This man is an absolute legend. I hope to see him in a live concert before he passes. In the future it will be comparable to seeing Beethoven in concert.

If you were born in the 90s this man literally composed the soundtrack to your childhood

What a humble, grateful man. Inspiring.....

he's ageless and his music is timeless

John Williams is literally up there with any of the great classical composers in history. The fact he's working in movies shouldn't take away from the fact he's one of the most talented artists in the history of the world.

How John Williams reflects on working with Steven Spielberg? You should ask Steven Spielberg how it feels to work with John Williams, this guy is awesome. Look at the scores he's done. Star Wars theme/score, Indiana Jones theme/score, Jaws theme/score, Jurassic Park them/score, JFK, Superman, Saving Private Ryan, Home Alone, Hook, 7 Years In Tibet, Schindler's List, Harry Potter, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, etc. For starters HE WROTE THE STAR WARS THEME!

I wish that he would never retire. He should keep on making music 'til the end of the line.

He's 91 years old! Amazing how sharp and vibrant he still is. He is adored by millions and will be sadly missed when his time comes, which is hopefully a long time away!

This man is the GOAT of Movie Composures

He is my favorite composer. Thank you for everything you have done Mr. Williams.

What a blessing indeed, that he's still with us, still present in mind as well, and hardly a sign of slowing or weakening. You couldn't possibly age any more gracefully than the Maestro.

His music is amazing, and so iconic!

Endless joy is what his music brings him, brings to those around him, and to all of us!

This man has composed some of the greatest scores, and soundtracks of all time. He's almost 100 years old, and he's still going strong. John Williams is the God of Music.

I can't imagine Mr Williams losing his temper or even getting mildly annoyed. He just seems like the most gentle, soft spoken person ever. I feel so lucky to have grown up listening to his amazing scores (I was 10 when Jaws was released!)

He just doesn't get the award each time because no other composer could ever truly win as long as this man is alive. He IS the best. Everybody in the film music composing business agrees on that. There is no real competition. And people who voted know that. A nomination is obligatory when he does a score. And if it was only truly about who's best, he would have won almost every time.

Looks like we are hearing a very calm and serene 30 years old person. Images can talk to our being but music can talk to our souls, this is why his work took us to places more deeply than the films would be able to do it, just by themselves. Thank you for the wonderful ride sir

Amazing career this Man has had!! What a legend!

Thank you John Williams. You’ve touched millions with you masterpiece composing

He's been great LONG before that; in Lost In Space he was composing as Johnny Williams! Love that theme and danger music!

He has to be the most energetic 91 year old ever. He is so enthusiastic and productive, still!

Spielberg and Williams must be doing something right if they've been working together for 53 years

I like the story about Speilberg asking him to write the score for Schindler's List. Williams felt he wasn't up to the task and said it requires a better composer. Spielberg said "I agree but they're all long dead."

Wow! What a rewarding career and accomplishment. He is legendary.

To be anything at 90 or 91 is a blessing". AMEN!

His music like Burt Bacharach and Hal David are the soundtrack to my life and to world.

What a phenomenal talent, that will surpass the ages. ❤❤❤ thank you 😊 I take a bow 🙇

These tributes are justifiably wonderful. Can you imagine John reading them and thinking ‘yea, I did ok’

Wonderful, absolutely wonderful. Living legend ❤

Brilliant and wonderfully human. Bless you maestro Williams. 🌈🎼

I don’t know if John is the greatest living composer, but he’s definitely top five. I love the story of when Steven asked John to score Schindler’s List. John said, “This is your masterpiece. It’s glorious, you need a much better composer than me to score it.” And Steven said, “Well yes, but they’re all dead.” 😂

The man is a legend. You can recognize his music just by hearing the first note

John Williams, the greatest music composer of all time.

OMG! I haven't seen John Williams since last century! Wow!! Congratulations John!

I love John Williams

He's a national treasure and can never die.

This is a wonderful movie and it really lived up to the hype for me

Legendary. Iconic. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

A True Legend!

