JOHN WILLIAMS

SPIELBERG/WILLIAMS COLLABORATION-COLOURED LP

BY HELPING EACH OTHER IN BECOMING THE BEST KNOWN AND MOST SUCCESSFUL MEN IN THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS COMPOSER JOHN WILLIAMS AND DIRECTOR STEVEN SPIELBERG BUILD ON A STEADY RELATIONSHIP. IN 1991 THEY RELEASED THEIR SPIELBERG/ WILLIAMS COLLABORATION, AN ATTEMPT TO ENCAPSULATE THE FRUITS OF THEIR LONGTIME COLLABORATION. THE FIRST PART CONSISTS OF SOME OF THE BEST SONGS HE COMPOSED, LIKE THE FAMOUS THEMES OF RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, JAWS AND E.T. THE BOMBAST AND FINE ORCHESTRAL CUES ARE PROMINENT IN THE WAY WILLIAMS TRANSLATED HIS MUSIC TO THE SCREENPLAY OF SPIELBERG. THE BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE DIFFERENT PIECES WILLIAMS CREATED. THE SPIELBERG/WILLIAMS COLLABORATION PREDATES THE BULK OF SPIELBERG'S POST-1980S WORKS. IT COVERS 15 YEARS (1974-89), OR HALF OF THEIR COLLABORATIVE YEARS. FOR OVER 40 YEARS JOHN WILLIAMS' MUSIC HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH DIRECTOR STEVEN SPIELBERG'S FILMS. WILLIAMS HAS COMPOSED THE SCORES TO ALMOST ALL OF SPIELBERG'S FILMS. HE EARNED THREE OF HIS FIVE ACADEMY AWARDS AND FIFTEEN OF HIS 51 OSCAR NOMINATIONS FOR SPIELBERG FILMS. TRACKLIST: SIDE A: 1. RAIDERS MARCH RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK 2. THEME ALWAYS 3. ADVENTURES ON EARTH E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL. SIDE B: 1. THEME SUGARLAND EXPRESS 2. THEME JAWS 3. OUT TO SEA/THE SHARK CAGE FUGUE JAWS SIDE C: 1. EXSULTATE JUSTI EMPIRE OF THE SUN 2. PARADE OF THE SLAVE CHILDREN INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM 3. OVER THE MOON E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL 4. MARCH 1941 SIDE D: 1. CADILLAC OF THE SKIES EMPIRE OF THE SUN 2. SCHERZO FOR MOTORCYCLE AND ORCHESTRA INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE 3. EXCERPTS CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND.