John Williams was born in New York and in 1948 moved with his family to Los Angeles, where he attended the University of California, Los Angeles. He studied composition privately with Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and later attended the Juilliard School of Music, where he studied piano with Madame Rosina Lhevinne .
After returning to Los Angeles, Williams began his career in the film studios, working with composers such as bernard herrmann , alfred newman ...