1. John Towner Williams Semester Project By Shane Slack

2. Personal Info Born on February 8, 1932 in Long Island, NY Age – 81 Married to Barbara Ruick from 1956 until she passed away in 1974 Father of three children Married to Samantha Winslow in 1980

3. Education University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) The Juilliard School

4. Orchestra Career Conductor of The U.S. Air Force Band Principal Conductor of The Boston Pops Grand Marshall for the Rose Parade (Precedes the Rose Bowl football game)

5. Awards 5 Academy Awards 48 Academy Award Nominations 4 Golden Globes 2 Emmy Awards 7 BAFTA Awards 21 Grammy Awards

6. Famous Hollywood Movies with Music composed by Williams Superman (1978) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Star Wars (1977) E.T. (1982) Home Alone I & II (1990, 1992) Schindler's List (1993) The Goonies (1985) Harry Potter Saving Private Ryan (1998) Minority Report (2002) Jurassic Park (1993) JFK (1991)

7. My Favorite Williams Compositions The Imperial March “The Darth Vader Song” #1 film score in the last 100 years Played at many sporting events Composed for movie The Empire Strikes Back in 1980

8. My Favorite Williams Compositions Superman Prelude and Main Title March Composed for the 1979 movie Superman Parts of composition used in every Superman movie to date.

9. My Favorite Williams Compositions Raiders of the Lost Ark Composed for Indiana Jones movies Nominated for an Oscar

10. The Imperial March Composition is 3:03 long Strong presence of brass instruments String Percussion, and Woodwind instruments also present Introduction is definitely the most famous part. It's played twice during the piece.

11. Superman Theme and Main Title March Composition is 5:29 long Brass, Percussion, String, and Woodwind instruments used. Brass instruments start and finish the piece Brass and percussion instruments play main part of the actual Superman theme.

12. Raiders of the Lost Ark Composition is 5:10 long Brass, percussion, string, and woodwind instruments included The introduction is most popular part of the composition Introduction repeats three times throughout the piece