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This is a list of compositions by John Williams.

Film scores

The following list consists of select films for which John Williams composed the score and/or songs.

1950s

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1954	You Are Welcome[1][2][3]	—	Promotional film for the tourist information office of Newfoundland
1958	Daddy-O	Lou Place	Feature film debut Credited as Johnny Williams.

1960s

Year	Title	Director	Notes	Latest CD Release
1960	I Passed for White	Fred M. Wilcox	Credited as Johnny Williams
	Because They're Young	Paul Wendkos
1961	The Secret Ways	Phil Karlson Richard Widmark
1962	Bachelor Flat	Frank Tashlin Budd Grossman		Intrada / Special Collection Volume 83 / 2008
1963	Diamond Head	Guy Green
	Gidget Goes to Rome	Paul Wendkos
1964	Nightmare in Chicago	Robert Altman	Television film
	The Killers	Don Siegel	Credited as Johnny Williams Adapted material by Henry Mancini
	Redcap		Credited as Johnny Williams Television series; Episode "Nightwatch"	Film Score Monthly / FSM Vol. 14 No. 16 / 2011
1965	Lost in Space	Anton M. Leader Sobey Martin Paul Stanley	Credited as Johnny Williams Television series; Episodes "The Reluctant Stowaway," "Island in the Sky", "The Hungry Sea" and "Mr. Friend, Mr. Nobody"	As part of Lost In Space: 50th Anniversary Soundtrack Collection La-La Land Records / LLLCD 1366 / 2015
	None but the Brave	Frank Sinatra	Credited as Johnny Williams	Film Score Monthly / FSM Vol. 12 No. 12 / 2009
	The Ghostbreaker		Credited as Johnny Williams Television series; Episode "Ghosts in Glass Houses"	Film Score Monthly / FSM Vol. 8 No. 6 / 2005
	John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!	J. Lee Thompson	Credited as Johnny Williams	Film Score Monthly / FSM Vol. 4 No. 17 / 2001
1966	The Rare Breed	Andrew V. McLaglen
	How to Steal a Million	William Wyler		Intrada / Special Collection Volume 83 / 2008
	The Plainsman	David Lowell Rich
	Not with My Wife, You Don't!	Norman Panama		Film Score Monthly / FSM Vol. 14 No. 14 / 2011
	Penelope	Arthur Hiller		Paired with Henry Mancini's Bachelor in Paradise Film Score Monthly – FSM Vol. 7 No. 18 / 2004
	Time Tunnel	Irwin Allen	Credited as Johnny Williams Television series; Episode "Rendezvous With Yesterday"	As part of The Time Tunnel – Vol. 1 La-La Land Records - LLLCD1559 /2021
1967	Valley of the Dolls	Mark Robson	Credited as Johnny Williams Songs written by André and Dory Previn Nominated—Academy Award for Best Scoring of Music — Adaptation or Treatment
	A Guide for the Married Man	Gene Kelly	—	Film Score Monthly / FSM Vol. 3 No. 5 / 2000
	Fitzwilly	Delbert Mann	Credited as Johnny Williams	Music Box Records / MBR-035 / 2013
1968	Sergeant Ryker	Buzz Kulik
	Land of the Giants	Irwin Allen	Credited as Johnny Williams Television series; Episode "The Crash". Replaced a score by Alexander Courage	As part of Land Of The Giants: 50th Anniversary Soundtrack Collection La-La Land Records - LLLCD 1486 /2018
	Heidi	Delbert Mann	Television film	Quartet Records / SCE062 / 2013 Boston Pops Recordings / "Main Title & Overture" / 2016
1969	Daddy's Gone A-Hunting	Mark Robson
	Goodbye, Mr. Chips	Herbert Ross	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture — Original or Adaptation (shared with Leslie Bricusse)	Film Score Monthly – FSM Vol. 9 No. 6 / 2006 Boston Pops Recordings / "Overture" / 2016
	The Reivers	Mark Rydell	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Score — For a Motion Picture (Not a Musical)	Columbia/CK 66130 / 1995

