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* ''Film/{{Rosewood}}'' (1997)

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* ''Film/{{Rosewood}}'' ''Film/{{Rosewood|1997}}'' (1997)
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Professionally active for six decades, he has been nominated for a whopping 52 MediaNotes/{{Academy Award}}s (winning five), six Primetime MediaNotes/{{Emmy|Award}}s (winning three, including one for a 1968 MadeForTVMovie version of ''Literature/{{Heidi}}'', of "Heidi Game" infamy), 22 MediaNotes/{{Golden Globe|Award}}s (winning four) and 59 Grammys (winning twenty). Only Creator/WaltDisney has been nominated for more Oscars, and Williams currently holds the record for most nominated living individual. In 2023, he became the last person to be placed on the Honours List for an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II, though due to her death not long after, the actual knighting ceremony was performed by her successor, King Charles III.

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Professionally active for six decades, he has been nominated for a whopping 52 MediaNotes/{{Academy Award}}s (winning five), six Primetime MediaNotes/{{Emmy|Award}}s (winning three, including one for a 1968 MadeForTVMovie version of ''Literature/{{Heidi}}'', of "Heidi Game" infamy), 22 MediaNotes/{{Golden Globe|Award}}s (winning four) and 59 Grammys (winning twenty). Only Creator/WaltDisney has been nominated for more Oscars, and Williams currently holds the record for most nominated living individual. In 2023, 2022, he became the last person to be placed on the Honours List for an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II, though due to her death not long after, the actual knighting ceremony was performed by her successor, King Charles III.
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Professionally active for six decades, he has been nominated for a whopping 52 UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s (winning five), six Primetime UsefulNotes/{{Emmy|Award}}s (winning three, including one for a 1968 MadeForTVMovie version of ''Literature/{{Heidi}}'', of "Heidi Game" infamy), 22 UsefulNotes/{{Golden Globe|Award}}s (winning four) and 59 Grammys (winning twenty). Only Creator/WaltDisney has been nominated for more Oscars, and Williams currently holds the record for most nominated living individual. In 2023, he became the last person to be placed on the Honours List for an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II, though due to her death not long after, the actual knighting ceremony was performed by her successor, King Charles III.

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Professionally active for six decades, he has been nominated for a whopping 52 UsefulNotes/{{Academy MediaNotes/{{Academy Award}}s (winning five), six Primetime UsefulNotes/{{Emmy|Award}}s MediaNotes/{{Emmy|Award}}s (winning three, including one for a 1968 MadeForTVMovie version of ''Literature/{{Heidi}}'', of "Heidi Game" infamy), 22 UsefulNotes/{{Golden MediaNotes/{{Golden Globe|Award}}s (winning four) and 59 Grammys (winning twenty). Only Creator/WaltDisney has been nominated for more Oscars, and Williams currently holds the record for most nominated living individual. In 2023, he became the last person to be placed on the Honours List for an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II, though due to her death not long after, the actual knighting ceremony was performed by her successor, King Charles III.
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Sir John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932, in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity) is an American film music composer and one of the world's most famous and prolific at it.

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Sir John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932, in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity) is an American film music composer and one of the world's most famous and prolific at it.
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John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932, in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity) is an American film music composer and one of the world's most famous and prolific at it.

Professionally active for six decades, he has been nominated for a whopping 52 UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s (winning five), six Primetime UsefulNotes/{{Emmy|Award}}s (winning three, including one for a 1968 MadeForTVMovie version of ''Literature/{{Heidi}}'', of "Heidi Game" infamy), 22 UsefulNotes/{{Golden Globe|Award}}s (winning four) and 59 Grammys (winning twenty). Only Creator/WaltDisney has been nominated for more Oscars, and Williams currently holds the record for most nominated living individual.

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Sir John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932, in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity) is an American film music composer and one of the world's most famous and prolific at it.

