62788 - Available on CD

Ask anyone what composer they most closely associate with the music of the movies -- they'll tell you it's John Williams, composer of music for more than 75 films (including some of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters), winner of 5 Academy Awards® and 30 Academy Award® nominations. Now he has recorded music from 16 films that each won the award for Best Score, including music from composers such as Eric Korngold, John Barry, Bernard Herrmann, Nino Rota, Maurice Jarre, Franz Waxman, Miklos Rosza -- and John Williams himself!

Using the original arrangements from the actual film scores (most of which have not been performed apart from the films themselves) and the mighty sound of the London Symphony Orchestra with special guest Grover Washington, Jr. on "A Place in the Sun", John Williams has created the definitive collection of great film music. The Hollywood Sound was recorded in Dolby Surround, for a truly cinematic listening experience.

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