Monday, May 05, 2014

The Greats: John Williams


You know his scores: Star Wars, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Raiders of the Lost Ark. For my recurring column "The Greats" for Paste, I devote some time to the man. Here's my appreciation of John Williams. (And note: I didn't even have space to go into his impact on me as the conductor of the Boston Pops on the PBS program Evening at Pops.)