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literature list on: Williams, John
number of items: 42
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#1
Bassetti, Sergio: Jurassic Park. In: Cineforum 33. 1993. No. ?N(328). [October] p. 96.
Description:
 On the film score by John Williams. 
Index:
 Spielberg, Steven 
 Williams, John 
 Jurassic Park (1993) 
 Musik ~ Music 
#2
Berthomieu, Pierre: Le retour de Star Wars: Héritage hollywoodien et guerre des sons. In: Positif 1997. No. 435. [May] pp. 96-97.
Description:
 On John Williams’s scores for the first three Star Wars films. 
Index:
 Williams, John 
 Lucas, George 
 Kershner, Irvin 
 Marquand, Richard 
 Star Wars (Filmreihe) 
 Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope / Star Wars (1977/1997) 
 Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back / Empire Strikes Back, The (1980/1997) 
 Star Wars Episode VI - Return of the Jedi / Return of the Jedi (1983/1997) 
 Star Wars ~ Star Wars 
 Musik ~ Music 
 Krieg ~ War 
 Hollywood ~ Hollywood 
#3
Bertolina, Gian Carlo: John Williams, la musica la trascendenza (riflessioni). In: Filmcritica 34. 1983. No. 333. [April] pp. 161-163.
Description:
 Discusses, among others, Williams’s work for Steven Spielberg’s E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial. 
Index:
 Williams, John 
 Spielberg, Steven 
 E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 
 Musik ~ Music 
#4
Bond, Jeff: Force-ful. In: Cinefantastique 37. 2005. No. 3. [June] p. 56.
Description:
 On John Williams’s score for Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of he Sith. 
Index:
 Lucas, George 
 Williams, John 
 Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) 
#5
Buchsbaum, Tony: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. In: Soundtrack: The Collector’s Quarterly 21. 2002. No. 84. [Winter] p. 10.
Description:
 On John Williams’ film score. 
Index:
 Columbus, Chris 
 Williams, John 
 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) 
#6
Buchsbaum, Tony: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. In: Soundtrack: The Collector’s Quarterly 20. 2001. No. 80. [Winter] p. 46.
Description:
 On John Williams’s film score. 
Index:
 Columbus, Chris 
 Williams, John 
 Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone / Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001) 
#7
Buchsbaum, Tony: Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. In: Soundtrack: The Collector’s Quarterly 21. 2002. No. 82. [Summer] pp. 10-11.
Description:
 On the film score by John Williams. 
Index:
 Lucas, George 
 Williams, John 
 Star Wars Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) 
 Musik ~ Music 
#8
Byrd, Craig L.: The Star Wars interview: John Williams. In: Film Score Monthly 2. 1997. No. 1. [?D] pp. 18-21.
Index:
 Lucas, George 
 Williams, John 
 Star Wars (Filmreihe) 
#9
Cantaloube, Thomas: John Williams: Les dents de la mer. In: Cahiers du Cinéma 1995. Hors-série. p. 130.
Index:
 Spielberg, Steven 
 Williams, John 
 Jaws (1975) 
#10
Dyer, Richard: John Williams. In: Soundtrack: The Collector’s Quarterly 18. 1999. No. ?N. [Summer] pp. 4-6.
Index:
 Williams, John 
 Lucas, George 
 Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) 
#11
Grant, William / O’Connell, John: Force feeding. In: Time Out 1996. No. 1353. [July 24] pp. 24-25.
Description:
 On the digital revision of the first three Star Wars films. 
Index:
 Lucas, George 
 Kershner, Irvin 
 Marquand, Richard 
 Williams, John 
 Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope / Star Wars (1977/1997) 
 Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back / Empire Strikes Back, The (1980/1997) 
 Star Wars Episode VI - Return of the Jedi / Return of the Jedi (1983/1997) 
 Star Wars (Filmreihe) 
 Technik: Computer ~ Technology: Computer 
#12
Gross, Edward: War of the worlds. In: Cinefantastique 37. 2005. No. 6/7. [September/October] p. 85.
Description:
 On John Williams’s score. 
Index:
 Spielberg, Steven 
 Williams, John 
 War of the Worlds (2005) 
#13
Hogenbirk, Kees: De ring van Williams. In: Skrien 1999. No. 237. [October] p. 66.
Description:
 On John Williams’s score for George Lucas’s Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace. 
Index:
 Lucas, George 
 Williams, John 
 Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) 
 Musik ~ Music 
#14
Hogenbirk, Kees: Gladde film, woeste klanken. In: Skrien 1997. No. 217. [October] p. 66.
Description:
 On John Williams’s score for Steven Spielberg’s The Lost World: Jurassic Park. 
Index:
 Spielberg, Steven 
 Williams, John 
 Lost World, The: Jurassic Park (1997) 
 Musik ~ Music 
#15
Hogenbirk, Kees: Nieuwe romantiek. In: Skrien 1997. No. 214. [June/July] pp. 80-81.
Description:
 On John Williams’s score for the first three Star Wars films. 
