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John Williams\u2019 place in the canon of film music, Hollywood history and American popular culture is well solidified. The 94-year-old composer just saw the release of\u00a0Disclosure Day<\/em>, his 30th soundtrack for director Steven Spielberg \u2013 a collaboration that\u2019s yielded three Oscar-winning scores in\u00a0JAWS<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial<\/em><\/a> and\u00a0Schindler\u2019s List<\/em> plus memorable themes to classic films like\u00a0Close Encounters of the Third Kind<\/em>, the\u00a0Indiana Jones\u00a0<\/em>film series and\u00a0Jurassic Park<\/em>. Next year, his Oscar-winning work on 1977\u2019s Star Wars<\/em><\/a> \u2013 a musical odyssey that\u2019s yielded a trio of film trilogies and multiple spin-off streaming shows and theme park attractions bearing more of his compositions \u2013 turns 50. Even with a diminished presence due to health issues that have kept him wheelchair-bound in recent public appearances, he\u2019s remained active and present: a new piano concerto was recorded earlier this year for eventual release on his current label home, the venerated classical imprint Deutsche Grammophon.<\/p>\n The fruits of that DG partnership \u2013 and the scope of well more than half a century as a working musician \u2013 will be celebrated this summer with a new compilation.\u00a0John Williams Legacy<\/em> is a 2LP, CD and digital album featuring Williams\u2019 best-known works in renditions he recorded for the label, mostly in special concert halls around the world through the 2010s and 2020s. Star Wars<\/em>, E.T.<\/em>,\u00a0Indiana Jones<\/em>,\u00a0Jurassic Park<\/em>, the\u00a0Harry Potter\u00a0<\/em>film series and even his stirring, still-used theme for the 1984 Summer Olympics will all be represented, taken from three of the five albums he\u2019s recorded for Deutsche Grammophon: 2019\u2019s\u00a0Across the Stars<\/em> \u2013 a reinvention of his catalogue highlighting solo violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, and a series of concerts with the philharmonic orchestras of Vienna<\/a> and Berlin<\/a> in 2020 and 2021. The package includes new liner notes from film music historian and journalist Jon Burlingame offering a concise biography of Williams\u2019 incredible work and some vital context-building of Williams\u2019 newfound place in modern classical music history.<\/p>\n