1970s

Year	Title	Director	Notes	Latest CD Release
1970	Story of a Woman	Leonardo Bercovici	Only score for a non-English language film
	Jane Eyre	Delbert Mann	Television film
1971	Fiddler on the Roof	Norman Jewison	Adapted from material by Jerry Bock Academy Award for Best Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score
1972	The Cowboys	Mark Rydell		Varèse Sarabande / VCL 0618 1184 / 2018
	The Screaming Woman	Jack Smight	Television film
	The Poseidon Adventure	Ronald Neame	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score	La-La Land Records / LLLCD 1133 / 2010
	Pete 'n' Tillie	Martin Ritt	Credited as John T. Williams	Varèse Sarabande VCL 0317 1178 paired with an expanded Stanley & Iris in 2017.
	Images	Robert Altman	Composed with Stomu Yamashta Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score	Quartet Records / QR455 / 2021
1973	The Long Goodbye	Robert Altman	Also title song (with Johnny Mercer)	Quartet Records / QR185 / 2015
	Tom Sawyer	Don Taylor	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation (shared with Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman) Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (shared with Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman)	Varèse Sarabande / VSD-6601 / 2004
	The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing	Richard C. Sarafian	Replaced a score by Michel Legrand.	Film Score Monthly / FSM Vol. 5 No. 4 / 2002
	The Paper Chase	James Bridges	—
	Cinderella Liberty	Mark Rydell	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Song ("Nice to Be Around," lyrics by Paul Williams) Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
1974	Conrack	Martin Ritt
	The Sugarland Express	Steven Spielberg
	Earthquake	Mark Robson	Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score	As part of La-La Land Records' Disaster Movie Soundtrack Collection with The Towering Inferno and The Poseidon Adventure. LLLCD1516B / 2019
	The Towering Inferno	John Guillermin	BAFTA Award for Best Film Music (shared with Jaws) Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score	Boston Pops Recordings / "Main Title" / 2016
1975	The Eiger Sanction	Clint Eastwood	—	Intrada / ISC 465 / 2021
	Jaws	Steven Spielberg	Academy Award for Best Original Score BAFTA Award for Best Film Music (shared with The Towering Inferno) Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Grammy Award for Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special	Intrada / INT 7145 / 2015
1976	Family Plot	Alfred Hitchcock	—	Varèse Sarabande / VCL 1110 1115 / 2010
	The Missouri Breaks	Arthur Penn	—	Kritzerland / KR 20026-0 / 2013
	Midway	Jack Smight	—	Varèse Sarabande / VCL 1011 1124 / 2011; Boston Pops Recordings / "The Men of The Yorktown March (with the Middlesex Fifes & Drums Corps.)" / 2016
1977	Black Sunday	John Frankenheimer	—	Film Score Monthly / FSM Vol. 12 No. 19 / 2010
	Star Wars	George Lucas	Academy Award for Best Original Score BAFTA Award for Best Film Music Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition ("Main Title from Star Wars") Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance Grammy Award for Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special Nominated—Grammy Award for Album of the Year
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Steven Spielberg	Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition ("Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind") Grammy Award for Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance
1978	The Fury	Brian De Palma	—
	Jaws 2	Jeannot Szwarc	—
	Superman	Richard Donner	Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition ("Superman Main Title Theme") Grammy Award for Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance ("Superman - Main Title")
1979	Dracula	John Badham	—	Varèse Sarabande / VCL 1018 1188 / 2018
	1941	Steven Spielberg

1980s

Year	Title	Director	Notes	Latest CD Release
1980	The Empire Strikes Back	Irvin Kershner	BAFTA Award for Best Film Music Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition (The Empire Strikes Back - Soundtrack) Grammy Award for Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition ("The Imperial March") Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition ("Yoda's Theme") Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance ("Yoda's Theme")
1981	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Steven Spielberg	Grammy Award for Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Film Music
	Heartbeeps	Allan Arkush	—
1982	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	Steven Spielberg	Academy Award for Best Original Score BAFTA Award for Best Film Music Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition ("Flying" - Theme from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial) Grammy Award for Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special Grammy Award for Best Arrangement on an Instrumental Recording ("Flying" - Theme from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial) Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition ("Adventure on Earth") Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial soundtrack)	Boston Pops Recordings / "Stargazers" / 2016
	Yes, Giorgio	Franklin J. Schaffner	Songs only; score composed by Michael J. Lewis Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Song ("If We Were In Love," lyrics by Alan & Marilyn Bergman) Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song ("If We Were In Love," lyrics by Alan & Marilyn Bergman)	Space Sounds Syndicate / YES-CD19861982 / 2004
	Monsignor	Frank Perry	Nominated—Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Musical Score
1983	Return of the Jedi	Richard Marquand	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
1984	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Steven Spielberg	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Score
	The River	Mark Rydell	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
1986	SpaceCamp	Harry Winer	—	Space Sounds Syndicate / YES-CD19861982 / 2004
1987	The Witches of Eastwick	George Miller	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television	Boston Pops Recordings / "Devil's Dance" / 2016
	Empire of the Sun	Steven Spielberg	BAFTA Award for Best Film Music Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television
	Superman IV: The Quest for Peace	Sidney J. Furie	Adapted and conducted by Alexander Courage, three new themes
1988	The Accidental Tourist	Lawrence Kasdan	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
1989	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	Steven Spielberg	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television
	Born on the Fourth of July	Oliver Stone	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Arrangement on an Instrumental
	Always	Steven Spielberg

