I’m probably the last person on the internet to congratulate John Williams for his latest Grammy nominations. It was announced on Friday that Williams received three nominations for the excellence of his work over the past year – in the categories of Best Score Soundtrack for “The Fabelmans” and Best Score Soundtrack and Best Instrumental Composition (“Helena’s Theme”) for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.” Too bad the idiots at Disney only pressed something like three copies of the “Indiana Jones” CD (and that the movie was terrible).
This brings Williams’ career total to 76 nominations. He’s won 25 times. Williams’ first Grammy nomination was for “Checkmate,” 61 years ago. He is the fifth most-nominated Grammy artist. But who would be interested in owning a new John Williams’ “Indiana Jones” soundtrack, right? Nice going, Disney.
The Grammys ceremony will be held on February 4. Congratulations, John Williams!
“Helena’s Theme”
“The Fabelmans”
“Checkmate”
PHOTO: Williams at the 60th Grammy Awards, at which he was honored for “Escapades” for alto saxophone and orchestra (a concertino of sorts arranged from his score to “Catch Me If You Can) and a Trustees Award, for “individuals who, during their careers in music, have made significant contributions, other than performance, to the field of recording”