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The composer behind the scores for Star Wars, ET, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park and Harry Potter was feted by the American Film Institute O ver the course of his 60-year career in film, John Williams has racked up 50 Oscar nominations (the most of any living person) and five wins. Yet upon first learning that the American Film Institute wanted to bestow its 2016 life achievement award upon him, the 84-year-old composer thought: “I’m really too young for something like this.” Williams, responsible for many of the most famous scores of all time for films such as Star Wars, ET, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, Superman and Harry Potter, was in playful form accepting the honor at Thursday night’s gala, held at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. To huge laughs from the audience, he revealed that for the first Star Wars, he had initially written a “quite heated love theme” with “a torrid climax” for Luke and Leia, only to later find out that they were siblings. He also recalled an instance during w

John Williams in the first composer to receive the AFI lifetime achievement award. Photograph: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Turner View image in fullscreen John Williams in the first composer to receive the AFI lifetime achievement award. Photograph: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Turner Movies This article is more than 10 years old Steven Spielberg, George Lucas praise lifetime award winner John Williams This article is more than 10 years old The composer behind the scores for Star Wars, ET, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park and Harry Potter was feted by the American Film Institute

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