John Williams - Greatest Hits

[sootandstars]

Just how good is the Born on the 4th score; that might be the best ever. 

[Scarbogn]

Hans Zimmer is great, but John Williams is a genius with cherry on top!!!, love his music :D

[200verde]

JOHN WILLIAMS+++STEVEN SPIELBERG+++HARRISON FORD

(star wars and indiana jones)

[MrLoullers]

@200verde Sorry, Spielberg didn't have anything to do with Star Wars ;).

However I love the combination of these three.

John Williams is the biggest composer of our time (in my opinion).

[mskittykat1101]

wat if hans zimmer and john williams work together? EPIC

[MrLoullers]

@mskittykat1101 I don't think any recording device or computer could handle that, sorry.

[LTKyl]

As i recall Mr Williams also wrote Cavatina (or was i Stanley Meyers???), anyhow, i consider that score top top top of the best scores ever made, and it should definetly be on the list, if he wrote it!

Otherwise, Williams scored alot of average movies, but is one of the most consisent componants in the history!

[msmariusz2]

Gosc niest super fantastyczna muze pisze

[TRct38]

Schindler's List is the best!

[capills]

all good but where is superman???

[Noutchka]

My favourite by JW is Jurassic Park <3

[mariobma]

the best composer!

[wifflejr68]

so many great movies that i had no idea were his musical works

[spiderwickfreak]

But ... why not HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban ????????

[stevedacool]

I don't understand why you left on Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. 

[lexwalker2]

JFK and Lost World should be included in this list!

[lexwalker2]

@lexwalker2 ...besides Superman and Harry Potter.

[RandomGenerator100]

I agree with many people... Superman and Harry Potter should be here!!

But still this is a epic list... John Williams FTW!!

[LuKaTo100]

All I can see is just: "directed by: Steven Spielberg"  lol :D

John Williams and Steven Spielberg together... SO EPIC!!

JW is genius =)

[realar]

Hook!!! Awesome!!!

But yeah no Superman is Epic fail!

[Rkmajora]

Jurassic Park is my favoriteeee. Very simple yet perfect. Search for 'Jurassic Park end credits.'

[janoncamuniz]

Grandes parcerias entre Spilberg e J. Willians.....

[janoncamuniz]

Adoro....

[janoncamuniz]

maravilhoso e unico Jhon!!!

[RandomName20]

Really? No Back to the Future theme?

[ledgerdeathshit]

@RandomName20 Dude, thats from Alan Silvestri, not Williams.

[CORNHEAD123456]

E.T is the best......

[tatimab]

I just LOOOOOOOOVE him so, what a genius really if wasnt for him the movies wouldnt be as good

[OriginalLuxpsycho]

The link in the title refers to the other John Williams.

[JLEPSS96]

john williams is one of my favourite composers :D

[sayno2lolzisback]

john williams is amazing!

[MrDetwaa]

Good list but Harry should be there dude. It's one of the most memorable scores in movie history. Sucky-ass movies though.

[LuchianWinter]

@MrDetwaa hhave u seen the last movie yet, its pretty good. i read all the books, and it skipped some stuff, but its the best movie yet

[MrDetwaa]

@MrDetwaa I've seen all but the last one yet. I just didn't like them. And you're right I'm sure they skipped some stuff, and I'm sure I'll be disappointed in the last one as it will skip important info. Lots of parts in the movies didn't make sense for people like me who hasn't read the books. I wish I had interest in reading. I really do. I just can't build an imagination.

[Mandi7882]

I love what you've done here. I love listening to these snippets, there are some here that made me think, "John Williams did that?!?!" But he is a musical genius and has done SO many, so if you please -- can put another two or three up that includes Harry Potter and Superman, and my favorites of his, the Television Themes? The openings to Lost in Space are to die for and made me study music for years.

[7927jackpark]

Did goudasmith mean to write "compilation" instead of "copulation"? A big difference....a big laugh-eliciting difference!!!