Index:
 Lucas, George 
 Kershner, Irvin 
 Marquand, Richard 
 Williams, John 
 Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope / Star Wars (1977/1997) 
 Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back / Empire Strikes Back, The (1980/1997) 
 Star Wars Episode VI - Return of the Jedi / Return of the Jedi (1983/1997) 
 Star Wars (Filmreihe) 
 Musik ~ Music 
 Romantik ~ Romanticism 
#16
John Williams and Star Wars, 1997. In: The Hollywood film music reader. Edited by Mervyn Cooke. - Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press 2010. p. ?P.
Index:
 Williams, John 
 Lucas, George 
 Star Wars (Filmreihe) 
 Musik ~ Music 
 Hollywood ~ Hollywood 
#17
Koppl, Rudy: John Williams live in 2002: E.T.. In: Soundtrack: The Collector’s Quarterly 21. 2002. No. 83. [Fall] pp. 26-31.
Description:
 On a concert with film music from the Spielberg classic on occasion of the 70. birthday of composer John Williams. 
Index:
 Spielberg, Steven 
 Williams, John 
 E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 
 Musik ~ Music 
#18
Lamacraft, Jane: Space Chimps 2. In: Sight and Sound NS 20. 2010. No. 8. [August] p. 75.
Index:
 Williams, John H. 
 Space Chimps 2: Zartog Strikes Back (2010) 
#19
Larson, Randall D.: Star Wars trilogy. In: Soundtrack: The Collector’s Quarterly 13. 1994. No. 49. [March] pp. 20-22.
Description:
 On an edition with the film scores by John Williams. 
Index:
 Lucas, George 
 Kershner, Irvin 
 Marquand, Richard 
 Williams, John 
 Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope / Star Wars (1977/1997) 
 Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back / Empire Strikes Back, The (1980/1997) 
 Star Wars Episode VI - Return of the Jedi / Return of the Jedi (1983/1997) 
 Star Wars (Filmreihe) 
 Musik ~ Music 
#20
Lerner, Neil: Nostalgia, masculinist discourse, and authoritarianism in John Williams’ scores for Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. In: Off the planet: Music, sound and science fiction cinema. Edited by Philip Hayward. - London: John Libbey / Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press 2004. p. ?P.
Index:
 Williams, John 
 Lucas, George 
 Spielberg, Steven 
 Star Wars (Filmreihe) 
 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 
 Männer ~ Men 
 Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction 
 Musik ~ Music 
#21
Maassen, Henk: Componist John Williams als verteller. In: Score [NL] ?G. 1999. No. 112. [September] pp. 2-4.
Index:
 Williams, John 
 Lucas, George 
 Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) 
#22
Matessino, Michael: The comprehensive reference for the John Williams music scores. In: Film Score Monthly 2. 1997. No. 1. [?D] pp. 12-17.
Index:
 Williams, John 
 Lucas, George 
 Star Wars (Filmreihe) 
 Musik ~ Music 
#23
Mehring, Frank: Magische Kontaktaufnahmen: Ein Portrait des Filmkomponisten John Williams. In: Film-Dienst 55. 2002. No. 26. [December 17] pp. 17-19.
Description:
 Discusses, among others, Williams’ music for Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind. 
Index:
 Williams, John 
 Spielberg, Steven 
 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 
 Magie ~ Magic 
 Musik ~ Music 
#24
Merluzeau, Y. / Neckebroeck, K.: An interview with John Williams / By Hook or by crook. In: Soundtrack: The Collector’s Quarterly 12. 1993. No. 47. [September] pp. 4-9, 43.
Description:
 Interview with the composer on his work for George Lucas and Steven Spielberg; especially for Hook. 
Index:
 Williams, John 
 Lucas, George 
 Spielberg, Steven 
 Hook (1991) 
 Musik ~ Music 
#25
Moormann, Peter: Composing with types and flexible modules: John Williams’ two-note ostinato for Jaws and its use in film-music history. In: The Journal of Film Music 5. 2012. No. 1/2. [?D] pp. 165-168.
Index:
 Spielberg, Steven 
 Williams, John 
 Jaws (1975) 
 Musik ~ Music 
#26
Moormann, Peter: Spielberg-Variationen: Die Filmmusik von John Williams. - Baden-Baden: Nomos / Edition Fischer 2010. (= Filmstudien 57.).
Reviews:
 Mundhenke, Florian: [untitled.] In: Medienwissenschaft 2011. No. 2. pp. 233-235. 
Index:
 Spielberg, Steven 
 Williams, John 
 Musik ~ Music 
#27
Mörchen, Roland: Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. In: Film-Dienst 55. 2002. No. 2. [January 15] p. 45.
Description:
 On a CD edition of John Williams’s score for Chris Columbus’s Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. 
Index:
 Columbus, Chris 
 Williams, John 
 Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone / Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001) 
#28
Mörchen, Roland: Star Wars - Episode 1. In: Film-Dienst 52. 1999. No. 19. [September 14] p. 43.
Description:
 On John Williams’s score for George Lucas’s Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace. 
Index:
 Lucas, George 
 Williams, John 
 Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) 
 Musik ~ Music 
#29
Neckebroeck, Kjell: Jurassk Park. In: Soundtrack: The Collector’s Quarterly 12. 1993. No. 47. [September] p. 6.
