John Williams: The Anthology – Vol. 1 1969-1990John Williams: The Anthology – Vol. 1 1969-1990
John Williams: The Anthology – Vol. 1 1969-1990

John Williams: The Anthology – Vol. 1 1969-1990

Compilation by John Williams

Released 18 July 2025
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Tracklist

  • CD 1: The Reivers / Images
  • 1
    Main Title / First Instruction / The Winton Flyer
    5:12
  • 2
    Family Funeral / Lucius’ First Drive
    2:32
  • 3
    The Road to Memphis
    1:46
  • 4
    Corrie’s Entrance / The Picture
    2:12
  • 5
    The Sheriff Departs / The Bad News / Ned’s Secret
    3:36
  • 6
    Memphis
    1:25
  • 7
    Ned’s Trade
    2:06
  • 8
    The People Protest
    1:09
  • 9
    Prayers at Bedtime
    2:31
  • 10
    Lucius Runs to Corrie / Back Home
    3:33
  • 11
    Finale
    4:14
  • 12
    In Search of Unicorns
    4:07
  • 13
    The House
    2:41
  • 14
    Dogs, Ponies and Old Ruins
    2:17
  • 15
    Visitations
    2:55
  • 16
    Reflections
    3:18
  • 17
    The Killing of Marcel
    3:15
  • 18
    The Love Montage
    4:50
  • 19
    Blood Moon
    3:18
  • 20
    Land of the Ums
    1:49
  • 21
    The Night Witch Ride
    2:56
  • 22
    The Waterfall and the Final Chapter
    4:17
  • CD 2: The Cowboys
  • 1
    Overture
    2:35
  • 2
    The Cowboys - Main Title
    2:28
  • 3
    The Hands Quit
    1:45
  • 4
    The Boys
    1:06
  • 5
    Wil and Ann
    2:35
  • 6
    The Kids and Crazy Alice
    2:02
  • 7
    Graveyard
    0:48
  • 8
    Anybody That Tall
    1:14
  • 9
    Training Montage
    1:33
  • 10
    Long Hair and the Roundup
    2:28
  • 11
    Nightlinger's Tale
    1:48
  • 12
    To Belle Fourche
    1:46
  • 13
    The First Night
    1:57
  • 14
    Burning Daylight
    1:04
  • 15
    Learning the Ropes
    1:19
  • 16
    Sour Mash
    2:03
  • 17
    Mrs. Collingwood's Girls
    1:43
  • 18
    Long Hair's Threat
    1:23
  • 19
    Entr'acte
    2:26
  • 20
    Afraid of the Dark
    1:42
  • 21
    Charlie's Demise
    1:59
  • 22
    Charlie's Burial
    1:36
  • 23
    Long Hair Trails
    4:08
  • 24
    Long Hair and Dan
    1:28
  • 25
    Summer's Over
    1:50
  • 26
    Drums of Manhood and the Execution
    5:55
  • 27
    Into the Trap
    2:18
  • 28
    The Battle
    1:28
  • 29
    End Title and End Cast
    2:23
  • 30
    Exit Music
    1:12
  • CD 3: Earthquake / The Towering Inferno
  • 1
    Main Title, Earthquake
    2:51
  • 2
    Miles on Wheels
    2:28
  • 3
    City Theme
    2:56
  • 4
    Something for Rosa
    3:18
  • 5
    Love Scene
    2:19
  • 6
    The City Sleeps
    2:35
  • 7
    Love Theme
    2:26
  • 8
    Cory in Jeopardy
    2:23
  • 9
    Something for Remy
    3:48
  • 10
    Miles’ Pool Hall
    2:12
  • 11
    Watching and Waiting / Sam’s Rescue
    2:42
  • 12
    Finale, End Title
    1:52
  • 13
    Main Title
    5:03
  • 14
    An Architect’s Dream
    3:29
  • 15
    Lisolette and Harlee
    2:35
  • 16
    Something for Susan
    2:44
  • 17
    Trapped Lovers
    4:32
  • 18
    Susan and Doug
    2:31
  • 19
    The Helicopter Explosion
    2:51
  • 20
    Planting the Charges – and Finale
    10:22
  • CD 4: Jaws / Jaws 2
  • 1
    Main Title (Theme From 'Jaws')
    2:22
    5.0 ★
  • 2
    Chrissie’s Death
    1:42
  • 3
    Promenade (Tourists on the Menu)
    2:47
  • 4
    Out to Sea
    2:29
    3.0 ★
  • 5
    The Indianapolis Story
    2:26
  • 6
    Sea Attack Number One
    5:27
  • 7
    One Barrel Chase