[JohnWilliamsFanPage]

yeah!!!!! Jurassic Park is the Best

[RafaProjectX]

o Mito Maior deveria ser ele! meu amigo John

[Lucca216]

i can't beliv it didnt had the superman theme

[goudasmith]

Every one knows his Superman, Harry Potter, Jurassic Park ect... This copulation provides some of his scores that are tremendous because they made the movie what it is i.e. Schindler's List, Jaws, Family Plot. Any way you cut it, any music of his that you present makes one clear statement: JOHN WILLIAMS IS THE MAN!!

[Guyoshii]

Where's Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone? 

[Guyoshii]

Where's Harry Potter?

[BigCJFan]

Add SUPERMAN and HARRY POTTER to that list.

[Videot01]

Oh I love Hook. Wait, where's Harry Potter?

[pimpsta181]

STAR WARS IS THE WINNER

[cesarjimenezanimator]

MAN, how many movies did Spielberg MAKE?

[WhaTheWeston]

@cesarjimenezanimator Over 104 Produced and Directed.

[cesarjimenezanimator]

@WhaTheWeston MMAAAAAAAANNNNN!!!!!! THAT'S, LIKE, OVER 50 MORE THAN I WISHED TO HELP MAKE!!!

[Videot01]

@cesarjimenezanimator IT'S OVER 9000!!!

Sorry, it's more like nearly or over 100. Maybe 50.

[cesarjimenezanimator]

@Videot01 Well, I guess you can say, "It's OVER 9--!!!!"

[peterpansolo]

GRACIAS MAESTRO POR DEJARNOS TANTA MARAVILLOSA MUSICA DE PELICULA Y QUE SIGA COMPONIENDO MUCHAS MAS.

TAMBIEN PARA TODOS LOS MAESTRO DE BANDAS SONORAS QUE HAN CREADO OBRAS MAESTRAS

[fifty1dys]

HOW DID YOU DECIDE ON THIS ORDER AND WHERE IS SUPERMAN?

[TurnsOnTheLight]

Maybe the best, but WHERE IS SUPERMAN!



[xMrsGontierx]

NERDGASM.

[xForeverSacredx]

beautiful. just beautiful <3

[VongolaAQW223]

John Williams is god

[AroundSun]

Saving Private Ryan & NBC News Themes!!!!

[theonlyred4]

I threw my panties at this video, and I'm a guy.

[igotmajicfingers]

@theonlyred4 you wear panties? shouldn't u have boxers, not panties. :)

[theonlyred4]

@igotmajicfingers that's the joke

[igotmajicfingers]

@theonlyred4 i know, i'm just teasing :)

[mintman123456789]

E.T was and still is the best movie of all time!

[ribbie149]

Williams is without peer as a film composer. His score to "Hook" is one the underrated gems of his career.

[HandsSolo]

Awesome List Highlighting some of his unappreciated work, but yeah, where is Superman and A.I. and Minority Report? 1941, was OK

[gss123gss]

How about Superman and Harry Potter?

[neoarcadia546]

No Minority Report?

[trickdaddyaz03]

This hitlist sucks!

[Cannaghan]

Where are "Superman" and "1941" ???

[bedrichovak]

His songs are legendary!! I love Jurrasic park and Star Wars 

[HanleyRamirezFan]

Superman and Harry Potter should be here

[Terlin1466]

steven spielberg apperently is this uploader fav director

[ComandoPadentro]

@Terlin1466 Well, John's BEST and most iconic soundtracks have been composed for Spielberg films... so, that's why Spielberg is more prominent here... just saying.

[Oakridgeboy94]

God, I remember Jurassic Park as a kid, probably still the best and favorite of all the movies I've seen.

[VanishaGlamChick6]

@Oakridgeboy94 I was 6 years old when this movie came out and it was one of the best memories of my childhood.

Still one of my favorites!

[jaws5263]

Jurassic Park theme by far is his best

[Oakridgeboy94]

@jaws5263 lol agree!

