John Williams rarely misses as a composer, and his nine Star Wars scores range from pretty good at worst to absolutely legendary at best.

Here, Nick Hasted revisits some of the many memorable movie moments that have been soundtracked by a John Williams theme. The sound of many a ruined swim at the beach. “I thought he was pulling ...

Born in Melbourne, Australia in 1941, John Williams is a Grammy Award ... a worldwide hit in 1979 after it was used as the theme tune to the Academy Award-winning film, The Deer Hunter. In 1978, ...