<P> John Towner Williams ( born February 8 , 1932 ) is an American composer , conductor , and pianist . With a career spanning over six decades , he has composed some of the most popular , recognizable , and critically acclaimed film scores in cinematic history , including those of the Star Wars series , Jaws , Close Encounters of the Third Kind , Superman , E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial , the Indiana Jones series , the first two Home Alone films , Hook , the first two Jurassic Park films , Schindler 's List , and the first three Harry Potter films . Williams has been associated with director Steven Spielberg since 1974 , composing music for all but three of his feature films . Other works by Williams include theme music for the 1984 Summer Olympic Games , NBC Sunday Night Football , `` The Mission '' theme used by NBC News and Seven News in Australia , the television series Lost in Space and Land of the Giants , and the incidental music for the first season of Gilligan 's Island . Williams has also composed numerous classical concertos and other works for orchestral ensembles and solo instruments . From 1980 to 1993 he served as the Boston Pops 's principal conductor , and is currently the orchestra 's laureate conductor . </P>
<P> John Towner Williams ( born February 8 , 1932 ) is an American composer , conductor , and pianist . With a career spanning over six decades , he has composed some of the most popular , recognizable , and critically acclaimed film scores in cinematic history , including those of the Star Wars series , Jaws , Close Encounters of the Third Kind , Superman , E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial , the Indiana Jones series , the first two Home Alone films , Hook , the first two Jurassic Park films , Schindler 's List , and the first three Harry Potter films . Williams has been associated with director Steven Spielberg since 1974 , composing music for all but three of his feature films . Other works by Williams include theme music for the 1984 Summer Olympic Games , NBC Sunday Night Football , `` The Mission '' theme used by NBC News and Seven News in Australia , the television series Lost in Space and Land of the Giants , and the incidental music for the first season of Gilligan 's Island . Williams has also composed numerous classical concertos and other works for orchestral ensembles and solo instruments . From 1980 to 1993 he served as the Boston Pops 's principal conductor , and is currently the orchestra 's laureate conductor . </P>
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John Towner Williams
John Towner Williams