From his early family influences to his favorite actor to write music for, John Williams shares fascinating stories and tidbits from his life and career in 'Music by John Williams.' We round up the best of them.
with over seven years of experience in the entertainment industry. An award-winning journalist, she's written for Turner Classic Movies,, and more. She's worked at EW for six years covering film, TV, theater, music, and books. The author of EW's quarterly romance review column, "Hot Stuff," Maureen holds Master's degrees from both the University of Southern California and the University of Oxford.
We highly recommend watching the insightful film on your own, but here are 15 of the most interesting tidbits we learned from it.Anyone who’s taken piano lessons as a kid knows the pain of being forced to practice. But Williams’ father, a musician himself, made him practice proportionally to the time he spent playing baseball. If he played baseball for an hour, he had to practice the piano for 30 minutes.Williams comes by his love of music honestly, having grown up in a highly musical household.
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