Description:
 On the film score by John Williams. 
Index:
 Spielberg, Steven 
 Williams, John 
 Jurassic Park (1993) 
 Musik ~ Music 
#30
Neckebroeck, Kjell: The Lost World: Jurassk Park. In: Soundtrack: The Collector’s Quarterly 16. 1997. No. 62. [June] p. 59.
Description:
 On the film score by John Williams. 
Index:
 Spielberg, Steven 
 Williams, John 
 Lost World, The: Jurassic Park (1997) 
 Musik ~ Music 
#31
Pugliese, Roberto: Parabola di un sogno. In: Segnocinema 8. 1988. No. 33. [?D] pp. 46-47.
Description:
 On the collaboration between composer John Williams and director Steven Spielberg. 
Index:
 Spielberg, Steven 
 Williams, John 
 Traum ~ Dreams 
 Musik ~ Music 
#32
Rodman, Ron: John Williams’ music to Lost in Space: The monumental, the profound, and the hyperbolic. In: Music in science fiction television: Tuned to the future. Edited by K. J. Donnelly and Philip Hayward. - New York: Routledge 2013. (= Routledge music and screen media.) p. ?P.
Index:
 Williams, John 
 Lost in Space (TV) 
 Fernsehen ~ Television 
 Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction 
 Musik ~ Music 
#33
Seib, Burkhard: John Williams. In: Enzyklopädie des phantastischen Films. 39. Ergänzungslieferung. - Meitingen: Corian-Verlag, Februar 1995.
Index:
 Williams, John 
#34
Sødtholt, Dag: Musikk for David. In: Z Filmtidsskrift ?G. 2003. No. ?N(83). [April] pp. 16-23.
Description:
 On John Williams’s score for Steven Spielberg’s A.I. - Artificial Intelligence. 
Index:
 Spielberg, Steven 
 Williams, John 
 A.I. - Artificial Intelligence (2001) 
 Musik ~ Music 
#35
Star Wars - Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Original film scores by John Williams. In: High Fidelity and Musical America 28. 1978. No. ?N. [June] pp. 111-113.
Index:
 Williams, John 
 Lucas, George 
 Spielberg, Steven 
 Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope / Star Wars (1977/1997) 
 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 
 Musik ~ Music 
#36
Star Wars; Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Original film scores by John Williams. In: High Fidelity and Musical America 28. 1978. No. ?N. [June] pp. 111-13.
Index:
 Williams, John 
 Lucas, George 
 Spielberg, Steven 
 Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope / Star Wars (1977/1997) 
 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 
#37
Thaxton, Ford A.: John Williams. In: Soundtrack: The Collector’s Quarterly 18. 1999. No. ?N. [Summer] pp. 10-13.
Index:
 Lucas, George 
 Williams, John 
 Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) 
#38
Thaxton, Ford A.: William Ross: Rising to the occasion adapting John 
 Williams for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. In: Soundtrack: The Collector’s Quarterly 21. 2002. No. 84. [Winter] pp. 8-9.
Description:
 Interview with the composer. 
Index:
 Columbus, Chris 
 Williams, John 
 Ross, William 
 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) 
 Musik ~ Music 
#39
Vallerand, F.: Accords parfaits et dissonances. In: Séquences ?G. 1983. No. 111. [January] pp. 96-97.
Description:
 On the film scores by John Williams for Steven Spielberg’s E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial und of Jerry Goldsmith for Tobe Hooper’s Poltergeist. 
Index:
 Williams, John 
 Spielberg, Steven 
 Goldsmith, Jerry 
 Hooper, Tobe 
 E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 
 Poltergeist (1982) 
 Musik ~ Music 
#40
Vallerand, Francois: Musique de films: John Williams et The Empire Strikes Back. In: Séquences ?G. 1980. No. 101. [July] pp. 49-50.
Index:
 Kershner, Irvin 
 Williams, John 
 Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back / Empire Strikes Back, The (1980/1997) 
 Musik ~ Music 
#41
van de Merwe, Piet: Sovjetheld en reuzenhaai eindelijk integraal. In: Skrien 33. 2001. No. 2. [March] p. 53.
Description:
 On Sergei Prokofiev’s score for Eisenstein’s Aleksander Newskij and on John Williams’s music for Steven Spielberg’s Jaws. 
Index:
 Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich 
 Eisenstein, Sergei Mikhailovich 
 Williams, John 
 Spielberg, Steven 
 Aleksander Newskij (1938) 
 Jaws (1975) 
 Musik ~ Music 
 Helden ~ Heros 
#42
Webster, Jamie: The music of Harry Potter: Continuity and change in the first five films. - Eugene, Oregon: University of Oregon, Ph.D. 2009. [Abstract in: Dissertation Abstracts International A 71. 2010. No. 2. (August)]
Description:
 On the work of composers John Williams, Patrick Doyle and Nicholas Hooper. 
Index:
 Williams, John 
 Doyle, Patrick 
 Hooper, Nicholas 
 Harry Potter (Filmreihe) 
 Musik ~ Music 
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