John Williams

John Williams – Paseo (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 48:58 minutes | 892 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © JCW Recordings

La Ciudad de las Columnas (2004) by the Cuban composer, guitarist and conductor Leo Brouwer, is an evocation of various scenes of Havana, his home. It is subtitled Variations on Piece without title No. 1 which is called here “Andar la Habana” and is proceeded by the introduction.

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John Williams – Jurassic Park – 20th Anniversary (1993/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:21:19 minutes | 1,68 GB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Geffen*

Legendary composer John Williams penned the monumental score for the blockbuster film Jurassic Park. The heavily orchestrated work will have listeners at the edge of their seats, capturing the collaborative brilliance of Williams and Spielberg. This twentieth anniversary edition includes the four bonus tracks personally selected by John Williams: “The History Lesson,” “Stalling Around,” “The Coming Storm” and “Hungry Raptor.” The soundtrack remains one of Williams’ greatest achievements and one of music’s finest scores. This is a quintessential must-have album.

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John Williams – The Spielberg/Williams Collaboration Part III (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:14:25 minutes | 1,35 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Classical

Over the 90-year history of sound film, there have been a handful of instances where a director and a composer have formed a longtime partnership that resulted in a series of classical scores, creating music that stands the test of time. None, however, have been as long or as fruitful as the 43-year collaboration of Steven Spielberg and John Williams. None have encompassed such a wide range of subject matter or, more significantly, have had such an enormous impact on worldwide popular culture. From the ominous shark signature of Jaws to the five-note alien greeting of Close Encounters of the Third Kind; from the heroic march of Raiders of the Lost Ark to the moving themes for Schindler’s List the music Williams has written for more than two dozen Spielberg projects has not only served them brilliantly but entered the wider public consciousness.
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John Williams – The Post (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 40:13 minutes | 379 MB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sony Classical

The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by John Williams (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., Jurassic Park, Jaws, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone). The Post starring Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Bob Odenkirk, David Cross, Bruce Greenwood, Tracy Letts, Alison Brie, Carrie Coon, Sarah Paulson, Jesse Plemons, Matthew Rhys, Michael Stuhlbarg, Bradley Whitford and Zach Woods tells the story of the unlikely partnership between The Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham and editor Ben Bradlee, as they race to catch up with The New York Times to expose a massive cover-up of government secrets that spanned three decades and four U.S. Presidents.
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John Williams – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:16:41 minutes | 2,93 GB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Walt Disney Records

UMC/Walt Disney Records are releasing the original motion picture soundtrack for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. The album features a new score conducted and composed by five-time Academy Award-winning composer John Williams.
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John Williams – Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:13:57 minutes | 3,00 GB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Walt Disney Records

The original album was released to accompany the film (May 4, 1999). This release was certified Platinum in the U.S. and Gold in the UK, containing 17 tracks from selections of the score, meant to stand alone as a separate listening experience and not as one hears the score in the film. John Williams edited each track to present the score as one would hear it in a concert suite. Recorded in Abbey Road studios over a week, starting on February 10, 1999 performed by the London Voices and London Symphony Orchestra, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace was the first Star Wars score Williams had composed in over 16 years. The scores of the following two films would rely heavily upon tracking from this score, a decision that Williams and George Lucas had made early into production of the film.

“Once again, John Williams has exceeded my expectations and produced a lavish, rich, moving and thrilling score. Every fan of Star Wars—and of great music—is in his debt.” (George Lucas)
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John Williams – Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:17:38 minutes | 2,96 GB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Walt Disney Records

The soundtrack to the most anticipated movie of the year, Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Starring Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Benicio Del Toro, Mark Hamill and the late Carrie Fisher, the movie is the official Episode VIII in the universe-conquering film franchise. Once again composed by the legendary John Williams.
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John Williams – Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:17:38 minutes | 1,50 GB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Walt Disney Records

The soundtrack to the most anticipated movie of the year, Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Starring Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Benicio Del Toro, Mark Hamill and the late Carrie Fisher, the movie is the official Episode VIII in the universe-conquering film franchise. Once again composed by the legendary John Williams.
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John Williams – Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:13:31 minutes | 2,73 GB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Walt Disney Records

By the end of the 1970s, John Williams was already a legend among filmmakers and film-scoring buffs. But the success of Star Wars elevated him to something he probably could have scarcely imagined–bona fide pop-culture icon. Williams’s masterful score to the first Star Wars sequel (and the chapter many sci-fi fans cite as the series’ most dark, emotionally complex, and satisfying) fleshes out his original character themes with some new ones while painting compelling musical portraits of alien worlds as disparate as the ice planet Hoth and the swampy Dagobah. Notable are the menacing, Prokofiev-inspired “Imperial Theme (Darth Vader’s March)”; the noble “Yoda and the Force”; and Hoth’s “Battle” cues, which are some of the most dramatic action cues ever. This expanded edition also fleshes out the already familiar themes with new tracks that restore the score to its status as a grand galactic symphony. A richly illustrated booklet is included as well, helping listeners place each piece of music in its proper cinematic context. Of his four attempts at coloring George Lucas’s rich stellar saga, this remains Williams’s most consistent and compelling.
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John Williams – Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:10:45 minutes | 2,68 GB | Genre: Soundtrack
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Walt Disney Records

Originally released alongside the movie in 2005, the Episode III: Revenge of the Sith soundtrack features a score by five-time Oscar winner John Williams, who is also the composer and conductor of the score for each film in the 9 – chapter Star Wars saga. The score found on the Episode III soundtrack is decidedly darker than previous Star Wars prequel soundtracks, as the musical themes match the growing darkness woven into the story and the galaxy as the Empire consolidates its power at the conclusion of the prequel trilogy. Many of the heroic, anthemic themes woven throughout Episode Three: Revenge of the Sith will nonetheless be very familiar to any fan of the series, from the “Imperial March” to the main theme.
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