John Williams philosophy and way of life is, in fact, simple. Purely due his love of music, music is his way of life, which is how and why he created so much for so long. The film featured long time collaborator Steven Spielberg, additionally as a producer for the doc, as well as many established musicians, from classical to pop, fellow composers, esteemed filmmakers and family. I was made to appreciate the grandiose and multi-faceted encompassing aspects of an orchestra and orchestral music, which many others, like myself, have not truly thought of nor acknowledged. "Music by John Williams" is truly inspiring. My biggest takeway was simply a matter of doing, that's all, and the journey is off. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/10/25 Full Review BRENDEN J Music by John Williams was fantastic movie! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/15/25 Full Review Daniel B Well done documentary Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/12/25 Full Review Audience Member If you are a film score geek like me, this one is for you. ENLIGHTENING - INSPIRING - LOW-ENERGY - EDUCATIONAL Every movie you've seen scored by John Williams will flash before your eyes. It is a look behind the curtain into his career, but it doesn't push the boundaries of his story or the genre. This is a safe film. What about the struggles he faced to create all of his incredible music? We're only given a glimpse at the loss of his wife, and how that affected him... but that's it. This fine documentary lacks energy. It needs to be the sketchbook for a feature film about his life - what Maestro should have been. Music By John Williams feels classic, in both an ordinary and beautiful way. It was a bit frustrating because Williams is anything BUT ordinary... perhaps it's just the film format here. A biopic of Williams would be legendary. I'm fascinated by the scope of footage they have spanning his entire scoring career. It could be daunting to pull together so much history, but Bouzereau does so with finesse. Worth a watch... but it could have been so much more. In the end, this feels more like a film you'd watch in a lecture hall in film school when there's a free day in the professor's class schedule. There's nothing wrong with that. It just is what it is. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/08/25 Full Review Audience Member An incredible documentary that brings together Williams' entire career and highlights its impact on people with wildly different perspectives...not to mention it caused me to start rewatching Spielberg's entire filmography. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/12/25 Full Review Will G A fantastic composer! He did great music for many George Lucas and Steven Spielberg movies. He also composed music for “Harry Potter” and “Home Alone”. He is also very talented on the piano. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/19/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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