    3:07
  • 8
    Preparing the Cage
    3:28
  • 9
    Night Search
    3:33
  • 10
    The Underwater Siege
    2:34
  • 11
    Hand to Hand Combat
    2:32
  • 12
    End Title (Theme From 'Jaws')
    2:24
  • 13
    Finding the 'Orca' (Main Title)
    3:19
  • 14
    The Menu
    1:52
  • 15
    Ballet for Divers
    3:00
  • 16
    The Water Kite Sequence
    2:55
  • 17
    Brody Misunderstood
    2:51
  • 18
    The Catamaran Race
    2:11
  • 19
    Toward Cable Junction
    3:48
  • 20
    Attack on the Helicopter
    2:00
  • 21
    The Open Sea
    2:06
  • 22
    Fire Aboard and Eddie’s Death
    3:28
  • 23
    Sean’s Rescue
    2:58
  • 24
    Attack on the Water Skier
    2:45
  • 25
    The Big Jolt!
    4:44
  • 26
    End Title, End Cast
    3:26
    3.0 ★
  • CD 5: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
  • 1
    Main Title
    5:25
    5.0 ★
  • 2
    Imperial Attack
    6:19
  • 3
    Princess Leia’s Theme
    4:24
    2.8 ★
  • 4
    The Desert and the Robot Auction
    2:53
  • 5
    Ben’s Death and TIE Fighter Attack
    3:55
  • 6
    The Little People Work
    4:09
  • 7
    Rescue of the Princess
    4:49
  • 8
    Inner City
    4:16
  • 9
    Cantina Band
    2:45
    3.9 ★
  • 10
    The Land of the Sand People
    2:57
  • 11
    Mouse Robot and Blasting Off
    4:05
  • 12
    The Return Home
    2:52
  • 13
    The Walls Converge
    4:37
  • 14
    The Princess Appears
    4:08
  • 15
    The Last Battle
    12:10
  • 16
    The Throne Room and End Title
    5:34
  • CD 6: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  • 1
    Main Title and The Vision
    1:28
  • 2
    Navy Planes
    2:13
  • 3
    Lost Squadron
    2:34
  • 4
    Trucking
    2:08
  • 5
    Into the Tunnel and Chasing UFOs
    3:55
  • 6
    Crescendo Summit
    1:25
  • 7
    False Alarm and The Helicopter
    4:20
  • 8
    Barry’s Kidnapping
    6:23
  • 9
    Forming the Mountain
    1:56
  • 10
    TV Reveals / Across Country
    2:52
  • 11
    The Mountain
    3:37
  • 12
    The Cover-up and Base Camp
    3:54
  • 13
    The Escape
    2:19
  • 14
    Climbing the Mountain
    2:35
  • 15
    Outstretched Hands
    2:52
  • 16
    The Light Show
    3:45
  • 17
    Barnstorming
    4:31
  • 18
    The Mothership
    4:37
  • 19
    The Dialogue
    4:27
  • 20
    The Returnees
    3:55
  • 21
    The Appearance of the Visitors
    4:55
  • 22
    Contact
    3:21
  • 23
    End Titles
    4:26
  • CD 7: The Sugarland Express / 1941
  • 1
    The Sugarland Express - Main Title
    1:30
  • 2
    Freedom at Last
    0:49
  • 3
    The First Chase
    2:33
  • 4
    Taking the Jump
    1:50
  • 5
    The Caravan Forms
    2:02
  • 6
    To the Roadblock
    1:29
  • 7
    Sugarland Dance
    1:41
  • 8
    Road Ballad
    2:08
  • 9
    Out of Gas
    2:26
  • 10
    Trading Stamps
    1:16
  • 11
    Police Cars Move
    1:02
  • 12
    Along the Route
    1:19
  • 13
    Man and Wife
    2:10
  • 14
    Franklyn Falls
    0:31
  • 15
    Sealing the Bargain
    1:27
  • 16
    The Deputies Arrive
    0:57
  • 17
    The Onlookers
    1:03
  • 18
    Open Highway
    2:04
  • 19
    Pursuit
    1:53
  • 20
    Over the Next Hill
    1:05
  • 21
    Setting the Trap
    1:43
  • 22
    Last Conversation
    2:01
  • 23
    The Final Ride
    3:36
  • 24
    The Sugarland Express - End Title
    1:47
  • 25
    The March From "1941"
    4:13
  • 26
    The Invasion
    8:23
  • 27
    The Sentries
    3:35
  • 28
    Riot at the U.S.O.
