John Williams accepts the 44th AFI Life Achievement Award
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Composer John Williams accepts the 44th Life Achievement Award presented to him by his longtime friend and collaborator, Steven Spielberg.
The Tribute took place at the Dolby Theatre on June 9, 2016 in Hollywood, California. Paying tribute to Williams were presenters, performers and guests including Drew Barrymore, Kobe Bryant, Chris Columbus, Gustavo Dudamel, Will Ferrell, Harrison Ford, Morgan Freeman, Mark Hamill, Tom Hanks, Bryce Dallas Howard, Cloris Leachman, George Lucas, Seth MacFarlane, Steve Martin, Idina Menzel, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Itzhak Perlman and Daisy Ridley.
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The greatest composer in cinema history. I'm really glad for him. No one deserves it more.
ennio morricone plis.
Well Ennio comes second but you cannot compare any film composers resumee to the one of John Williams.
VfBlerf4Life ennio 1st, John 2nd
Well, it is all based on our opinions.
How ever, John got E.T., Indiana Jones, Schindlers List, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter, Jaws, Close Encounters, Catch me if you can, Saving Private Ryan, and by the force he made star wars Star Wars. As much as I love Ennio, he can't compete with that in my opinion.
The only composer ever to write a similar amazing score for one franchise was Howard Shore for Lord of the Rings - but than again Shore got nothing you could compare to Indy, E.T., Jurassic Park ...
Shore's work on LoTRs alone makes hims worthy of huge recognition.
*HOW FUCKING AWESOME IS ACCEPTING A LIFETIME RECOGNITION WITH THE THRONE ROOM THEME PLAYING*
That he wrote himself!
@@carlosfer2201 Almost as awesome as not winning an academy award nomination for Close Encounters of the Third kind.
...Losing to none other but himself, and his work on Star Wars.
Just think of how legendary that is.
Literally being invited to take on the stage...by his own music ! How could it be otherwise for a genius like him, after all ? 🤷😄
With Kobe Bryant giving you a standing ovation
Yes, awesome. What is incredibly NOT awesome and inappropriate is your choice of the "F" word. Deleted that expletive. It does not belong in this tribute.
4:47 "I know, but they're all died!"
It might sound like a funny joke at first, but when you think about it, it's actually the biggest compliment that one could ever give to a composer.
it is the greatest compliment and a funny joke at the same time, no need to differentiate them.
It is ❤️
There are so many perfect things about this video:
1. The throne room score
2. Kobe Bryant was clapping
3. Stephen Spielberg presenting
4. Harrison Fords epic beard
5. John Williams looks fantastic for 84
and Williams essentially praising all the people he got to work with.
And Baby Face.....
And Idina Menzel clapping
For anyone who says that "was born in the wrong generation"...no, we were born in the right century to appreciate one of the greatest composers of our entire species.
surely- we just haven't discovered them yet
Doofie27 yes we have
He composed the music for 3 of my very fave movies..........and so many more!!! My Top 3 JW Themes are:
3. Raiders/Indiana Jones
2. Superman
1. STAR WARS (The movie that was the match to fuel, that ignited my lifelong love of cinema!!!)
To be fair, that also applies to the Lennon-McCartney combo, which many people missed out on.
"Tomorrow morning when I'm back at work...I'll try to deserve all of this."
-John Williams
He hasn't forgotten the beginning.
That's the essence of a great artist, always want to do better...
Still the greatest response to being awarded for a lifetime of talent and hard work. He is truly more inspiring than his music, which is saying a lot.
Star Wars Throne Room song was soooo perfect for that moment
Good Stuff Yeah imagine walking through a room of people applauding you to the sound of a fanfare that you yourself composed.. Only John Williams (and a lot of dead guys) can have that honor
Such a Chad moment. My man single handedly blew up the Death Star without ever leaving his seat.
Yea its akso called the Victory March but great score to play for him
The Force is strong with him at 84 years of age.
Bill Y. If he could be turned, he would become a powerful ally.
Yes, he would be a great asset. Can it be done?
RedJLetsPlay He will join us or die Master.
His a Jedi grand master
Yeah, but he's right, a little too young he is, for this honor. :-D
He made Superman fly, made dinosaurs come alive and made so many great films even better. Such is his talent that he made a rubber shark terrifying. Star Wars would not be the same, and the Indiana Jones films as well.