1990s

Year	Title	Director	Notes	Latest CD Release
1990	Stanley & Iris	Martin Ritt
	Presumed Innocent	Alan J. Pakula	—
	Home Alone	Chris Columbus	Replaced Bruce Broughton Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Song ("Somewhere in My Memory," lyrics by Leslie Bricusse) Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television ("Somewhere in My Memory," lyrics by Leslie Bricusse)
1991	Hook	Steven Spielberg	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Song ("When You're Alone," lyrics by Leslie Bricusse) Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or Television
	JFK	Oliver Stone	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Score
1992	Far and Away	Ron Howard
	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	Chris Columbus
1993	Jurassic Park	Steven Spielberg	Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or Television
	Schindler's List		Academy Award for Best Original Score BAFTA Award for Best Film Music Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or Television
1995	Sabrina	Sydney Pollack	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Song ("Moonlight," lyrics by Alan & Marilyn Bergman) Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or Television ("Moonlight," lyrics by Alan & Marilyn Bergman)	Boston Pops Recordings / "Theme" / 2016
	Nixon	Oliver Stone	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score
1996	Sleepers	Barry Levinson	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score	Boston Pops Recordings / "Reunion & Finale" / 2016
1997	Rosewood	John Singleton	Replaced Wynton Marsalis
	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Steven Spielberg	Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or Television
	Seven Years in Tibet	Jean-Jacques Annaud	Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or Television
	Amistad	Steven Spielberg	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or Television
1998	Saving Private Ryan		Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or Television Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
	Stepmom	Chris Columbus	Replaced Patrick Doyle
1999	Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace	George Lucas	Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media
	Angela's Ashes	Alan Parker	Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition (Theme from Angela's Ashes) Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score

2000s

Year	Title	Director	Notes	Latest CD Release
2000	The Patriot	Roland Emmerich	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Score	Boston Pops Recordings / "Theme" / 2016
2001	A.I. Artificial Intelligence	Steven Spielberg	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media
	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	Chris Columbus	Released internationally as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition ("Hedwig's Theme") Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media
2002	Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones	George Lucas
	Minority Report	Steven Spielberg
	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Chris Columbus	Adapted and conducted by William Ross Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media
	Catch Me If You Can	Steven Spielberg	Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement ("Escapades" for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra - 2017) Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media
2004	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Alfonso Cuarón	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media
	The Terminal	Steven Spielberg		Boston Pops Recordings / "Viktor's Tale" / 2016
2005	Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith	George Lucas	Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition ("Anakin's Betrayal") Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media
	War of the Worlds	Steven Spielberg	Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition ("The Ferry Scene")
	Memoirs of a Geisha	Rob Marshall	BAFTA Award for Best Film Music Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition ("Sayuri's Theme and End Credits")
	Munich	Steven Spielberg	Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition ("A Prayer for Peace") Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media
2008	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull		Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition ("The Adventures of Mutt") Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media

2010s

Year	Title	Director	Notes	Latest CD Release
2011	The Adventures of Tintin	Steven Spielberg	First score for an animated film Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
	War Horse		Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Film Music Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
2012	Lincoln		Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Film Music Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
2013	The Book Thief	Brian Percival	Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition ("The Book Thief") Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Film Music Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
2015	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	J. J. Abrams	Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Film Music	Boston Pops Recordings / "Suite" / 2016; Boston Pops Recordings / "March Of The Resistance" / 2016; Boston Pops Recordings / "Rey's Theme" / 2016; Boston Pops Recordings / "Scherzo For X-Wings" / 2016; Boston Pops Recordings / "The Jedi Steps" / 2016; Boston Pops Recordings / "Finale" / 2016
2016	The BFG	Steven Spielberg
2017	Dear Basketball	Glen Keane	Short film
	Star Wars: The Last Jedi	Rian Johnson	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
	The Post	Steven Spielberg	Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
2018	Solo: A Star Wars Story	Ron Howard	Credited for Han Solo theme and original Star Wars music Score composed and adapted by John Powell[4][5] Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition ("Mine Mission," shared with John Powell)
2019	Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker[6]	J. J. Abrams	Williams's final score for a Star Wars film[7] Nominated—Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Film Music Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