    1:21
  • 29
    To Hollywood and Glory
    3:17
  • 30
    Swing, Swing, Swing
    4:09
  • 31
    The Battle of Hollywood
    5:42
  • 32
    The Ferris Wheel Sequence
    1:32
  • 33
    Finale
    6:18
  • CD 8: The Fury
  • 1
    Main Title From "The Fury"
    3:09
  • 2
    For Gillian
    2:39
  • 3
    Vision on the Stairs
    4:05
  • 4
    Hester’s Theme & The House
    4:33
  • 5
    Gillian’s Escape
    6:13
  • 6
    The Search for Robin
    2:39
  • 7
    Gillian’s Vision
    3:58
  • 8
    Death on the Carousel
    8:22
  • 9
    Epilogue
    4:39
  • 10
    Death on the Carousel (original version)
    2:48
  • CD 9: Superman
  • 1
    Theme From Superman (Main Title)
    4:28
    2.0 ★
  • 2
    The Planet Krypton
    4:48
    5.0 ★
  • 3
    Destruction of Krypton
    6:02
  • 4
    The Trip to Earth
    2:28
  • 5
    Growing Up
    1:59
  • 6
    Love Theme From Superman
    5:04
  • 7
    Leaving Home
    4:52
  • 8
    The Fortress of Solitude
    8:34
  • 9
    The Flying Sequence & Can You Read My Mind
    8:13
  • 10
    Super Rescues
    3:30
  • 11
    Lex Luthor’s Lair
    2:37
  • 12
    Superfeats
    5:07
  • 13
    The March of the Villains
    3:39
  • 14
    Chasing Rockets
    7:40
  • 15
    Turning Back the World
    2:08
  • 16
    End Title
    6:36
  • CD 10: Dracula / Monsignor
  • 1
    Main Title & Storm Sequence
    5:12
    3.0 ★
  • 2
    The Night Visitor
    2:15
  • 3
    To Scarborough
    2:45
  • 4
    The Abduction of Lucy
    3:35
  • 5
    Night Journeys
    5:11
  • 6
    The Love Scene
    2:09
  • 7
    Meeting in the Cave
    3:31
  • 8
    The Bat Attack
    2:49
  • 9
    For Mina
    2:18
  • 10
    Dracula’s Death
    3:00
  • 11
    End Titles
    3:30
  • 12
    Theme From Monsignor
    3:27
  • 13
    Reunion in Italy
    1:36
  • 14
    Forgotten Vows
    4:13
  • 15
    The Meeting in Sicily
    3:55
  • 16
    Audience With the Holy Father
    3:45
  • 17
    Gloria
    5:17
  • 18
    Monsignor
    2:15
  • 19
    Appolini’s Decision
    3:17
  • 20
    Santoni’s Compassion
    5:03
  • 21
    At the Forum
    5:11
  • CD 11: Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
  • 1
    Star Wars (Main Theme)
    5:49
    5.0 ★
  • 2
    Yoda’s Theme
    3:29
    3.1 ★
  • 3
    Training of a Jedi Knight
    3:09
  • 4
    The Heroics of Luke and Han
    5:51
  • 5
    The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme)
    3:01
    4.1 ★
  • 6
    Departure of Boba Fett
    3:08
  • 7
    Han Solo and the Princess
    3:28
    2.8 ★
  • 8
    Hyperspace
    4:04
  • 9
    The Battle in the Snow
    3:44
  • 10
    The Asteroid Field
    4:17
    3.2 ★
  • 11
    The City in the Clouds
    6:29
  • 12
    Rebels at Bay
    5:22
  • 13
    Yoda and the Force
    4:03
    3.2 ★
  • 14
    The Duel
    4:04
  • 15
    The Magic Tree
    3:35
  • 16
    Lando’s Palace
    3:53
    2.5 ★
  • 17
    Finale
    6:23
  • CD 12: Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • 1
    In the Jungle