An absolute master of the art.
"To hear John play that music for the first time was a thrill beyond anything I can discribe." George Lucas
I always think of the ending of E.T. gets me every time!
You don't understand this man's genius. His peers are Mozart, Schubert, Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky... He's the modern day version of these guys. He's so much beyond all the other people who've received this award it's ridiculous.
Amen
1:44 I love it when he went historical, “Music is like architecture, sculpture and so on, thousands of years old. And film is the new kid on the block, a hundred years - barely. And though we will watch its evolution carefully side-by-side with the art of music...”
Time to listen to John William's greatest movie hits now.
thats what Im doing
You must be just about finishing now?
I recommend this little movie, called Star Wars
that's going to be a very long listen...and so worth it.
All of them..?!
I really don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that this man, almost single-handedly. has been shaping modern popular culture for the past 30 years. His music is strongly ingrained in the collective mindset. Even if you have never watched Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, Jaws, Superman, etc., you most CERTAINLY have heard their themes and can probably hum them, even if you do not know what movie they're from. The impact this man has had in the world cannot be measured. I'm 26 years old, and I'm certain I would cry my eyes out if I ever got the chance to meet him and thank him for everything he's given us.
don't forget close encounters...that soundtrack shaped my childhood :) th-cam.com/video/JbUGsbZWitw/w-d-xo.html
Also Harry Potter, Schindler's List, and ET!
Yep, I reckon I'd be brought to tears too meeting the man. His music is so incredible and touches the soul.
Jurassic Park is my favorite composition of all time, probably because Jurassic park is my favorite movie of all time; and because of my nostalgia for it. John Williams' scores like these literally shaped my life.
I think he also compose a theme for the olympics.
"I know, but they're all dead!" 😆Hell of a punchline!
You're not wrong, but I think of it as much more than a punchline. It's a very sweet way of saying "John, you're the greatest living composer".
0:33 Damn I didnt expect to see Kobe there 😕
Falfieri rip Kobe 😔🙏
@@Renebear 😖
Kobe was such a huge fan of John. Kobe was a real one :(
John actually composed Kobe’s short film “Dear Basketball”!
The Beethoven of our time.
The first John Williams❤
Seeing Kobe here smiling brought a tear to my eye, Rest In Peace ❤️
Playing the music to “A New Hope” when he was walking to collect his award, just as Luke, Chewie and Han did 😭
George Lucas has always seemed to have a great fondness and respect for John. I think those are actual tears in his eyes at 1:35
there is no tears. idiot
That is Lucas shaking his head, disagreeing with Williams assertion that John has equals, peers or even people who are better than him at composing.
The Turtle School Or he's jealous
Danny Love that’s stupid
@Caster Jr he shouldn't be but Williams really is still underrated. He turned these movies from great to legendary
1:03 "First of all... *burp* ..what an amazing evening this is..." What a legend!
Such a humble and articulate man.
In my honest heartfelt truth i believe that john williams is the Mozart of our times... his music will live on and inspire everyone for generations to come... i'm glad he is still at work and has that young spark that makes his music seem brilliant.. thank you john for many emotions i have felt in movies right when the proper notes hit the center of my heart.
ONly difference between him and people like Mozart and Bach is that he wasnt alive in their times. If he was, he would be remembered just like them.
so true Juan, muy bien.
I find Mozart boring compared to other classical composers, John Williams is not boring.
+Patrick Jones: Same here. Couldn't agree more.
@@AKABoondock19 We Can Be Thankful,(And Grateful), That He's Alive In OUR Time.
He basically wrote the theme songs of my life.
Of a REAL HUMAN'S life!
John. John, my man. You deserved this DECADES ago. You deserved it EVERY TIME you wrote yet ANOTHER theme that billions around the world hummed to.
It is just amazing how many incredibly successful scores this man has created. Jaws, jurrasic park, starwars, superman, harry potter. I mean these are some of the most recognized films and this one man has created music for all of these, including many, many others. Incredible!
U forgot to mention indiana jones. :)
罗英杰 Bruce Even so, John Williams is still the man, the myth and the legend of film music
RedJLetsPlay no doubt about it man.
