Tracksounds — INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC CRITICS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 2015 IFMCA AWARDS; JOHN WILLIAMS WINS THREE AWARDS FOR STAR WARSFEBRUARY 18, 2015 — The International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) announces its list of winners for excelle... more info

Tracksounds — Episode 83 - Star Wars:  The Force AwakensThe Soundcast returns to a galaxy far, far away!  Author Doug Adams (The Music of the Lord of the Rings Films), Kristen Romanelli (Managing Editor of Film Music Magazine Online) and Eric Woods (Host of Cine... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis You may not have seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens yet (it only opened yesterday) and you probably haven't seen Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight (it opens on Christmas Day) but you can listen to those two... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — “Star Wars” without John Williams would be like the Skywalker family without the Force: missing much of its power. Williams, 83, has given the sci-fi series, now seven entries strong, its musical lifeblood from its introduction in 1977 through th... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — One of the surprise stars in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” is a musical one: Gustavo Dudamel, music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted the opening and end titles music by composer John Williams. Dudamel recalled his disbelief wh... more info

Yahoo! Music — It just so happened that film composer John Williams had told Abrams that he'd prefer not to handle the tunes for the new film's nostalgic scene. more info

Time — It will be the first time in 44 years that the American Film Institute's honor has been given to a composer more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Oscar-winning composer John Williams ("Jaws," "Star Wars," "E.T. The  Extra-Terrestrial,"  "Schindler's List") was named the 44th AFI Life Achievement Award recipient Thursday by the American Film Institute Board of Trustees. Williams is the first ... more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - John Williams, the prolific composer of numerous memorable movie scores including "Star Wars," "Jaws," "Indiana Jones" and "Harry Potter," will receive a lifetime achievement award from the American Film Institute, the organiz... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — If you can hum a classic movie theme song, there’s a good chance it was written by John Williams. From “Star Wars” and “E.T.: The Extraterrestrial” to “Jaws” and “Harry Potter,” the superstar composer has, over nearly six decades,... more info