John Williams

John Towner Williams KBE (born February 8, 1932) is a composer, conductor, and pianist. He has composed nearly all of the music heard in the Star Wars films. He has also composed scores for multiple other well-known movies and television shows, including Indiana Jones, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Superman. Williams announced his intention to retire from film score composing after the release of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny in 2023 to focus more on composing independent orchestral and symphonic pieces, though he later rescinded this.

In September 2022, John Williams and former Disney chief Bob Iger were each made an honorary Knight of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II, with Williams being approved for his services to film music as a composer and conductor in the United Kingdom.

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