Best John Williams Movie Soundtracks

Ranked #308 in Music, #6,813 overall

Over 50 years of amazing music

John Williams is credited with his first movie score in 1958, and hasn't stopped composing great soundtracks since then.  He's composed music for several Oscar winning movies and dozens of nominees.  In fact, he's the most Oscar nominated individual alive!!

Join me in voting for your favorite John Williams soundtracks. 

John Williams Movie Soundtracks

Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan

Kimberly's Pick!8 points

Jaws

Jaws

8 points

Schindler's List

Schindler's List

Kimberly's Pick!7 points

Far And Away

Far And Away

Kimberly's Pick!5 points

Hook

Hook

5 points

Seven Years In Tibet

Seven Years In Tibet

Kimberly's Pick!4 points

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Fiddler on the Roof

This score won Best Scoring Adaptation and Original Song Score at the Academy Awards in 1971.

Jaws

This soundtrack won Best Original Dramatic Score at the Academy Awards, Best Film Music at the BAFTA awards, Best Original Score at the Golden Globes, and Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture at the Grammys, all in 1975.

Jaws: Anniversary Collector's Edition

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E.T.

In 1982, this soundtrack won Best Original Score at the Academy Awards, Best Film Music at the BAFTAs, Best Original Score at the Golden Globes, and a Grammy for Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture.

Now that's something to phone home about!

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: The 20th Anniversary Edition

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Schindler's List

In 1993, this beautiful soundtrack won Best Original Score at the Academy Awards, Best Film Music at the BAFTAs, and won a Grammy for Instrumental Composition for a Motion Picture or Television. It was nominated for Best Original Score at the 1994 Golden Globe awards.

Schindler's List: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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A John Williams Soundtrack Mix

Listen without watching. Can you correctly guess which movie each of the clips come from?
JOHN WILLIAMS mix - soundtracks (music only)
by WMMRI | video info

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Are you a John Williams Fan?

  • Steve_Kaye Apr 3, 2012 @ 3:39 pm | delete
    Yes! He created music for some of the best movies of our time. Thank you for publishing this lens.
  • LizMac60 Mar 31, 2012 @ 3:51 am | delete
    Yes, my favourite music of his is the music for Schindler's List. Blessed.
  • arfrancis Mar 1, 2012 @ 3:06 pm | delete
    John Williams is one of the best composers ever, having only recently discovered him I have now ordered all of his work. Great lens.
  • jtbmetaldesigns Dec 24, 2011 @ 11:39 pm | delete
    Try driving in the country listening to Indiana Jones soundtracks. It will be hard to go less
    than 80 mph!
  • uktvbrackets Dec 7, 2011 @ 12:00 pm | delete
    He makes the Jaws theme vital to the film
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