Review: "Music by John Williams"
“Music by John Williams” isn’t just the title of an engaging and enjoyable new documentary on Disney+. It’s an opening credit you’ve probably seen more times than you can remember. In a career-spanning eight decades, those four words have appeared on more than 100 movies, in a filmography that’s netted Williams 54 Oscar nominations (second only to Walt Disney) and five wins. The composer and former conductor of the Boston Pops has scored blockbusters like “Jaws” and “Star Wars,” horror films like “Images” and “The Fury,” and disaster movies like 1972′s “The Poseidon Adventure.” On the big screen, his music made you believe Superman could fly, dinosaurs roamed the earth in the 20th century, and alien communication was possible with just five musical notes. For television, Williams composed the themes for “Lost in Space,” “Amazing Stories,” and several Olympics ceremonies. The driving…
