John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer and conductor. In a career that has spanned seven decades, he has composed some of the most popular, recognizable, and critically acclaimed film scores in cinema history. He has a very distinct sound that mixes romanticism, impressionism, and atonal music with complex orchestration. He is best known for his collaborations with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas and has received numerous accolades including 26 Grammy Awards, five Academy Awards, seven BAFTA Awards, three Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards. With 54 Academy Award nominations, he is the second-most nominated person, after Walt Disney, and is the oldest Oscar nominee in any category, at 91 years old. More about John Williams
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Williams's early work as a film composer includes Valley of the Dolls (1967), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), Images (1972), and The Long Goodbye (1973). He has collaborated with Spielberg since The Sugarland Express (1974), composing music for all but five of his feature films. He received five Academy Awards for Best Original Score for Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Jaws (1975), Star Wars (1977), E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial (1982), and Schindler's List (1993). Other memorable collaborations with Spielberg include Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), the Indiana Jones franchise (1981–2023), Jurassic Park (1993), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Catch Me If You Can (2002), War Horse (2011), Lincoln (2012), and The Fabelmans (2022). He also scored Superman (1978), the first two Home Alone films (1990–1992), and the first three Harry Potter films (2001–2004).In total, we tracked 91 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of John Williams (Butcher's Crossing Signed First Edition First Printing John Williams Stoner) was sold in February 2023 for £1262.73 while the cheapest item (JOHN WILLIAMS AUTOGRAPH PHOTO - COMPOSER HAND SIGNED) found a new owner for £0.01 in January 2019. The month with the most items sold (4) was September 2017 with an average selling price of £66.99 for an autographed item of John Williams. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2024 with £1108.65 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £1.10 was August 2020. In average, an autographed item from John Williams is worth £35.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of John Williams were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
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A4 Size Signed John Williams Starwars Score & More Awesome Photo | £11.99 | ||
Hitchcock Dial M For Murder To Catch A Thief JOHN WILLIAMS hand signed card | £174.99 | ||
JOHN WILLIAMS - STAR WARS - ANDRE PREVIN - MARK RYDELL LSO SIGNED PROGRAMME 8 | £49.99 | ||
John Williams : Fabulous Gen Signed 7 X 5 Col Photo In 14 X 11 Presentation. | £213.77 | ||
john williams hand signed authentic autograph star wars | £200.00 | ||
JOHN WILLIAMS ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH STAR WARS. HARRY POTTER | £80.18 | ||
JOHN WILLIAMS ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH . Superman Star Wars | £93.00 | ||
John Williams Signed Autographed 6x4 Genuine Signed Photo / CoA Star Wars Jaws | £110.00 | ||
SCHINDLER'S LIST / JOHN WILLIAMS SIGNED ITEMS | £10.50 | ||
Star Wars JOHN WILLIAMS Composer ESB Autograph Auto Card Topps BAS | £1108.65 |
Film music icon John Williams would ‘love’ to compose James Bond soundtrack, so (08/29/22): He's ticked off everything else you can think of!