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Sony Pictures Entertainment Dedicates John Williams Music Building At Studio With A Little Help From Steven Spielberg, J.J. Abrams & More
“The first time I came to this studio was 1940 when my father brought me here to show me the stage and I was about 9 or 10 years old, and I thought, some day this will all be mine! It’s finally com…
Abrams, for whom Williams scored the Star Wars films, The Force Awakens and The Rise Of Skywalker in this building relayed a story about an art assignment he had as a 3rd grader where the kids were asked to draw something meaningful on a small wooden plank. The building also houses the Cary Grant Theatre as well as the Barbra Streisand Scoring Stage, and even though just outside its doors where the invited audience of fellow composers (I spotted Thomas Newman, William Ross among others) friends and family sat, there was an active session in progress for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. : The Extra Terrestrial and Schindler’s List to Star Wars to Indiana Jones, Superman, Harry Potter and countless others cross many studios, but this one clearly is home for him , musically speaking.
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