2020s

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2022	The Fabelmans[8]	Steven Spielberg
2023	Untitled fifth Indiana Jones film[9][10]	James Mangold	Post-production[11]

The Olympics

Williams has composed music for four Olympic Games:

• "Olympic Fanfare and Theme" – 1984 Summer Olympics, Los Angeles

  Written specifically for the opening ceremonies. In a 1996 re-release, the opening trumpet fanfare was replaced with "Bugler's Dream", a previous Olympic Theme written by Leo Arnaud. This recording has been used as the theme for NBC's Olympic coverage ever since. Williams received a Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition.

• "The Olympic Spirit" – 1988 Summer Olympics, Seoul

  Commissioned by NBC Sports for their television coverage. Williams received a Grammy nomination for Best Instrumental Composition.

• "Summon the Heroes" – 1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta, Georgia

  Written in commemoration of the Centennial of the Modern Olympic Games. Premiering on July 19, 1996, the piece features heavy use of the brass and wind sections and is approximately six minutes in length. Principal Boston Pops trumpeter Timothy Morrison played the opening solo on the album recording. It has been arranged for various types of ensembles, including wind ensembles. This theme is now used prevalently by NBC for intros and outros to commercial breaks of the Olympics.

• "Call of the Champions" – 2002 Winter Olympics, Salt Lake City, Utah

Television

Year	Title	Notes
1958	Playhouse 90	Episode: "The Right Hand Man"
1958–1959	M Squad
1958–1964	Wagon Train
1959	Markham	Episode: "Woman of Arles"
1959–1960	Bachelor Father
1960	Tales of Wells Fargo
1960–1962	Checkmate	Theme Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
	General Electric Theater	Episodes: "Ten Days in the Sun" and "Journal of Hope"
1961	Kraft Mystery Theatre
1961–1963	Alcoa Premiere	Theme
1962–1963	Wide Country	Theme
1963	The Eleventh Hour	Episode: "The Bronze Locust"
1963–1965	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Theme
1963–1967	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre	Theme
1964	Breaking Point	Episode: "Better Than a Dead Lion"
1964–1965	Gilligan's Island
1965	Ben Casey	Episode: "A Little Fun to Match the Sorrow"
	Lost in Space	Episodes: "My Friend, Mr. Nobody", The Hungry Sea", "Island in the Sky" and "The Reluctant Stowaway"
1966	The Tammy Grimes Show	Theme Episode: "How to Steal a Girl Even If It's Only Me"
1966–1968	The Time Tunnel	Theme Episode: "Rendezvous with Yesterday"
1968	Land of the Giants	Episode: "The Crash"
	CBS Playhouse	Episode: "Saturday Adoption"
1976	48th Academy Awards	Musical director
1981–2005	Evening at Pops	Theme
1985–1987	Amazing Stories	Theme Episodes: "The Mission" and "Ghost Train"
2009	Great Performances	Theme
2022	Obi-Wan Kenobi	Theme Score composed by Natalie Holt Theme adapted by William Ross

• For NBC (United States):
  • NBC News – "The Mission"
    • NBC Nightly News
    • The Today Show
    • Meet the Press
  • NBC Sunday Night Football[12]

