John Williams accepts the 44th AFI Life Achievement Award 

ennio morricone plis.

Well Ennio comes second but you cannot compare any film composers resumee to the one of John Williams.

VfBlerf4Life ennio 1st, John 2nd

Well, it is all based on our opinions. How ever, John got E.T., Indiana Jones, Schindlers List, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter, Jaws, Close Encounters, Catch me if you can, Saving Private Ryan, and by the force he made star wars Star Wars. As much as I love Ennio, he can't compete with that in my opinion. The only composer ever to write a similar amazing score for one franchise was Howard Shore for Lord of the Rings - but than again Shore got nothing you could compare to Indy, E.T., Jurassic Park ...

Shore's work on LoTRs alone makes hims worthy of huge recognition.

Bill Y. If he could be turned, he would become a powerful ally.

Yes, he would be a great asset. Can it be done?

RedJLetsPlay He will join us or die Master.

His a Jedi grand master

Yeah, but he's right, a little too young he is, for this honor. :-D

it is the greatest compliment and a funny joke at the same time, no need to differentiate them.

It is ❤️

That he wrote himself!

@@carlosfer2201 Almost as awesome as not winning an academy award nomination for Close Encounters of the Third kind. ...Losing to none other but himself, and his work on Star Wars. Just think of how legendary that is.

Literally being invited to take on the stage...by his own music ! How could it be otherwise for a genius like him, after all ? 🤷😄

With Kobe Bryant giving you a standing ovation

Yes, awesome. What is incredibly NOT awesome and inappropriate is your choice of the "F" word. Deleted that expletive. It does not belong in this tribute.

surely- we just haven't discovered them yet

Doofie27 yes we have

He composed the music for 3 of my very fave movies..........and so many more!!! My Top 3 JW Themes are: 3. Raiders/Indiana Jones 2. Superman 1. STAR WARS (The movie that was the match to fuel, that ignited my lifelong love of cinema!!!)

To be fair, that also applies to the Lennon-McCartney combo, which many people missed out on.

Good Stuff Yeah imagine walking through a room of people applauding you to the sound of a fanfare that you yourself composed.. Only John Williams (and a lot of dead guys) can have that honor

Such a Chad moment. My man single handedly blew up the Death Star without ever leaving his seat.

Yea its akso called the Victory March but great score to play for him

"To hear John play that music for the first time was a thrill beyond anything I can discribe." George Lucas

I always think of the ending of E.T. gets me every time!

and Williams essentially praising all the people he got to work with.

And Baby Face.....

And Idina Menzel clapping

thats what Im doing

You must be just about finishing now?

I recommend this little movie, called Star Wars

that's going to be a very long listen...and so worth it.

All of them..?!

That's the essence of a great artist, always want to do better...

Still the greatest response to being awarded for a lifetime of talent and hard work. He is truly more inspiring than his music, which is saying a lot.

Amen

don't forget close encounters...that soundtrack shaped my childhood :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JbUGsbZWitw.html

Also Harry Potter, Schindler's List, and ET!

Yep, I reckon I'd be brought to tears too meeting the man. His music is so incredible and touches the soul.

Jurassic Park is my favorite composition of all time, probably because Jurassic park is my favorite movie of all time; and because of my nostalgia for it. John Williams' scores like these literally shaped my life.

I think he also compose a theme for the olympics.

The first John Williams❤

there is no tears. idiot

That is Lucas shaking his head, disagreeing with Williams assertion that John has equals, peers or even people who are better than him at composing.

The Turtle School Or he's jealous

Danny Love that’s stupid

@Caster Jr he shouldn't be but Williams really is still underrated. He turned these movies from great to legendary

Falfieri rip Kobe 😔🙏

@@Renebear 😖

Kobe was such a huge fan of John. Kobe was a real one :(

John actually composed Kobe’s short film “Dear Basketball”!

You're not wrong, but I think of it as much more than a punchline. It's a very sweet way of saying "John, you're the greatest living composer".

ONly difference between him and people like Mozart and Bach is that he wasnt alive in their times. If he was, he would be remembered just like them.

so true Juan, muy bien.

I find Mozart boring compared to other classical composers, John Williams is not boring.

+Patrick Jones: Same here. Couldn't agree more.

@@AKABoondock19 We Can Be Thankful,(And Grateful), That He's Alive In OUR Time.

U forgot to mention indiana jones. :)

罗英杰 Bruce Even so, John Williams is still the man, the myth and the legend of film music

RedJLetsPlay no doubt about it man.

Agree his a genius

Ben Wang : Schindler's list never forget

Of a REAL HUMAN'S life!

Great post!

My wife is in bed sleeping, but when everyone stood, I did as well.

SteveSabbai What about Ben Burtt, the sound designer

Yes and Ben Burtt!

And Gary Kurtz. Don't underestimate the role he played in Episodes 4 and 5.

but we may never forget that Marcia Lucas saved the film, she was key in ep 4. & 5 in the editing room and as a counterbalance to george’s

he last one? i do remember reading that he said he wasn't going to do anymore star wars films but i haven't heard he's retiring

@@rolandofgilead43 Well, I am not sure, but I think that.

I am from india..but this man made my childhood awesome😍😍😍😍

Me too

Don't forget ET!!!

I still have yet to watch it

Steven Spielberg successfully talked him out of retirement. He just arranged a theme for Acolyte series for Amandla Stenberg to play.

And the Fabelmans I have to say is Williams in his most intimate sound I’ve heard him write

I completely agree! My favorite movie of all times is Lord of the Rings and I love its music but man, John Williams's scores are out of this world!

Alan menken is pretty damn good

The man's a Genius

Shore's work for the LotR trilogy is the closest one can ever get to the genius of Williams. That score is just as epic and magnificent as the best of Williams'. But the superiority of John Williams is obvious for me, Shore needs to have at least 3 or 4 more of that to be at least mentioned on the same platform. But the LotR score is obviously perfect.

Or the 90s! Or the 70s. Or the 2000s.

Alex BittoNagy: Thanks so much for your comment. John Williams IS probably the greatest of all film composers. His ability to seemingly have an inexhaustible fund of melody makes me think of Tchaikovsky and Puccini. And it's a little sad that most of the movie composers mentioned in these postings are almost exclusively of the past few decades. Where is the mention of Max Steiner, Franz Waxman, Miklos Roza, Dimitri Tiomkin, Bernard Hermann? Whether comparing John Williams to other film composers or the Greats of music for hundreds of years, I myself am reminded of the beginning of Dante's Inferno, where he sees in Limbo the writers Homer, Plato, Aristotle, Ovid and such and they all motion to Dante to come, be one of their group. I would love to think the greatest music composers of the last 500 years would do something similar when the Almighty finally calls John Williams home.

HIS MUSIC WILL BE LOVED BY BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF PEOPLE, LONG AFTER WE'RE GONE, UNTIL THE END OF TIME.

More like: Why isn't that me

Simi-Random American things He already won one, so not likely.

@@Bluesonofman actually Lucas has been given the same award 11 years prior to Williams ;)

Your comment has aged pretty good