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This rough footage was shot by me, JEFF WINNER, while STAN WARNOW (RAYMOND SCOTT's son) and I interviewed movie music maestro JOHN WILLIAMS. Stan used a professional camera, and some of Stan's footage appears in the new feature-length, award-winning documentary film, "DECONSTRUCTING DAD" (http://ScottDoc.com), but this segment has never been seen before. We conducted this interview at Tanglewood, in Massachusetts, on August 4th of 2008. From Wiki:

John Williams was born on February 8, 1932 in Long Island, New York, the son of Esther and John Williams, Sr. His father was a jazz percussionist who played with the Raymond Scott Quintette.

John Towner Williams 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 major 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. With 47 Academy Award nominations, Williams is the second most nominated person, after Walt Disney. John Williams was honored with the prestigious Richard Kirk award at the 1999 BMI Film and TV Awards. The award is given annually to a composer who has made significant contributions to film and television music. Williams was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame in 2000, and was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004.

• More info about John Williams: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Williams
• More info about Raymond Scott: http://RaymondScott.com