Professionally active for six decades, he has been nominated for a whopping 52 UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s (winning five), six Primetime UsefulNotes/{{Emmy|Award}}s (winning three, including one for a 1968 MadeForTVMovie version of ''Literature/{{Heidi}}'', of "Heidi Game" infamy), 22 UsefulNotes/{{Golden Globe|Award}}s (winning four) and 59 Grammys (winning twenty). Only Creator/WaltDisney has been nominated for more Oscars, and Williams currently holds the record for most nominated living individual.
individual. In 2023, he became the last person to be placed on the Honours List for an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II, though due to her death not long after, the actual knighting ceremony was performed by her successor, King Charles III.
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* AssociatedComposer: Famously, Williams has scored almost all the films of Creator/StevenSpielberg. The only exceptions are ''Film/BridgeOfSpies'', due to a health issue, ''Film/TheColorPurple'', which they mutually agreed would be better served with music by Music/QuincyJones, ''[[Film/ReadyPlayerOne2018 Ready Player One]]'', due to a scheduling conflict, and ''Film/{{West Side Story|2021}}'', on which he worked a music consultant after suggesting composer Music/DavidNewman and conductor Gustavo Dudamel. He's also worked on multiple projects with Creator/GeorgeLucas, Creator/ChrisColumbus, Creator/IrwinAllen, Creator/OliverStone, Creator/RobertAltman and Creator/MarkRydell.

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* AssociatedComposer: Famously, Williams has scored almost all the films of Creator/StevenSpielberg. The only exceptions are ''Film/BridgeOfSpies'', due to a health issue, ''Film/TheColorPurple'', ''Film/TheColorPurple1985'', which they mutually agreed would be better served with music by Music/QuincyJones, ''[[Film/ReadyPlayerOne2018 Ready Player One]]'', due to a scheduling conflict, and ''Film/{{West Side Story|2021}}'', on which he worked a music consultant after suggesting composer Music/DavidNewman and conductor Gustavo Dudamel. He's also worked on multiple projects with Creator/GeorgeLucas, Creator/ChrisColumbus, Creator/IrwinAllen, Creator/OliverStone, Creator/RobertAltman and Creator/MarkRydell.
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Professionally active for six decades, he has been nominated for a whopping 52 UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s (winning five), six Emmy nominations (winning three including one for the 1968 MadeForTVMovie version of ''Heidi'' of "Heidi Game" infamy), 22 Golden Globes (winning four) and 59 Grammys (winning twenty). Only Creator/WaltDisney has been nominated for more Oscars, and Williams currently holds the record for most nominated living individual.

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Professionally active for six decades, he has been nominated for a whopping 52 UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s (winning five), six Emmy nominations Primetime UsefulNotes/{{Emmy|Award}}s (winning three three, including one for the a 1968 MadeForTVMovie version of ''Heidi'' ''Literature/{{Heidi}}'', of "Heidi Game" infamy), 22 Golden Globes UsefulNotes/{{Golden Globe|Award}}s (winning four) and 59 Grammys (winning twenty). Only Creator/WaltDisney has been nominated for more Oscars, and Williams currently holds the record for most nominated living individual.
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* ''Film/ThePatriot'' (2000)

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* ''Film/ThePatriot'' ''Film/{{The Patriot|2000}}'' (2000)
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John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932 in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity) is an American film music composer and one of the world's most famous and prolific at it.

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John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932 1932, in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity) is an American film music composer and one of the world's most famous and prolific at it.
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** ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'' (1987)

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** ''Film/SupermanIVTheQuestForPeace'' (1987)(1987) (film actually scored by Alexander Courage, with Williams providing new thematic material.)
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** ''Film/JurassicPark'' (1993)

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** ''Film/JurassicPark'' ''Film/{{Jurassic Park|1993}}'' (1993)



* DeathlyDiesIrae: Very common in his work. Multiple ''Franchise/StarWars'' films, ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'', ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'', ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', ''Film/JurassicPark'', ''Film/HomeAlone'', ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'' and ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds2005'' all feature the famous four notes of ''dies irae'' during suspenseful or dramatic sequences.

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* DeathlyDiesIrae: Very common in his work. Multiple ''Franchise/StarWars'' films, ''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind'', ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'', ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', ''Film/JurassicPark'', ''Film/JurassicPark1993'', ''Film/HomeAlone'', ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'' and ''Film/WarOfTheWorlds2005'' all feature the famous four notes of ''dies irae'' during suspenseful or dramatic sequences.
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** ''Film/TheFabelmans'' (2022)

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** ''Film/TheFabelmans'' (2022)(2022): his Academy Award nomination for it made him the oldest person ever nominated for a competitive Oscar (at age 90)

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