[jaws5263]

the Close encounters theme kinda sounds funny compared to the rest

[jaymib]

No Superman, are you mad!!!! I think jurassic park is his best theme, but its hard to chose the man made some may themes that we all know and love today.

[halblow448]

I agree with goaliefp. Where's Superman?

[chrissline77]

This door sounds brown.

[goaliefp]

Where is Superman?

[madclaw2413]

the spielberg-williams combo has created some of the best movies of all times... no one can top these masters of cinema

[marzeole]

Great John Williams thank you for all

[t82falcon]

Thanks for this post! Happy 79th birthday today John Williams!

[MrMashedpotatoesinc]

3:10 blasted my brains out, coase it went form quiet to super loud!

[BJARRGH12]

Saw John Williams in Star Wars Live! IT WAS AMAZING! 8D

[matrixyoda]

No Supes ...wtf

[GarnetBering93]

Steven Spielberg + John Williams

Tim Burton + Danny Elfman

Robert Zemeckis + Alan Silvestri

M. Night Shyamalan + James Newton Howard

David Cronenberg + Howard Shore

[albusdumbledoreRIP]

@GarnetBering93

Also:

JJ Abrams + Michael Giacchino

Kenneth Branagh + Patrick Doyle

[GarnetBering93]

@albusdumbledoreRIP Pixar Studios + Thomas Newman (or Michael Giacchino)

[thechamp5811]

where is SUPERMAN?!?!?!?!?!?!?! EPIC FAIL!!!!!

[evesira]

composers all have their own unique style and strengths. you cant really say objectively that one is better than the other for all cases. one person could do an amazing score to a certain film that another even legendary scorist just couldnt do

[sootandstars]

This music is BEAST

[janitorialprez]

I don't fall into the John Williams or Hans Zimmer camp... my favorite composer is Jerry Goldsmith. However, Williams is a very very very close second, and his thematic writing is absolutely unparalleled. Fantastic composer! So many chills, so many great memories!

[halodystroyer44]

@janitorialprez personally my favorite is john barry but i think williams is the best just out of what he has done for the film industry in terms of the themes he has created this past hald century. goldsmith is in my top 3 though along with williams and barry

[vxcv2]

Hans Zimmer and John Williams are the best composers of all time!

[tp4ever1950s]

et and schindler list the best thats not included ''the great land rac music'' from far and away

[xBiagiax]

@TupacMakaveliTheKing How can you not feel anything when listening to Schindler's List???????????

[AlexBeckproductions]

i can hum his star wars by heart hes so good

[REXY309]

i like how in his pieces the trumpet blow their mother f'ing guts out!

[TupacMakaveliTheKing]

I Think Hans Zimmer is better.His music really touched my soul! John Williams is a great composer but when i listen to his music i don't fell nothing.

Just listen to some songs of Hans Zimmer,song like:Black Hawk Dawn soundtrack,The Gladiator soundtrack,The Davinci code soundtrack,Pearl Harbor soundtrack,...etc!Those songs really touch your soul!

[AlexBeckproductions]

@TupacMakaveliTheKing its because the movies he plays the music for is epic like black hawk down its because theres something to look at!if john williams wrote a song for black hawk down it would be %#^$^% 20 times better!no offense

[evesira]

@AlexBeckproductions I dont think that's the right way to look at it. Composers are cast to films, somewhat, just like actors/actresses are. i dont think williams could've written as an effective or appropriate score as zimmer could have for that particular film (black hawk down). williams is amazing in his own way, but he would completely suck at writing dub-step music, for example

[Mufasa021]

how does he do it? simply amazing



[zipper179]

YAAAYYY..! That man's creations turned me into a ten-year-old boy, for nearly 3 hours straight..!

[GarnetBering93]

Won 5 Oscars, nominated 45 (the most nominations of any living composer).