    4:11
    2.5 ★
  • 2
    The Idol Temple
    3:54
    2.5 ★
  • 3
    Escape From the Temple
    1:31
    3.0 ★
  • 4
    Flight From Peru
    2:21
    3.6 ★
  • 5
    Washington Men / Indy’s Home
    1:03
    2.5 ★
  • 6
    A Thought for Marion / To Nepal
    2:10
    2.5 ★
  • 7
    The Medallion
    2:52
    2.5 ★
  • 8
    Flight to Cairo
    1:28
    2.5 ★
  • 9
    The Basket Game
    5:01
    3.0 ★
  • 10
    Bad Dates
    1:11
    2.0 ★
  • 11
    The Map Room: Dawn
    3:49
    3.0 ★
  • 12
    Reunion in the Tent / Searching for the Well
    3:59
    3.0 ★
  • 13
    The Well of the Souls
    5:26
    2.0 ★
  • 14
    Indy Rides the Statue
    1:07
    2.5 ★
  • 15
    The Fist Fight / The Flying Wing
    4:34
    3.0 ★
  • 16
    Desert Chase
    7:31
    3.4 ★
  • 17
    Marion’s Theme / The Crate
    2:07
    2.5 ★
  • 18
    The German Sub
    1:21
    2.5 ★
  • 19
    Ride to the Nazi Hideout
    3:17
    3.0 ★
  • 20
    Indy Follows the Ark
    1:38
    2.5 ★
  • 21
    The Miracle of the Ark
    6:05
    3.0 ★
  • 22
    Washington Ending & Raiders March
    6:51
    3.0 ★
  • CD 13: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • 1
    Three Million Light Years From Home
    2:59
  • 2
    Abandoned and Pursued
    3:02
  • 3
    E.T. and Me
    4:53
  • 4
    E.T.’s Halloween
    4:11
  • 5
    Flying
    3:24
    5.0 ★
  • 6
    E.T. Phone Home
    4:20
  • 7
    Over the Moon
    2:11
    5.0 ★
  • 8
    Adventure on Earth
    15:09
  • CD 14: Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
  • 1
    Main Title (The Story Continues)
    5:11
  • 2
    Into the Trap
    2:38
  • 3
    Luke and Leia
    4:48
    2.0 ★
  • 4
    Parade of the Ewoks
    3:27
    2.0 ★
  • 5
    Han Solo Returns (At the Court of Jabba the Hutt)
    4:12
  • 6
    Lapti Nek (Jabba’s Palace Band)
    2:51
  • 7
    The Forest Battle
    4:04
    2.2 ★
  • 8
    Rebel Briefing
    2:25
  • 9
    The Emperor
    2:46
  • 10
    The Return of the Jedi
    5:04
  • 11
    Ewok Celebration and Finale
    8:01
  • CD 15: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
  • 1
    Anything Goes
    2:48
    3.0 ★
  • 2
    Indy Negotiates
    3:57
    3.0 ★
  • 3
    The Nightclub Brawl
    2:30
    3.0 ★
  • 4
    Fast Streets of Shanghai
    3:38
    3.0 ★
  • 5
    Map / Out of Fuel
    3:21
    3.0 ★
  • 6
    Slalom on Mt. Humol
    2:23
    3.0 ★
  • 7
    Short Round’s Theme
    2:27
    3.0 ★
  • 8
    The Scroll / To Pankot Palace
    4:23
    3.0 ★
  • 9
    Nocturnal Activities
    5:53
    3.0 ★
  • 10
    Bug Tunnel / Death Trap
    3:28
    4.0 ★
  • 11
    Approaching the Stones
    2:38
    5.0 ★
  • 12
    Children in Chains
    2:41
    3.0 ★
  • 13
    The Temple of Doom
    2:57
    5.0 ★
  • 14
    Short Round Escapes
    2:20
    3.0 ★
  • 15
    Saving Willie
    3:34
    4.0 ★
  • 16
    Slave Children’s Crusade
    3:22
    4.0 ★
  • 17
    Short Round Helps
    4:49
    4.0 ★
  • 18
    The Mine Car Chase
    3:40
    4.0 ★
  • 19
    Water!
