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Rise of Skywalker Bags 72nd Grammy Nomination For John Williams John Williams has picked up his 72nd Grammy Nomination as the full nominations have been released.  Williams will go up against Thomas Newman, Kamasi Washington, Max Richter and Hildur Guðnadóttir in the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media.  You can see the full list of nominations here. Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media Ad Adstra, Max Richter, composer Becoming, Kamasi Washington, composer Joker, Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer 1917, Thomas Newman, composer Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, John Williams, composer The Grammy Awards will broadcast on Jan. 31, 2021, on CBS at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT. Source: Grammy.Com The Bearded Trio - The Site For Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, John Williams and a whole lot more.

71 not out for John Williams Grammy Nominations John Williams is up for another Grammy nomination.  That makes it 71!  71 nominations over 58 years.  Just take that in for a moment.  John Williams is a legend!  Of those 71 nominations he has won a total of 24.  Imagine all those on his mantelpiece? So what are the nominations for?  He's up for two in the composing and arranging field.  “Galaxy’s Edge Symphonic Suite,” written for the new “Star Wars”-themed park at Disneyland, was nominated for best instrumental composition, while his arrangement of “Hedwig’s Theme,” the best-known piece from the “Harry Potter” films, for violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter’s all-Williams album, was cited for best instrumental arrangement.  That's number 70 and 71. Variety tell us: Williams’ new version of “Hedwig’s Theme,” a tour de force for violin and orchestra, was written specifically for Mutter, who first begged Williams to write a concert work for he...

He's done it again.  Well actually this was the 23rd time and at the age of 85.  Yes, John Williams has picked up another Grammy.  The awards were held last night and The CBS network broadcasted the show live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles.  You can see the full list of winners here but the one we're interested in is the Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media category. John Williams won his 23rd Grammy for Star Wars: The Force Awakens .  He was going up against Thomas Newman who stepped in to replace John Williams for Steven Spielberg's Bridge of Spies ,  Ennio Morricone The Hateful Eight , Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto's The Revenant and the excellent soundtrack to Stranger Things by Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein. His previous victory at the Grammys was for The Book Thief back in 2014 in the Best Instrumental Composition category.  The first time John Williams won a Grammy was way back in 1976 for a little movie ca...

It's that time of year again where we start to get the major awards nominations.  The Grammys have announced their nominees via Twitter and John Williams is amongst them for his work on The Book Thief.  The category is BEST INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION.   Here's the category nominees: The Book Thief John Williams, composer (John Williams) Track from:  The Book Thief Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Label:  Sony Classical, Fox Music; Publisher: Fox Film Music Corp. Last Train To Sanity Stanley Clarke, composer (The Stanley Clarke Band) Track from:  Up Label:  Mack Avenue Records; Publisher: Roxboro Music Publishing Life In The Bubble Gordon Goodwin, composer (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band) Track from:  Life In The Bubble Label:  Telarc International; Publisher: Wingood Music Productions, Inc. Recognition Rufus Reid, composer (Rufus Reid) Track from:  Quiet Pride: The Eliza...