[OrangeAni]

Schindler's List soundtrack is very deep and emotional

[DanSolo0119]

Raiders of the Lost Ark theme

Imperial March

Jaws

Star Wars Main Theme

Jurassic Park

E.T.

Hook

Home Alone

all my favorites

[Frederik5495]

Your Jaws Theme is not the Original what is used in the film...but this one is conducted by Mr. Williams...good job your videos! ;D

[cartergirl3of3]

JAWS!!!!!

[SmokeROS]

Where is A.I Artificial Intelligence? Where is Superman?

[moisesako]

FANTASTIC

[IliveinMA]

"Nixon" is also a terrific and underrated work of his. One of my favorites.

[Stefandorf]

Ehm....where is Superman...Harry Potter...1941.....I love these themes:(

[alfok]

JAWS!!!!

[KonradKnudsen]

Steven Spielberg and John Williams are the ingredients of a masterpiece..

[samlab0920]

Close Encounters of the Third Kind music is so strange! Strange, but brilliant!

[KonradKnudsen]

@samlab0920 I knoow! I loove it! but I can't find any place to download it!

[samlab0920]

@KonradKnudsen Well, I think that the best you could do is buy the soundtrack. It's probably not very expensive.

[KonradKnudsen]

@samlab0920 well it's worth it anyway!:)

[samlab0920]

@KonradKnudsen Indeed

[Hewylewis]

You didn't include Superman?! God damn it!

[garfilms]

i´m a fan of john williams, i was listening your greatest hits compilation but this is your worst work, you must re-edited with more themes missing and diferent order. you miss SUPERMAN! my good! THE SUGARLAN EXPRESS! POSEIDON, EARTHQUAKE! TOWERING INFERNO! EMPIRE OF THE SUN, PRESUME INOCENT, JFK, THE PATRIOT, HARRY POTTER!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHH

[GalelNarmoril]

@garfilms Superman soundtrack is probably the best work of Williams.

[samlab0920]

@garfilms actually John didn't write the music for Poseidon: it's Klaus Badelt who did.

[garfilms]

@samlab0920 Sorry, but you must inform better, in wikipedia or imdb. John Williams did WROTE the music for the first Poseidon movie in 1972 and Klaus Badelt Wrote the music for the REMAKE of Poseidon in 2006 . You welcome!

[thpjhr2]

No 1941, Harry Potter, Temple of Doom, Fidler on the Roof (Academy Award), Midway?

[Melstrife]

Yes! Hook better be in here! I love the Hook soundtrack, the music was great and that movie rocks too!

[tttmeyu]

I think John Williams is the greatest pioneer of cinema soundtrack.

[danylost]

Harry Potter where is??? i can't belive!

[Selino25]

I think John Williams deserves his own Holiday. he revolutionized music in movies

[Kuntipac]

Tim Burton = Danny Elfman, James Cameron = James Horner, Steven Spielberg = John Williams, just imagine them all three together! ITD BE HEAVEN

[tttmeyu]

@Kuntipac

George Lucas=John Williams,too.

[Kuntipac]

@tttmeyu of course but only because of Steven Spielberg

[moviedude1500]

@Kuntipac don't forget M. Night Shyamalan = James Newton Howard

[Mer1002]

@Kuntipac YESS

[FunkySaurb456]

@Kuntipac: Let's not forget Robert Zemeckis = Alan Silvestri

[MrSupergram]

@Kuntipac i don't know about Danny Elfman... maybe just the other two

[Kuntipac]

@MrSupergram have you heard the spiderman theme?!!!

[csSidewinder]

@Kuntipac Hans Zimmer?

[Kuntipac]

@csSidewinder meh... kinda unoriginal but hes still awesome

[EnzoFerroMH]

@Kuntipac And GEORGE LUCAS please........!!!!!!!

[Kuntipac]

@EnzoFerroMH He hasn't reached the other directors' caliber.... I say that and Im a Star Wars fan

[EnzoFerroMH]

@Kuntipac Yeah I know, but he is an AWESOME director anyway

[PatriotsLOSERSLMAO]

HOW in the name of all that is holy could you forget to include the opening cue of SUPERMAN?!?!?!?? I am sorry but this compelation is INCOMPLETE without what is arguably his greatest piece of work. I am truly speechless.

