{"id":49931,"date":"2017-02-08T10:29:41","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T15:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=49931"},"modified":"2017-02-08T10:29:41","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T15:29:41","slug":"happy-85th-birthday-to-star-wars-jaws-and-countless-others-composer-john-williams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=49931","title":{"rendered":"Happy 85th Birthday To &#8220;Star Wars,&#8221; &#8220;Jaws&#8221; (And Countless Others) Composer John Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E-sX2Y0W8l0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>Jaws. Star Wars. Superman: The Movie. Jurassic Park. Raiders of the Lost Ark. E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial. <\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=john+williams&#038;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">John Williams<\/a> is the greatest film composer of all time. Without his peerless work, the magic of the movies &#8212; as well as our world in general &#8212; would be considerably different. Today marks the 85th birthday of this musical legend, and to celebrate we have included some footage above of Williams leading the Boston Pops in a performance of the theme from <em>Jaws<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>As a bonus, here&#8217;s C-3PO conducting the theme from <em>Star Wars<\/em>:<br \/>\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qhhHMJeFeO0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s your favorite John Williams film score and why? Tell us in the comments!<\/p>\n<p>Previously on MovieFanFare: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=49906\" target=\"_blank\">Close Encounters of the Third Kind&#8217;s Weird Disco Legacy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jaws. Star Wars. Superman: The Movie. Jurassic Park. Raiders of the Lost Ark. E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial. John Williams is the greatest film composer of all time. Without his peerless work, the magic of the movies &#8212; as well as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9744,"featured_media":46445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1763,6404,5605],"coauthors":[5618],"class_list":["post-49931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-staff-notes","tag-jaws","tag-john-williams","tag-star-wars"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Happy 85th Birthday To &quot;Star Wars,&quot; &quot;Jaws&quot; (And Countless Others) Composer John Williams - MovieFanFare<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Celebrate John Williams&#039; 85th birthday with some live performances of his greatest works.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=49931\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Happy 85th Birthday To &quot;Star Wars,&quot; 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