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John Adams(I)

  • Music Department
  • Composer
  • Soundtrack
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John Adams was born on 15 February 1947 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. He is a composer, known for Shutter Island (2010), Cours, Lola, cours (1998) and We Are Who We Are (2020).
BornFebruary 15, 1947
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 11 nominations total

    Known for

    Leonardo DiCaprio in Shutter Island (2010)
    Shutter Island
    8.2
    • Soundtrack("Fog Tropes" (1982), "My Father Knew Charles Ives: The Lake" (2006), "Christian Zeal and Activity" (1973), "My Father Knew Charles Ives: The Lake" (2006))
    • 2010
    Franka Potente in Cours, Lola, cours (1998)
    Cours, Lola, cours
    7.6
    • Soundtrack("The Unanswered Question")
    • 1998
    Jordan Kristine Seamón and Jack Dylan Grazer in We Are Who We Are (2020)
    We Are Who We Are
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Soundtrack("Two Fanfares for Orchestra: Short Ride in a Fast Machine", "Dewain's Song of Liberation and Suprise", "Christian Zeal and Activity", "Ensemble: I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky", "Put Your Loving Arms Around Me", "Century Rolls: I. First Movement", "Century Rolls: II. Manny's Gym", "Ensemble: I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky", "Three Weeks and I'm Still Outta My Mind")
    Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name (2017)
    Call Me by Your Name
    7.8
    • Soundtrack("Hallelujah Junction", "Hallelujah Junction", "Phrygian Gate for Piano", "China Gates for Piano")
    • 2017

    Credits

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    Music Department



    • Art of the Western World
      • music supervisor, music consultant
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 1989–1990



    • Nativity Reconsidered: El Niño (2020)
      Nativity Reconsidered: El Niño
      Video
      • music
      • 2020
    • Eric Jacobus in Blindsided (2016)
      Blindsided
      7.6
      Short
      • composer: additional music
      • 2016
    • Doctor Atomic (2014)
      Doctor Atomic
      TV Movie
      • music
      • 2014
    • Nixon in China (2012)
      Nixon in China
      TV Movie
      • music
      • 2012
    • Skin (2011)
      Skin
      Short
      • music
      • 2011
    • The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
      The Metropolitan Opera HD Live
      8.8
      TV Series
      • conductor
      • music by
      • 2008–2011
    • P.O.V. (1988)
      P.O.V.
      7.9
      TV Series
      • music services
      • 2009
    • Great Performances (1971)
      Great Performances
      7.9
      TV Series
      • music services
      • music supervisor
      • music coordinator
      • 1971–2008
    • Patti Smith: Dream of Life (2008)
      Patti Smith: Dream of Life
      7.0
      • music services
      • 2008
    • American Masters (1985)
      American Masters
      8.2
      TV Series
      • music services
      • music service
      • composer: theme music ...
      • 1989–2007
    • Doctor Atomic (2007)
      Doctor Atomic
      6.4
      TV Movie
      • music by
      • 2007
    • Two by Dove (1995)
      Great Performances: Dance in America
      7.6
      TV Series
      • music services
      • music supervisor
      • music producer ...
      • 1976–2004
    • Tom Randle in The Death of Klinghoffer (2003)
      The Death of Klinghoffer
      6.6
      • conductor
      • 2003
    • The Man Who Came to Dinner (2000)
      The Man Who Came to Dinner
      7.6
      TV Movie
      • music services
      • 2000
    • Passion (1996)
      Passion
      7.9
      TV Movie
      • music coordinator
      • 1996

    Composer



    • Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra - Concert d'ouverture 2022 (2023)
      Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra - Concert d'ouverture 2022
      TV Movie
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • New World Symphony WALLCAST TM Concert 11
      Video
      • Composer
      • 2013
    • Replica
      Short
      • Composer (music written and performed by)
      • 2010
    • Tilda Swinton, Alba Rohrwacher, Pippo Delbono, and Flavio Parenti in Amore (2009)
      Amore
      7.0
      • Composer
      • 2009
    • Tom Randle in The Death of Klinghoffer (2003)
      The Death of Klinghoffer
      6.6
      • Composer
      • 2003
    • Window to the Universe
      TV Movie
      • Composer
      • 2000
    • La nativité (2000)
      La nativité
      7.7
      TV Movie
      • Composer
      • 2000
    • The 20th Century: American Tapestry
      TV Movie
      • Composer
      • 2000
    • Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' (1994)
      Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
      7.8
      TV Movie
      • Composer
      • 1994
    • Tuscarora
      • Composer
      • 1992
    • Joshua Bell, Hugh Downs, Renée Fleming, Alan Gilbert, Lorin Maazel, Natalia Makarova, Audra McDonald, Zubin Mehta, Itzhak Perlman, Louis Perry, Beverly Sills, Martin Bookspan, and Fred Child in Live from Lincoln Center (1976)
      Live from Lincoln Center
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 1991
    • Le Cabinet du docteur Ramirez (1991)
      Le Cabinet du docteur Ramirez
      5.3
      • Composer
      • 1991
    • The World Within: C.G. Jung in His Own Words
      7.9
      • Composer
      • 1990
    • De wording
      7.2
      • Composer
      • 1988
    • Great Performances (1971)
      Great Performances
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 1976–1988