Concertos

Composition Year	Title	Premiere Date	Premiere Performers	Notes
1969	Concerto for Flute and Orchestra	1981	Leonard Slatkin/St. Louis Symphony Orchestra – Peter Lloyd, flute – St. Louis
1976	Concerto for Violin and Orchestra	1981-01-29	Leonard Slatkin/St. Louis Symphony Orchestra – Mark Peskanov, violin – St. Louis	Composed at the suggestion of Barbara Ruick, first wife of the composer. Begun in 1974, shortly after Ruick's death, and completed in 1976
1985	Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra	1985-05-08	John Williams/Boston Pops Orchestra – Chester Schmitz, tuba – Boston	Composed in 1985 for the Centennial of the Boston Pops
1991	Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra	1991-04-13	John Williams/Riverside County Philharmonic – Michele Zukovsky, clarinet – Los Angeles	Composed in 1991 for Michele Zukovsky, principal clarinet of the LA Philharmonic[13]
1993	Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra (The Five Sacred Trees)	1995-04-15	Kurt Masur/New York Philharmonic – Judith LeClair, bassoon	Composed in 1993 for the 150th celebration of the New York Philharmonic
1994	Concerto for Cello and Orchestra	1994-07-07	John Williams/Boston Symphony Orchestra – Yo-Yo Ma, cello – Tanglewood	Composed in 1994 for the opening of the Seiji Ozawa Hall in Tanglewood
1996	Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra	1996-10	Christoph von Dohnányi/Cleveland Orchestra – Michael Sachs, trumpet	Composed in 1996 for Michael Sachs, first trumpet of the Cleveland Orchestra
1997 rev. 2002	Elegy for Cello and Orchestra		Premiered by John Williams, piano, and John Waltz, cello. Later arranged for cello and orchestra	Composed in 1997 for a memorial service in Los Angeles. Based on a secondary theme from Seven Years in Tibet
2000	TreeSong for Violin and Orchestra	2000-07-08	John Williams/Boston Symphony Orchestra – Gil Shaham, violin	Composed in 2000 for Gil Shaham
2001	Heartwood: Lyric Sketches for Cello and Orchestra	2002-08-04	John Williams/Boston Symphony Orchestra – Yo-Yo Ma, cello – Boston	Composed in 2001 for Yo-Yo Ma
2003	Concerto for Horn and Orchestra	2003-11-29	John Williams/Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Dale Clevenger, horn – Chicago	Composed for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's principal horn Dale Clevenger
2007	Duo Concertante for Violin and Viola	2007-08-17	John Williams/Boston Pops Orchestra – Victor Romanul, violin – Michael Zaretsky, viola – Tanglewood	Composed for Michael Zaretsky
2009	Concerto for Viola and Orchestra	2009-05-26	John Williams/Boston Symphony Orchestra – Boston	Composed for Cathy Basrak. Unreleased
2009	On Willows and Birches (Concerto for Harp and Orchestra)	2009-09-23	John Williams/Boston Symphony Orchestra – Boston	Composed for Ann Hobson Pilot
2011	Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra	2011-05-25	John Williams/Boston Pops Orchestra – Keisuke Wakao, oboe – Boston	Composed for Keisuke Wakao
2014	Scherzo for Piano and Orchestra	2014-07-03	China Philharmonic Orchestra – Lang Lang, piano – Beijing	Composed for the Music in the Summer Air Festival
2017	Markings for solo violin, strings, and harp	2017-07-16	Andris Nelsons/Boston Symphony Orchestra – Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin – Tanglewood	Composed for Anne-Sophie Mutter
2018	Highwood's Ghost, An Encounter for Cello, Harp and Orchestra	2018-08-19	Andris Nelsons/Boston Symphony Orchestra – Yo-Yo Ma, cello – Jessica Zhou, harp – Tanglewood	Composed for Yo-Yo Ma and Jessica Zhou
2021	Violin Concerto No. 2	2021-07-24	John Williams/Boston Symphony Orchestra – Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin – Tanglewood	Composed for Anne-Sophie Mutter

