HeyJaredBehind the Moon
Revealing tales, trivia, and surprising stories about John Williams, in tandem with the first major biography of the greatest film composer of all time (John Williams: A Composer's Life, from Oxford University Press).
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Entering the Tribute Era (opens the original)
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John Williams was there, first of all and most importantly. Not only did John appear on the Hollywood Bowl stage at the very end of the concert, basking in the riptide of applause from his wheelchair, but he then borrowed David Newman’s baton and, still seated, conducted his trademark encore, “The Imperial March.” It was the first time he had conducted an orchestra since February 2024, the first time he’d conducted anything since his health events of that year.It would take a heart of stone not
One year on (opens the original)
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Last week, a total stranger reached out to me on Bluesky to inform me that I’d misspelled “Wookiee” on page 202 of my book.To be honest, I’m not sure I’d ever typed “Wookiee” before in my life. I love spelling words correctly and (I’m a little ashamed to admit) I can judge others harshly for spelling words incorrectly… but it just never occurred to me that there would be two E’s in that ridiculous, made-up species. It looks silly either way.I simply thanked this stranger, and said I would correc
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