216 wins & 393 nominations
- 2024 Nominee Oscar
- Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
- 2023 Nominee Oscar
- Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
- 2020 Nominee Oscar
- Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
- 2018 Nominee Oscar
- Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
- 2016 Nominee Oscar
- Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
- 2018 Winner BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Award
- BMI John Williams Award
- 1972 Winner Primetime Emmy
- Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition - For a Special Program
- 2024 Nominee Grammy
- Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
For "Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny" - 2023 Nominee Grammy
- Best Orchestral Performance
For "John Williams - The Berlin Concert" artist: Berliner Philharmoniker
- 2000 Winner ShoWest Award
- Maestro of the Year
- 2023 Nominee World Soundtrack Award
- Film Composer of the Year
- 2018 Nominee World Soundtrack Award
- Film Composer of the Year
- 2016 Nominee Seattle Film Critics Award
- Best Music, Original Score
- 2022 Nominee SLFCA Award
- Best Score
Tied with Carter Burwell for Les Banshees d'Inisherin (2022) and Michael Giacchino for The Batman (2022) in 2nd place
- 2019 Winner CinEuphoria
- Career - Honorary Award
- 2018 Nominee CinEuphoria
- Best Original Music - International Competition
- 2024 Nominee IFMCA Award
- Composer of the Year
- 2024 Winner IFMCA Award
- Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure Film
- 1977 Winner Guinness World Record
- Best-selling single of instrumental music
A 1977 disco arrangement of John Williams's (USA) music to Star Wars - entitled "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" - by record producer Meco, aka Domenico Monardo (USA), remains the only instrumental single to have reached platinum status, according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), having sold more than 2 million units. The track featured on the album Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk (1977), which outsold the original movie soundtrack and was also certified platinum.Shared with: Meco
- 2017 Winner GoldSpirit Awards
- Composer of the Year
- 2017 Winner GoldSpirit Awards
- Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Score
- 2007 Winner Gold Derby Film Award
- Life Achievement (Other)
- 2022 Nominee Reel Music Award
- Best Original Score for a Television series
Shared with: Natalie Holt · William Ross
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