Agree his a genius
Ben Wang : Schindler's list never forget
The best way to describe John Williams is the he gave the films of Steven Spielberg and the Star Wars movies their voices.
I’ve said it a million times and I’ll say it again, Star Wars is NOT Star Wars without John Williams.
This is the first time I've heard this man speak but I feel like I know his voice so well through his music.
This might be a wired thing to say but John Williams music goes beyond the film makers themselves. In this clip all the OG film makers (Lucas, Speilberg) as well as the newer ones (Abrams)are looking at him in complete awe. And its easy to understand why. His music elevates films and stirs an emotional resonance.
Man... i love Danny elfman, James Horner, Hans Zimmer... but John Williams is the best!
I hope in the 2020 Oscars he receives a honorific Oscar for his whole career, now that he has completed his last OST (not only for Star Wars but actually hislast one).
he last one? i do remember reading that he said he wasn't going to do anymore star wars films but i haven't heard he's retiring
@@rolandofgilead43 Well, I am not sure, but I think that.
ive never clapped at a youtube video before but this video and specifically spielbergs beautiful speech he gave thanking john for making movies magical made me so jovial that it just happened. theres a reason why we have a leviathan shark that terrorizes a town, a man who finds himself while he searches for famous artifacts, or heroes that battle in the stars, and his name is john williams. the man who makes dinosaurs walk, a man who makes a child and his friend fly in front of the moonlight. may you live forever john.god bless you and your beautiful talent that made me love and believe that films are magical.
Great post!
My wife is in bed sleeping, but when everyone stood, I did as well.
George Lucas, John Williams and Ralph McQuarrie are the fathers of Star Wars.
SteveSabbai What about Ben Burtt, the sound designer
Yes and Ben Burtt!
And Gary Kurtz. Don't underestimate the role he played in Episodes 4 and 5.
but we may never forget that Marcia Lucas saved the film, she was key in ep 4. & 5 in the editing room and as a counterbalance to george’s
I love how the only music fitting for the moment was his own
John is now 90 years old. Let us all continue to cherish and respect him, so he goes out knowing how loved he and his work were.
Williams is a god!
What makes me even more happy. Is how all the comments are positive about the man who made most of our childhood live.
I am from india..but this man made my childhood awesome😍😍😍😍
"Tomorrow morning when I'm back at work, I'll try to deserve all of this". This man could not deserve anything more than legendary status in the history of cinema.
The fact that they played Throne Room from Star Wars as John's theme music when fetching his award.
saw Kobe in the background. 2020 RIP Kobe and GIGI
Man that Starwars medaling ceremony theme as Mr. Williams approaches to the podium was perfect, absolutely perfect.
The partnership between Spielberg and Williams is amazing. He's literally composed all but five of his movies, 29 out of 34. 😊
And the Fabelmans I have to say is Williams in his most intimate sound I’ve heard him write
let it sink in. He gets an award and walks to the stage to Music, which he composed, which he gets an award for.
i hope this man will never die
Me too
Legend. I really hope that they will build a statue of John in Hollywood. One of THE greatest if not the best composer to ever walk this earth.
Ask any random person off the street to hum a movie theme, and 9 times out of 10 it will probably be a John Williams piece. Iconic is the only word to describe this man.
Hans Zimmer, Danny Elfman, etc. are all great composers. But John WIlliams is leagues above everyone else. Already 91 years old I'm already scared of the day where I have to read about his death. May he turn 100 years old and bless us with more music that will live on for centuries to come.
The man, the legend. Thank you!
Such a sweet, humble and witty man. The world would be a dark place without his immense contributions to cinema magic. The Star Wars Saga (I-VI) alone has the greatest score ever written. Thank you, Sir John WIlliams. You are the greatest.
So true about what he says about music and movies. Movies are a relatively young medium, a little over a hundred years old, but music goes back centuries. What a guy.
0:32 Kobe! RIP the legend 24.
From JAWS to SCHINDLER'S LIST to HARRY POTTER and LINCOLN, what a wealth of great music this man has composed!
Don't forget ET!!!
The punchline to his Spielberg story is truly top notch, perfectly delivered!