    Soundtrack



    • Jordan Kristine Seamón and Jack Dylan Grazer in We Are Who We Are (2020)
      We Are Who We Are
      7.3
      TV Series
      • performer: "Two Fanfares for Orchestra: Short Ride in a Fast Machine"
      • writer: "Two Fanfares for Orchestra: Short Ride in a Fast Machine"
      • performer: "Dewain's Song of Liberation and Suprise", "Christian Zeal and Activity" ...
      • 2020
    • Pose (2018)
      Pose
      8.6
      TV Series
      • writer: "Hallelujah Junction, 1st Movement"
      • 2018
    • Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name (2017)
      Call Me by Your Name
      7.8
      • performer: "Hallelujah Junction"
      • writer: "Hallelujah Junction", "Phrygian Gate for Piano", "China Gates for Piano"
      • 2017
    • Daniel Brühl and Jesper Christensen in Moi et Kaminski (2015)
      Moi et Kaminski
      6.6
      • writer: "The Chairman Dances"
      • 2015
    • Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson, Matthias Schoenaerts, and Tilda Swinton in A Bigger Splash (2015)
      A Bigger Splash
      6.4
      • performer: "I. Naive and Sentimental Music"
      • writer: "I. Naive and Sentimental Music"
      • 2015
    • Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Zach Galifianakis, Amy Ryan, Naomi Watts, Emma Stone, and Andrea Riseborough in Birdman ou (La Surprenante vertu de l'ignorance) (2014)
      Birdman ou (La Surprenante vertu de l'ignorance)
      7.7
      • performer: "Harmonium: III. Wild Nights"
      • writer: "Chorus of Exiled Palestinians from The Death of Klinghoffer", "Harmonium: III. Wild Nights"
      • 2014
    • The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
      The Metropolitan Opera HD Live
      8.8
      TV Series
      • music: "Excert of: Day Chorus"
      • 2014
    • Diane Kruger and Braydon Denney in Sous l'aile des anges (2014)
      Sous l'aile des anges
      6.0
      • writer: "Shaking and Trembling - from Shaker Loops"
      • 2014
    • Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • writer: "Short Ride in a Fast Machine"
      • 2011
    • LA Phil Live (2011)
      LA Phil Live
      7.3
      TV Series
      • writer: "Slominsky's Earbox"
      • 2011
    • Karen Gillan in BBC Proms (2010)
      BBC Proms
      6.9
      TV Series
      • writer: "Short Ride In A Fast Machine"
      • 2010
    • Leonardo DiCaprio in Shutter Island (2010)
      Shutter Island
      8.2
      • performer: "Fog Tropes" (1982), "My Father Knew Charles Ives: The Lake" (2006)
      • writer: "Christian Zeal and Activity" (1973), "My Father Knew Charles Ives: The Lake" (2006)
      • 2010
    • Great Performances (1971)
      Great Performances
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Soundtrack ("City Noir")
      • 2009
    • Tilda Swinton, Alba Rohrwacher, Pippo Delbono, and Flavio Parenti in Amore (2009)
      Amore
      7.0
      • writer: "The Chairman Dances", "Century Rolls: I. First Movement", "Fearful Symmetries", "Harmonielehre: Part III. Meister Eckardt and Quackie", "Lollapalooza", "Nixon in China: Act I, Scene 1: Beginning", "Nixon in China: Act III: Some Men You Cannot Satisfy", "Light Over Water, Part III", "Shaker Loops: III. Loops and Verses", "The Death of Klinghoffer: Act II, Scene 1: The Desert Chorus", "Nixon in China: Act III, Scene 1: Beginning", "Harmonielehre: Part II. The Anfortas Wound", "Harmonium: Because I Could Not Stop for Death/Wild Night"
      • 2009
    • Independent Lens (1999)
      Independent Lens
      8.1
      TV Series
      • music: "Doctor Atomic"
      • 2008

    Personal details

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    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Born
      • February 15, 1947
      • Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
    • Spouse
      • Deborah O'Grady(2 children)
    • Publicity listings
      • 1 Print Biography
      • 1 Interview
      • 8 Articles

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Winner of the 1995 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for his composition "Violin Concerto" (1993).
    • Quotes
      My roots are profoundly affected by American popular music, jazz, ragtime, swing, rock. I'm not a quoter, nor a musical chameleon like William Bolcom, but my personal style does not deny its roots. In today's so-called classical music, we've lost track of the vernacular. [Opera News, October 1987]

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      78 years old
    • When was John Adams born?
      February 15, 1947
    • Where was John Adams born?
      Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
    • What is John Adams's birth name?
      John Coolidge Adams
    • What is John Adams known for?
      Run Lola Run, Shutter Island, Call Me by Your Name, and We Are Who We Are

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