John Williams

A few weeks ago I had two friends come into town from Utah. (Well, technically, it was one friend, and the other girl was a friend of my friend, but who's keeping track?). For both of them, it was their first time to Boston. I'd love to say that their main reason for visiting was to see me, but that would be a lie. Apparently, seeing a John Williams concert live with the Boston Pops was on Jae's bucket list!

I've pretty much always known who John Williams was, but until this concert I had no idea to the extend in which he wrote musical scores. His more popular scores include Stars Wars, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park and Jaws, but the scope of his movie musical scores was larger than I ever imagined. I won't list them all here for you, but it suffices to say that if it was a blockbuster movie, John Williams probably wrote the score.

Of course, the two hour concert only allowed for a small sampling of his work, but luckily for us, we got to listen to some of his more popular works, like the Imperial March (Star Wars), excerpts from Harry Potter, pieces from Superman, and the main theme from Indiana Jones, to name a few.

The following videos probably break a handful of copyright issues, but someone in our threesome (who will remain nameless!) couldn't resist recording some of it for future viewings! Here is a small sample of what we heard/saw: