Music Album Review: 'John Williams: Greatest Hits 1969-1999'
Slipcover for John Williams: Greatest Hits 1969-1999. Designed by Roxanne Slimak. (C) 1999 Sony Classical/Sony Masterworks Official Sony Classical Video: The Reivers: Main Theme On November 2, 1999, Sony Classical released John Williams: Greatest Hits 1969-1999, a two-disc collection of movie themes and event-related orchestral works composed and conducted by the five-time Academy Award-winning composer and Laureate Conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra. Culled from various recordings with different ensembles – including the aforementioned BPO and the Tanglewood, Boston, London, and even Skywalker Symphony Orchestras, this popular recording celebrates the first 30 years of Maestro Williams’ stellar – and ongoing – career as the go-to master of film scores and commissioned “special events” orchestral pieces. Produced by Laraine Perri and designed by Sony artist Roxanne Slimak, John Williams: Greatest Hits 1969-1999 distributes 28 themes and “special events” compositions by