Themes from Memoires of a Geisha
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Product ID: HL2 04490527
By John Williams
Publisher:
Hal Leonard
Arranger:
Ricketts
Series:
Pop Specials for Strings
Genre:
Soundtrack
Line Up:
String Orchestra
Duration:
5:25
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In another Oscar®-nominated score, John Williams again shows his versatile writing skills with this evocative soundtrack that blends the rich musical cultures of Japan with those of Western orchestral music. Ted Ricketts' adaptation highlights three distinctive themes from the film's score, which featured Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman.
Songlist (3)
- Sayuri's Theme
- The Chairman's Waltz
- Going to School.
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Composer
John Williams (1932-)
John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. In a career spanning almost six decades, he has composed some of the most recognizable film scores in the history of motion pictures, including the Star Wars saga, Jaws, Superman, the Indiana Jones films, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Hook, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, Home Alone and the first three Harry Potter films. He has had a long association with director Steven Spielberg, composing the music for all but two of Spielberg's feature films.
Other notable works by Williams include theme music for four Olympic Games, NBC Sunday Night Football, the NBC Nightly News, the rededication of the Statue of Liberty, the DreamWorks Pictures production logo, and the television series Lost in Space. Williams has also composed numerous classical concerti, and he served as the principal conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra from 1980 to 1993; he is now the orchestra's conductor laureate.
Williams has won five Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, seven BAFTA Awards, and 21 Grammy Awards.[1]
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