Music by John Williams

The film explores the life and career of John Williams. Williams composed music for many films throughout his career, including the Star Wars series, the Indiana Jones series, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. The film contains interviews with many of the directors and cast members Williams has collaborated with, including Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Ron Howard, Chris Columbus, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Kathleen Kennedy, Itzhak Perlman, and J. J. Abrams.

Music by John Williams opened the 2024 AFI Fest on October 23. It was given a limited release and premiered on Disney+ on November 1.^[1][2][3]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 48 critics' reviews are positive. The website's consensus reads: "A warm retrospective on a modern master, this documentary is a symphonic treat for anyone who loves music in the movies -- or just plain great music."^[4] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 74 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.^[5]

Peter Debruge of Variety wrote, "It is not a documentary so much as a tribute, a tool for fans designed to celebrate Williams' legacy without getting too personal or technical in the process."^[6]

Matt Goldberg of TheWrap wrote, "While I wish the film got more into the weeds of where Williams and his work exists in comparison to those who preceded and those who followed him, this is still the kind of inoffensive celebratory piece that will have you eager to revisit his most beloved scores while gaining a bit more insight into their creation."^[7]

Accolades

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Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref
Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program	Dmitri Makarov, dialogue editor; Tim Farrell and Richard Gould, sound effects editors; Ramiro Belgardt, music editor	Won	[8]
	Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Program	Roy Waldspurger, re-recording mixer; Christopher Barnett, CAS, and Noah Alexander, production mixer	Nominated
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards	Best Music Documentary		Won	[9][10]
	Best Documentary Feature		Nominated
Cinema Audio Society Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Documentary	Noah Alexander, production mixer; Christopher Barnett, CAS, and Roy Waldspurger, re-recording mixers	Won	[11]
Grammy Awards	Best Music Film	Laurent Bouzereau, video director; Sara Bernstein, Laurent Bouzereau, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Meredith Kaulfers, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Steven Spielberg, and Justin Wilkes, video producers	Won	[12][13]

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