[HenTodolo]

@PatriotsLOSERSLMAO what? danny elfman made the spiderman soundtrack?

[cantri15]

John Williams is the greatest composer of all time!

[benroo89]

@cantri15 That is such a load of rubbish. He's a great film composer. He doesn't come close to Mozart or Beethoven. OK, give me a thumbs down people, as this is a John Williams video and I know you all lick his arse. Deep down you know the man himself would agree with me.

[inkompletely]

@benroo89 You should emphasize the "great film composer" part more. There is nothing wrong with what you say. He doesn't come close to the classic composers. I also find this an apples to oranges comparison. Film scores need to capture the essence of the movie, which Williams does with great talent. Mozart and Beethoven weren't writing music to go along with any form of play or event.

[benroo89]

@inkompletely Mozart wrote theatre and ballet music. Don't give people false facts. Do your research first. How can you just guess something like that? Thamos, König in Ägypten is a perfect example.

[inkompletely]

@benroo89 I misspoke. I'm sorry. I'm also not trying to cause a fight. What I was trying to say was that he wasn't always employed to do such a thing. Now what would a person be able to identify with more ease: Jurassic Park's theme or a number from Thamos?

[benroo89]

@inkompletely Well I hardly think Jurassic Park's music was written with that in mind. It's not the sort of music with which most people do idetify on an emotional level, although, personally, I do. I agree that Mozart didn't do what John Williams has done. Mozart did something better though. His music is more moving.

[inkompletely]

@benroo89 People don't think of Mozart and Beethoven necessarily for those works, hell, most people don't think of them at all.

[HenTodolo]

I just saw catch me if u can yesterday, awesome movie^^

[WaldronicTomotron]

Wow, you missed Dual Of Fates off there? How wrong.

[JTOKIPPER2008]

whos up for john williams on the music for modern warfare 3??????

[yodasteveo]

eerrrmm  Superman anybody!!

[hadesivan007]

this men is the beast composer the of all times, more that danny elfman and hans zimmer and all movies are great jejeje

[Stenbrotsgatan]

John Williams being the legend that he is has too many great scores to fit in a 10 min window.

[cianharry]

Am i missing something here?? or is there a severe lack of Superman, and even Harry Potter in this "Greatest Hits" video???????

[xtracheeez]

@cianharry It's possible that since both of those had other composers in other versions on the movie the creator of this clip doesn't consider them John Williams'. I disagree, but that is most likely what happened.

[MsXizan]

ET and Amistad still have the emotional ower to make me bawl like a baby at the end of each movie.

[hsm102103]

Theres some good ones but you missed alot

[codygrant0172]

where is superman?

[RafaelDivoz]

Schindler´s List, the Best !

[willyschoonover]

william's music is so emotional and it perfectly matches each specific film. brilliance.

[27metube27]

If I'm not mistaken you left off his best one, Superman. Anyone?

[amityville77]

great john williams scores

1.minority report

2.harry potter and the prizoner of azkaban

3.memiors of a geisha

4.war of the worlds

5.the patriot

[xmengirlys]

Where is Harry Potter?

[MsXizan]

@xmengirlys The person who put this video together probably didn't like the Harry Potter movies, so he or she excluded them.

[Rackets1]

@xmengirlys harry potter the dumbest movie on earth? doesn't even deserve worth a mention!

Harry potter movie is made for bird brains

[mialesal]

@xmengirlys at Hogwarts? lol

[albusdumbledoreRIP]

@xmengirlys

Although all of John Williams' Harry Potter scores have been brilliant, many critics felt that Williams didn't stray too far out of his comfort zone. You can find quite a few similar cues in his Harry Potter scores that he has used in previous films. That is probably why he is not on this Greatest Hits.