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John Williams to receive Kennedy Center Honor -
composer of the Potter soundtracks Summary:
John Williams is one of the 6 people to receive Kennedy Center Honor.
Article: John Williams to receive Kennedy Center Honor John Williams, the man who composed all three soundtracks to the Harry Potter films is to receive a Kennedy Center
Honor.
Among the artists making recommendations for the awards were: Dan Aykroyd, Adrien Brody, Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman, Steven Spielberg and Meryl Streep.
They said the following about John Williams:
Quote:
His distinctive sound is instantly recognizable, and his scores for what have become classics of the cinema have earned him a place of honor in the history of American film and American music. Named "the most successful composer of film music in the history of the medium" by the Boston Globe, John Williams has given us the brassy, unabashedly romantic, optimistic sound of an all-American art form.
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Making music for motion pictures for six decades and counting, John Williams has been the most powerful, most persuasive champion of true orchestral music on screen.
There is real affection for the great symphonic tradition in his work, which is at once strikingly original and spectacularly accessible. He has revitalized and continues to nourish that tradition, exploring the immense possibilities of the modern symphony orchestra, enjoying a Hollywood career that so far has earned Williams five Academy Awards.
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Beyond the silver screen, Williams has brought his genius and generosity to the concert stage, as principal conductor and now laureate conductor of the world's most populist symphony, the Boston Pops Orchestra. His own work as a composer may yet prove as influential as his film music.
For more on John click
here.
Elton John is among the other 5 people who are also to receive the honor.
Source:
Kennedy Center via
The Leaky Cauldron.
He's an amazing composer, he deserved to win :sorcerer:
His music is very beautiful! He does deserve it certainly! 
I love his music... *hums*