The first score that I listened by Mr Williams was in a Hichtcock's film: Family Plot. Great film and wonderful score.. Very scintillating, as the film is. Wonderful composer Mr. Williams.. And hope he gets the Oscar in less than 2 weeks from today!!

Just a Legend !

Amazing conversation! Thank you NBC News for the video.

If anyone doubts his brilliance; just listen to his compositions for Lost In Space and The Cowboys!

National Treasure. Modern day Mozart/Beethoven/Bach/Rachmaninoff/Chopin/Mahler/Debussy/Handel/Vivaldi/Verdi

The Master....Maestro.

He's amazing.

I never knew he did Star Wars, NBC nightly news theme song etc. what a legend!

Amazing thank you

I'd love to hear & see John Williams compose the score for Star Wars Episode X. The script for The Empire Strikes Again is ready. If we can get the script into filming ASAP, perhaps we could get John Williams for Episode X & Episode XI.

Best Ever

Hot take: John Williams should have won a 6th Oscar for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban! The best score of a HP movie!

He looks so good for 53

Oh yezzzzzz fans, long live freedom of expression & let them our most beloved artists work to the last breath...no time to die, but having fun performing and entertain us, stay with us some more, the true fun has just begun. Did you hear the Jaws soundtrack without the motion picture in concert? Seems to me double creepy is suuuuper awesome guys, big loving hug Maestro Williams and hundred years more if possible

John Williams has so many nominations he doesn't remember how many he actually had. Much less than 53.

If there was any truth to reincarnation, I would choose to come back as John Williams. What a ride!

I've heard doing music or math keeps the mind agile and slows down any loss of mental faculties.

His music is legendary.. just a shame that the STAR WARS tv shows isnt using any of it.. almost disrespectable

Is there an author or producer for this video? If not, who is the editor?

53 Oscar nominations isn't unreal, the fact he "only" won 5 is. There were many years that the winning score was far inferior to John Williams' nomination. One example that comes to mind is 'Joker' (winner) vs 'Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker' (the last of an epic series of 9 musical masterpieces) in 2020. It almost seems that voters wanted to recognize Williams' genius by nominating him every year (to be fair, in my mind he was nominated a couple of times for less than impressive scores too), but somehow they felt like he had 'won' enough so they didn't give him the deserved Oscar. For a long time every Academy member could vote in every category, which made people vote in categories they have no expertise in. But since that has changed, the voters consist of a new breed of composers who lean more toward the Hans Zimmer style of score (music that may complement the movie but is largely void of melody when listening to it separate from the movie), like my example 'Joker'. So many examples of winners from last couple of years support my theory: Dunkirk (that score even made the movie unwatchable for me), Gravity, The Hateful Eight (fellow genius Morricone's only Oscar but his worst score ever), Atonement, Babel...

It’s weird that Nightly News and Meet The Press have kept The Mission but The Today Show dropped it since 2013. I don’t know why TODAY is the odd man out.

Academy Awards are recognition by ones peers in Hollywood music. That's the catch. There may be hundreds of people making music as composers, musicians and sound people, but how many actually are able to nominate and vote on the nominees? Less than a hundred? Like what was it about a flop like _Angela's Ashes,_ that earned him a nomination, but a successful movie, _The Phantom Menace,_ which score I thought fantastic, did not? There seems to be a promotional or advertising aspect to nominations, so maybe John Williams or the producers didn't take out advertisements in the trades. It's said some voting is based on the idea of "he/she is due" even if the specific performance or composition isn't so great compared to previous efforts. And then there are people who vote in a category that don't watch all the movies in that category, or even the one they voted for! Animation is being exposed where Academy members vote for what their grandchildren saw and liked; not bothering with "Japanese junk."

91???? jesus

Some of us are older Boomers like SS We know his entire career.

You've won 5 why not more? How rude and how many do you have sir?

John Williams. The biggest Academy Award loser, ever. 48 loses. Taking them all like a champ.

What a legend, thank you so much for all the soundtrack you made, especially E.T. I wish I could meet you 🥹

I love John Williams