Perfect choice of music for him to walk on to stage with
I think the word is humble....... what a man. The one thing that we all still need to understand is this: Mozart... dead. Beethoven... dead. Stravinsky... dead. Debussy... dead. This guy: He is alive, and we actually have the chance to see him and hear him talk and listen to his music while he is still here, and he certainly deserves to be named with all these great composers in the same sentence. John is a blessing and a phenomenon. If you can go see him, do so. It is indescribable, certainly one of the greatest moments in everyone's life.
The latest rendition of Indiana Jones was his last score....John Williams is over 90 he has retired, I want to thank him for all the scores he made, We salute you!!
I still have yet to watch it
Steven Spielberg successfully talked him out of retirement. He just arranged a theme for Acolyte series for Amandla Stenberg to play.
John Williams is one person that I can imagine saying to a friend like Spielberg, "This films deserves a better composer." Williams' humility rivals his musical talents, and that is saying something. All indications suggest that his friendship does, too. When he leaves us, my sadness will be overwhelmed with my gratitude. I can't imagine a world, nor do I want to imagine one, that did not have John Williams in it.
Whenever I hear truly brilliant people sharing their thoughts on receiving a great honor with such widespread recognition I always marvel at the depth of how they understand what their work is about (what it is for) and the depth of their heart in the commitment they have made to create on the level of genuine excellence. John Williams fully deserves the highest honor possible for his music.
I love John Williams, I'm always happy and smile when I hear his music.
Ennio Morricone deserves an AFI awards. He's never been honored enough, and getting enough praise for his masterful film scores!
Williams has been stacking up Oscars for years, Morricone won for the first time ever at 88 years of age. He deserves this!
The way steven, looking at mr.william's, is like a young boy looking at his dad.with strong emotional feeling's.that is emotional.
The more humble you are, the more success you get. Williams is the Tchaikovsky of XXI century.
How humble does a person have to be to have 20+ grammys, 5 oscars, numerous other awards, and be universally recognized as one of the greatest composers of all time to stand in front of a room and say, "Tomorrow morning, when I'm back at work, I will try to deserve all of this."
A wholesome ceremony wherein the recipient actually highly deserves the award!!
What a humble man. such an honor to be in this generation.
Thank you Mr. Williams for your wonderful, inspiring music! Life would not be the same without you!
Yes, his influence goes beyond film and music….
Spielberg is right when he points out that possibly hundreds of people make a film, but one man brings it alive! John Williams does exactly that, he is the greatest at what he does!
A living legend. God given.
The Greatest film composer ever.
There will NEVER be another like him when he passes. Although Howard Shore is probably my favorite because of his beautiful work on The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Williams is the greatest.
I completely agree! My favorite movie of all times is Lord of the Rings and I love its music but man, John Williams's scores are out of this world!
Alan menken is pretty damn good
The man's a Genius
Shore's work for the LotR trilogy is the closest one can ever get to the genius of Williams. That score is just as epic and magnificent as the best of Williams'. But the superiority of John Williams is obvious for me, Shore needs to have at least 3 or 4 more of that to be at least mentioned on the same platform. But the LotR score is obviously perfect.
The king composer for us born in the 80's
Or the 90s! Or the 70s. Or the 2000s.
It is not proper to declare any one composer as the greatest. Music is subjective and cannot be measured. I am a retired 5-12 public school band educator from MN. I've had many groups play arrangements of his music and to see the joy in the kid's faces when they play the music has been priceless for me. A forever memory.
His importance and life impact to me is beyond measure.
What a most generously humble & respectful man, to make mention of "many deserving colleagues who would certainly have been wonderful candidates for this." A true creative genius & man of the highest caliber.
Long after he has departed this world, his music will endure......
Alex BittoNagy: Thanks so much for your comment. John Williams IS probably the greatest of all film composers. His ability to seemingly have an inexhaustible fund of melody makes me think of Tchaikovsky and Puccini. And it's a little sad that most of the movie composers mentioned in these postings are almost exclusively of the past few decades. Where is the mention of Max Steiner, Franz Waxman, Miklos Roza, Dimitri Tiomkin, Bernard Hermann? Whether comparing John Williams to other film composers or the Greats of music for hundreds of years, I myself am reminded of the beginning of Dante's Inferno, where he sees in Limbo the writers Homer, Plato, Aristotle, Ovid and such and they all motion to Dante to come, be one of their group. I would love to think the greatest music composers of the last 500 years would do something similar when the Almighty finally calls John Williams home.
