JOHN WILLIAMS - John Williams: The Anthology - Vol. 1 1969-1990 - Deluxe 22 x CD Box Set [JUL 18]

22CD - Limited Edition 22 Disc Box Set:

Sony Classical is excited to announce John Williams: The Anthology. The three-volume comprehensive collection will be released as three individual box sets throughout 2025. It will encompass the seven-decade career of the most popular and admired composer of his time, plus feature many of the maestro’s original soundtrack recordings and concert music recordings.

The 22 discs in Volume 1 showcase Williams’ music for 27 films that established him as one of the most influential and imaginative composers in the history of film music. They include his unforgettable scores for the first three Star Wars films, Jaws, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the first two Indiana Jones adventures, Superman and a range of others from The Reivers (1969) to Home Alone (1990).

This historic box set retrospective will be completed later this year with the releases of John Williams: The Anthology – Vol. 2 1991-2008 and John Williams: The Anthology – Vol. 3 2011-2022. All three volumes combined will comprise a magnificent 75-disc collection celebrating the most beloved composer of our time.

Contents: 

DISC 1: THE REIVERS

DISC 2: THE COWBOYS

DISC 3: EARTHQUAKE + THE TOWERING INFERNO

DISC 4: JAWS + JAWS 2

DISC 5: STAR WARS (EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPE)

DISC 6: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND

DISC 7: THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS + 1941

DISC 8: THE FURY

DISC 9: SUPERMAN

DISC 10: DRACULA + MONSIGNOR

DISC 11: STAR WARS (EPISODE V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK)

DISC 12: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

DISC 13: E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL

DISC 14: STAR WARS (EPISODE VI: RETURN OF THE JEDI)

DISC 15: INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM

DISC 16: SPACECAMP

DISC 17: THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK

DISC 18: EMPIRE OF THE SUN

DISC 19: THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST

DISC 20: INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE

DISC 21: BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY + Always

DISC 22: HOME ALONE