    1:54
    3.0 ★
  • 20
    The Sword Trick
    1:03
    3.0 ★
  • 21
    The Broken Bridge / British Relief
    4:46
    5.0 ★
  • 22
    End Credits
    6:19
    4.0 ★
  • CD 16: SpaceCamp
  • 1
    Main Title
    3:13
  • 2
    Training Montage
    2:03
  • 3
    The Shuttle
    5:06
  • 4
    The Computer Room
    1:58
  • 5
    Friends Forever
    2:24
  • 6
    In Orbit
    3:16
  • 7
    White Sands
    6:56
  • 8
    SpaceCamp
    4:11
  • 9
    Viewing Daedalus
    2:48
  • 10
    Max Breaks Loose
    2:25
  • 11
    Andie Is Stranded
    4:12
  • 12
    Max Finds Courage
    2:23
  • 13
    Re-Entry
    3:59
  • 14
    Home Again
    3:33
  • CD 17: The Witches of Eastwick
  • 1
    The Township of Eastwick
    2:49
  • 2
    The Dance of the Witches
    4:46
  • 3
    Maleficio
    3:21
  • 4
    The Seduction of Alex
    2:42
  • 5
    Daryl’s Secrets
    2:54
  • 6
    The Seduction of Suki and the Ballroom Scene
    7:09
  • 7
    Daryl Arrives
    2:46
  • 8
    The Tennis Game
    2:50
  • 9
    Have Another Cherry!
    3:25
  • 10
    Daryl Rejected
    3:03
  • 11
    The Ride Home
    3:23
  • 12
    The Destruction of Daryl
    3:39
  • 13
    The Children’s Carousel
    1:53
  • 14
    End Credits (The Dance of the Witches reprise)
    4:46
  • CD 18: Empire of the Sun
  • 1
    Suo Gan
    2:21
  • 2
    Cadillac of the Skies
    3:49
  • 3
    Jim’s New Life
    2:34
  • 4
    Lost in the Crowd
    5:41
  • 5
    Imaginary Air Battle
    2:37
  • 6
    The Return to the City
    7:46
  • 7
    Liberation: Exsultate Justi
    1:50
  • 8
    The British Grenadiers (Traditional)
    2:26
  • 9
    Toy Planes, Home and Hearth
    4:38
  • 10
    The Streets of Shanghai
    5:12
  • 11
    The Pheasant Hunt
    4:25
  • 12
    No Road Home / Seeing the Bomb
    6:12
  • 13
    Exsultate Justi
    5:01
  • CD 19: The Accidental Tourist
  • 1
    Main Title
    2:36
  • 2
    Macon Alone
    4:46
  • 3
    Trip to London
    1:57
  • 4
    The Healing Process
    5:13
  • 5
    Fixing the Plumbing on a Rainy Afternoon
    3:17
  • 6
    A Second Chance
    3:13
  • 7
    Wedding Scene
    2:53
  • 8
    Back With Sara
    4:07
  • 9
    Bedroom Conversation
    4:36
  • 10
    Rose and Julian
    2:11
  • 11
    A New Beginning
    3:30
  • 12
    End Credits (A Second Chance)
    3:13
  • CD 20: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
  • 1
    Indy’s Very First Adventure
    12:00
    3.0 ★
  • 2
    The Boat Scene
    2:21
    4.0 ★
  • 3
    X Marks the Spot
    3:11
    3.0 ★
  • 4
    Ah, Rats!!!