Most people know John's works from films like Jaws, Jurassic Park, Star Wars, annd all of that kind. But to me, his greatest score ever written is Schindler's List. It's a musical epitome of melancholic and grief, yet also spiritual, moralistic, and even somewhat hopeful. That score is the first time of my experience on how music can touch your heart and soul deeply.
What's interesting to me is of all the famous and, in some cases, household names, he has had more quiet impact than all of them combined over the last 45 years.
An award 40 years in the making, and long deserved.
John Williams needs to stay in this world forever.
how can you not love this man
I'm an amateur musician, I play clarinet to relax, recharge and, when in an ensemble, socialise. There is a lot of music that gets played a lot by community orchestras since it's recognisable and not too challenging to play and among my favourites are the works of John Williams. The fact that he can write such impactful music but not strain his musicians, rather, make the playing genuinely pleasurable is a mark of utter expert mastery of his composition and orchestration.
He coaxes the most beautiful sounds from us as musicians, rather than forcing us. The extra ping of a glockenspiel, the dovetailing of scales between 1st and 2nd wind players so that we sound as one instrument, but share the load, mixing the timbres of instruments with sublime precision,. It's evidence to not only a mastery of his craft, but to taking it a level that his predecessors could only dream of.
That’s how you accept an award! Such a humble person. Incredible!
“..and tomorrow morning when I’m back at work, I will try to deserve all of this.” HUMBLE man
This man is a true gem. I can't even explain with words how much I love his music.
What a loveley and kind man he his!!!! So well deserved! Truly one of the greatest composers!!!
ahaha! the throne room plays in the background! XD
What a legend 👏🏾well deserved
Totally agree ! John Williams is the genius of our time !!!
Thank you for the music Mr Williams!
He is truly a living legend! Now I'm worried who will replace him after he died!
What would the films of Steven Spielberg and George Lucas be without John Williams music? Talk about meeting the right people at the right time and you helping to bring out the best in them and them doing the same for you..
The perfect score to present him the award!
"I'm really much too young for a thing like this" So humble, so funny, so wise. God, please let John become like 107 years old
I ❤ JOHN WILLIAMS
I were in the big Imax hall recently watching the new Star Wars movie. It may not be by George Lucas.. But, when the lights darkened and the text appeared "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... Then suddenly Williams music exploded into the giant hall, that experience alone made the ticket worth every single penny it had costed me.
As a child i would play the Star Wars movies on VHS just ta listen to Johns work as i would draw (before my mother bought me the score on vinyl) my art would be nothing with your work good Sir. Thank you, with all my heart and joy, thank you.
JOHN WILLIAMS IS A LIVING BREATHING GOD!
HIS MUSIC WILL BE LOVED BY BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF PEOPLE, LONG AFTER WE'RE GONE, UNTIL THE END OF TIME.
Williams is a great film composer, his themes are up there with the very best, but what marks him out as truly special, for me, are the underscores. Next time to watch Indiana Jones or Star Wars, pay attention to the incidental music. His orchestrations and effects are astounding.
John Williams is, without a doubt, my favourite film score composer. Truly well deserved award. It'll be a terribly sad day when he passes.
_Tomorrow morning when I am back at work I will try to deserve all of this._
John Williams is not just a composer he's a whole set of emotions of several generations that no award can express❤
I am 53 and every single week since Star Wars debut i am playing the soundtrack while i work since it is the most inspiring score ever made. If a music score give you the shivers each time you listen to it then rest assure that a genius was behind it.
I was privileged, some years ago, to attend a concert in Columbus's beautiful Ohio Theater in which John Williams conducted what you might call his "greatest hits". At the conclusion, the audience, with a standing ovation, brought him back for so many curtain calls -- it must have gone on for ten or fifteen minutes, at least -- it was only after Williams pantomimed that he needed to go to bed that the crowd finally released him. A great tribute to an incredible composer. I doubt his record of achievement will ever be surpassed.
0:52 george thinking to himself…. "I still think Jar Jar Binks was a good character"
More like: Why isn't that me
Simi-Random American things He already won one, so not likely.
@@Bluesonofman actually Lucas has been given the same award 11 years prior to Williams ;)