KnowraJohn WilliamsLinked fromLinked fromThe 17 pages that link to John Williams, each with the reason it gives.All 17Related 11Compared with 6Hans ZimmerCompared with: Williams's orchestral tradition offers a useful comparison with Zimmer's more electronic, production-centered sound.Bernard HerrmannCompared with: Williams’s expansive orchestral tradition contrasts with Herrmann’s compact motifs and unconventional instrumental colors.André PrevinCompared with: Williams also worked as a studio pianist before becoming a leading film composer, but remained more closely tied to screen music.VangelisCompared with: Williams’s orchestral scoring tradition offers a clear contrast to Vangelis’s electronically centered film music.Jerry GoldsmithCompared with: Williams and Goldsmith were leading contemporaries with contrasting approaches to Hollywood orchestral scoring.Marvin HamlischCompared with: Williams represents a film-composer career more centered on orchestral scores than Hamlisch's Broadway-and-song range.