    3:40
    4.0 ★
  • 5
    Escape From Venice
    4:22
    3.0 ★
  • 6
    Journey to Austria
    0:37
    3.0 ★
  • 7
    Father and Son Reunited
    1:48
    3.0 ★
  • 8
    The Austrian Way
    2:39
    3.0 ★
  • 9
    Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra
    3:52
    4.0 ★
  • 10
    Alarm!
    3:05
    4.0 ★
  • 11
    No Ticket
    2:43
    3.0 ★
  • 12
    Keeping Up With the Joneses
    3:36
    3.0 ★
  • 13
    Brother of the Cruciform Sword
    1:56
    4.0 ★
  • 14
    On the Tank
    3:37
    3.0 ★
  • 15
    Belly of the Steel Beast
    5:28
    4.0 ★
  • 16
    The Canyon of the Crescent Moon
    4:17
    4.0 ★
  • 17
    The Penitent Man Will Pass
    3:23
    4.0 ★
  • 18
    The Keeper of the Grail
    3:23
    3.0 ★
  • 19
    Finale & End Credits
    10:39
    4.0 ★
  • CD 21: Born on the Fourth of July / Always
  • 1
    Prologue
    1:24
  • 2
    The Early Days, Massapequa, 1957
    4:59
  • 3
    The Shooting of Wilson
    5:09
  • 4
    Cua Viet River, Vietnam, 1968
    5:20
  • 5
    Homecoming
    2:38
  • 6
    Born on the Fourth of July
    5:46
  • 7
    Among the Clouds
    8:37
  • 8
    Follow Me
    1:18
    3.0 ★
  • 9
    Pete in Heaven
    6:44
  • 10
    Saying Goodbye
    3:15
  • 11
    Pete and Dorinda
    3:19
  • 12
    The Return
    2:30
  • 13
    The Rescue Operation
    5:16
  • 14
    Seeing Dorinda
    3:35
  • 15
    Intimate Conversation
    1:26
  • 16
    Promise to Hap
    2:30
  • 17
    The Old Timer’s Shack
    4:55
  • 18
    Dorinda Solo Flight
    3:27
    3.0 ★
  • CD 22: Home Alone
  • 1
    Home Alone Main Title ("Somewhere in My Memory")
    4:54
    4.5 ★
  • 2
    Holiday Flight
    0:58
    4.0 ★
  • 3
    The House
    2:27
    4.0 ★
  • 4
    Star of Bethlehem (orchestral version)
    2:51
    5.0 ★
  • 5
    Man of the House
    4:33
    3.0 ★
  • 6
    Scammed by a Kindergartner
    3:55
    3.0 ★
  • 7
    Follow That Kid!
    2:02
    3.0 ★
  • 8
    Making the Plane
    0:52
    3.0 ★
  • 9
    O Holy Night
    2:47
    4.0 ★
  • 10
    Carol of the Bells
    1:25
    4.6 ★
  • 11
    Star of Bethlehem
    2:59
  • 12
    Setting the Trap
    2:16
    5.0 ★
  • 13
    Somewhere in My Memory
    1:04
  • 14
    The Attack on the House
    6:53
    3.0 ★
  • 15
    Mom Returns and Finale
    4:19
    5.0 ★
  • 16
    Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
    3:04
    5.0 ★
  • 17
    We Wish You a Merry Christmas / End Title
    4:17
    5.0 ★

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