John Towner Williams (Floral Park, Nueva York, 8 de febrero de 1932) es un compositor y director de orquesta estadounidense. En una carrera que se extiende durante cinco décadas, Williams ha compuesto varias de las más famosas bandas sonoras de la historia del cine como: Tiburón, La Guerra de las Galaxias, E. T.: El extraterrestre, Superman, la saga de películas de Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Parque Jurásico, La lista de Schindler, Memorias de una geisha, Harry Potter, Inteligencia Artificial entre muchas otras. También ha realizado composiciones musicales para diversos Juegos Olímpicos, numerosas series de televisión y varias piezas de concierto.1 Williams ha recibido el Óscar de la Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de Hollywood en cinco ocasiones y tiene en su poder 48 nominaciones.2 Es uno de los compositores más reconocidos de música de cine; ha realizado la banda sonora de más de cien películas, sin contar la música para series de televisión.
2009: Spanish Guitar Music (Sony Bmg)
2009: Greatest Hits (Sony Bmg)
2009: The Man And His Guitar (The orchard)
2009: Bach Suite No. 1 & 3 (The orchard)
2008: Pure Acoustic
2008: Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets
2008: Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal
2008: Virtuoso Guitar (Ioda)
2008: Indiana Jones: The Soundtracks Collection (Universal)
2007: Saving Private Ryan
2007: Star Wars: The Corellian Edition
2006: Munich (Universal)
2006: Memoirs Of A Geisha
2006: John Williams: 40 Years of Film Music
2006: The Virtuoso Guitar - 500 Years Of The Guitar (Ioda)
2006: Bach: The Four Lute Suites (Sony Bmg)
2006: Bernstein by Boston (Umi)
2005: Sept Ans Au Tibet
2005: Superman Soundtrack (Warner)
2005: Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith
2005: Star Wars Episode Iv: A New Hope
2005: Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace
2005: War of the Worlds (Decca)
2005: La Guerre des Mondes - Bande Originale du film
2005: Music From The Films Of Steven Spielberg (Ioda)
2005: The World of Harry Potter
2004: Tout L'univers Star Wars
2004: Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone
2004: Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban
2004: Dusty Porch (Magnatune)
2004: Long Ride Home
2004: The Terminal
2004: Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (Rca)
2004: The Star Wars Trilogy
2004: Perlman/williams: Cinema Serenade
2004: An American Journey (Sony Bmg)
2003: El Diablo Suelto - Guitar Music from Venezuela
2002: Catch Me If You Can (Polydor)
2002: Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets
2002: Star Wars Episode II : L'attaque Des Clones
2002: John Williams: American Journey
2002: Yo-Yo Ma Plays the Music of John Williams
2002: Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones
2002: Spanish Dreams (Sony Bmg)
2002: Minority Report
2001: A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (Warner)
2001: Jaws
2001: John Williams conducts The Star Wars Trilogy
2000: John Williams' Baritone Band
2000: NBC Presents Summon the Heroes
2000: American Classics (Umi)
1999: Star Wars : Episode I - La Menace fantôme (Sony)
1999: Amazing Stories (Varese sarabande)
1999: Great Composers: John Williams
1998: Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Sony Bmg)
1997: Seven Years In Tibet
1996: Concerto Antico; Concerto For Guitar & Orchestra (Sony Bmg)
1996: John Williams Guitar Recital - 2 CDs (Umi)
1996: The Mantis And The Moon (Sony Bmg)
1995: Williams On Williams
1993: Jurassic Park (Mca)
1993: Schindler's List (Mca)
1992: Guitar Music
1992: L'empire Contre Attaque
1991: Vivaldi Concertos (Sony Bmg)
1991: Hook (Epic)
1991: The Spielberg/Williams Collabortion
1991: Hook Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
1990: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Warner bros)
1990: Stanley & Iris
1990: Presumé Innocent
1990: John Williams Conducts John Williams: The Star Wars Trilogy
1989: Spirit Of The Guitar (Sony Bmg)
1989: The Great Guitar Concertos (Sony Bmg)
1987: The Guitar Is The Song (Sony Bmg)
1987: Fragments Of A Dream (Sony Bmg)
1985: Bach, Handel, Marcello: Concertos (Sony Bmg)
1983: Rodrigo (Sony Bmg)
1982: E.T. L'Extra-Terrestre (Barclay)
1980: Raiders of the Lost Ark (Columbia)
1980: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Rso)
1978: Superman (Warner)
1977: Star Wars (20th century fox)
1977: The Fury (Arista)
1976: The Missouri Breaks (United artists)
1976: Midway (Varese sarabande)
1976: Family Plot (Varese sarabande)
1976: Rencontres Du Troisième Type (Arista)
1975: Jaws (Mca)
1975: La Sanction (Mca)
1975: The Towering Inferno (Warner)
1974: Tremblement de Terre (Mca)
1973: Cinderella Liberty (20th century fox)
1972: The Poseidon Adventure (20th century fox)
1972: The Cowboys (Philips)
1971: Fiddler on the Roof (Liberty)
1971: Jane Eyre (Capitol)
1969: The Reivers (Columbia)
1969: Goodbye, Mr. Chips (MGM)
1968: Heidi (Capitol)
1967: Fitzwilly (United artists)
1966: How To Steal A Million (Fox)
1965: Lost In Space (Gnp)
1960: Academy Award Winning Soundtracks (Indépendant)
1958: The Beginning Of A Legend (1958) (Abeille)