Celebration pieces and other concert works

• "Prelude and Fugue for Orchestra" (1965). Premiered by the Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra conducted by Stan Kenton. The original Kenton version is on the album Stan Kenton Conducts the Los Angeles Neophonic Orchestra. Another recording is available for download in MP3 at the United States Marine Band website.
• "Essay for Strings" (1965)
• "Symphony No. 1" (1966), premiered by Houston Symphony under André Previn in 1968. Williams reworked the piece in 1988 (scheduled to be performed by the San Francisco Symphony during a visit as guest conductor in early 1990s but pulled before the performance).
• "Sinfonietta for Wind Ensemble" (1968), commissioned and first recorded in 1970 by Eastman Wind Ensemble under Donald Hunsberger.[14]
• "A Nostalgic Jazz Odyssey" (1971)
• Thomas and The King (musical, 1975), premiered in London. Recorded in 1981 by the Original Cast.
• "Jubilee 350 Fanfare" (1980), premiered by the Boston Pops conducted by Williams. Piece celebrating the 350th anniversary of the City of Boston
• "Fanfare for a Festive Occasion" (1980), composed for by the Boston Civic Orchestra and its conductor Max Hobart, and premiered on November 14, 1980.[15]
• "Pops on the March" (1981). Composed as a tribute to Arthur Fiedler
• "America, the Dream Goes On" (1982)
• "Esplanade Overture" (1983)
• Liberty Fanfare (1986), premiered on July 4, 1986, by the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra. Piece composed for the Liberty Weekend Centennial of the Statue of Liberty
• "Celebration Fanfare" (1986). Composed for the sesquicentennial of the Texas Declaration of Independence
• "A Hymn to New England" (1987)
• "We're Looking Good!" (1987). Composed for the 1987 Special Olympics World Games
• "Fanfare for Michael Dukakis" (1988). Composed for Michael Dukakis' presidential campaign and premiered at the 1988 Democratic National Convention
• "Fanfare for Ten-Year-Olds" (1988)
• "For New York" (Variations on theme by Leonard Bernstein) (1988). Composed for Leonard Bernstein's 70th birthday celebrations
• "Winter Games Fanfare" (1989)
• "Celebrate Discovery!" (1990). Composed for the 500th anniversary celebration of the arrival of Columbus in America
• "Aloft... To the Royal Masthead" (1992), for the visiting Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
• "Sound the Bells!" (1993), composed in honor of the wedding of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako.
• "Song for World Peace" (1994)
• "Variations on Happy Birthday" (1995)
• "Satellite Celebration" (1995)
• "Seven for Luck" (1998)
• "American Journey" (1999). Portions premiered as accompaniment to a film by Steven Spielberg as part of the Millennium Celebration in Washington D.C. December 31, 1999
• "For Seiji!" (1999). Tribute to conductor Seiji Ozawa, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra on April 23, 1999
• "Three Pieces for Solo Cello" (2001)
• "Soundings" (2003), composed for the Walt Disney Concert Hall
• "Star Spangled Banner" (2007), special arrangement for game 1 of the 2007 World Series played by the Boston Pops Orchestra
• "A Timeless Call" (2008). Score to the Steven Spielberg war veteran tribute film shown on day 3 of the 2008 Democratic National Convention
• "Air and Simple Gifts", performed by Itzhak Perlman on violin, Yo-Yo Ma on cello, Gabriela Montero on piano, and Anthony McGill on clarinet. Composed for the Barack Obama 2009 presidential inauguration
• "Viktor's Tale" (2010), for clarinet and concert band. From "The Terminal".
• "La Jolla Quartet: A Chamber Piece for Violin, Cello, Clarinet, and Harp" (2011). Premiered August 2011 at the La Jolla Music Society's SummerFest[16]
• "A Young Person's Guide to the Cello" for solo cello (2011)
• "Fanfare for Fenway" (2012), Premiered April 2012 as part of the Boston Red Sox's commemoration of their 100th anniversary in Fenway Park.[17]
• "Rounds" (2012), for solo guitar - Composed for Spanish guitarist Pablo Sáinz Villegas and premiered in June 2012 at the Parkening International Guitar Competition in Malibu.[18]
• "Fanfare for 'The President's Own'" (2013), Premiered May 2013 for the United States Marine Band's 215th anniversary.[19]
• "Conversations" (2013), a four-movement work for solo piano. The first two movements were premiered by pianist Gloria Cheng on July 22, 2013, at the Mendocino Music Festival in California. She premiered the entire work in November on the Piano Spheres series in Los Angeles.[20] A recording of "Conversations" was released on February 10, 2015, as part of Gloria Cheng's solo album 'Montage'.[21]
• "Music for Brass" for Brass Ensemble and Percussion (2014), premiered on June 12 by the National Brass Ensemble.[22]
• "A Toast!" (2014), celebrating the arrival of Andris Nelsons as new music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
• "Just Down West Street...on the left" (2015), Tanglewood Music Center 75th Anniversary commission.
• Theme and ambient music for Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge attractions (2018–2019)[23]
• "Overture to the Oscars", premiered at Tanglewood’s ‘Film Night’ 2021 (August 13)[24]
• "Fanfare for Solo Trumpet", composed for David Geffen Hall Reopening (2022)[25]
• "Centennial Overture", composed in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Hollywood Bowl (2022) [26]

References

Sources

"John Williams Compositions". johnwilliams.org. Retrieved 20 September 2018.

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