Tim Greiving
@tgreiving.bsky.social
Arts & entertainment journalist / film music evangelist / author of JOHN WILLIAMS: A COMPOSER'S LIFE (Oxford University Press)
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@tgreiving.bsky.social
· Jul 30
John Williams Hasn’t Stopped Composing. His Latest? A Piano Concerto.
www.nytimes.com
I interviewed my idée fixe for the
@nytimes.com about his new piano concerto (and I smuggled in some salient biographical details for good measure!)
@nytimes.com about his new piano concerto (and I smuggled in some salient biographical details for good measure!)
Not a bad list, but it's a huge bummer to exclude Bryce Dessner's TRAIN DREAMS and Daniel Lopatin's MARTY SUPREME. (Daniel Blumberg's TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE didn't even make the shortlist, for shame.) And I would personally disqualify HAMNET for its egregious climactic needledrop.
January 22, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Not a bad list, but it's a huge bummer to exclude Bryce Dessner's TRAIN DREAMS and Daniel Lopatin's MARTY SUPREME. (Daniel Blumberg's TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE didn't even make the shortlist, for shame.) And I would personally disqualify HAMNET for its egregious climactic needledrop.
101 reasons why more films should shoot in LA!
I can't believe this is finally out in the world. It's the work of many people: 17 contributors who really know the city, 101 write-ups, beautiful photo sourcing and illustrations, smart design. My thanks to everyone involved. Tell us what we missed. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
The 101 best Los Angeles movies
Our list of the 101 best Los Angeles movies is as sprawling as the city, and includes "Chinatown," "Clueless," "Blade Runner," "Mulholland Drive," "Heat," "Pulp Fiction," "The Big Lebowski" and "La La...
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January 15, 2026 at 8:42 PM
101 reasons why more films should shoot in LA!
I just added a few dozen blind spot movies to my watchlist from this instructive and extremely readable list. (I *knew* Grand Canyon wouldn't be on here, but doggone it, it's still a travesty!)
January 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
I just added a few dozen blind spot movies to my watchlist from this instructive and extremely readable list. (I *knew* Grand Canyon wouldn't be on here, but doggone it, it's still a travesty!)
Sweet Danny Ocean! Steven Soderbergh done read my book 😍
January 6, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Sweet Danny Ocean! Steven Soderbergh done read my book 😍
I was hypnotized by THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE, which features Amanda Seyfried's career best performance, and particularly by its meditative Shaker song-score by Daniel Blumberg. I spoke with him, Seyfried, and director Mona Fastvold about their feat of creating the experience of religious fervor.
Making a bold musical about the Shakers? Daniel Blumberg's songs brought the world in tune
After winning an Oscar for "The Brutalist," the English composer takes on a musical about the founder of the Shakers — a close collaboration with Amanda Seyfried.
www.latimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I was hypnotized by THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE, which features Amanda Seyfried's career best performance, and particularly by its meditative Shaker song-score by Daniel Blumberg. I spoke with him, Seyfried, and director Mona Fastvold about their feat of creating the experience of religious fervor.
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About 100 pages into @tgreiving.bsky.social ‘s biography of John Williams and loving it so far.
After this year it’s very refreshing to read a biography of a truly beautiful soul.
After this year it’s very refreshing to read a biography of a truly beautiful soul.
December 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
About 100 pages into @tgreiving.bsky.social ‘s biography of John Williams and loving it so far.
After this year it’s very refreshing to read a biography of a truly beautiful soul.
After this year it’s very refreshing to read a biography of a truly beautiful soul.
Rejecting all cookies just to see the world burn
December 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Rejecting all cookies just to see the world burn
Oliver Stone's NIXON, now more than ever.
A guest column by moi, in advance of tomorrow's dream-come-true 30th anniversary screening with me and Mr. Stone.
A guest column by moi, in advance of tomorrow's dream-come-true 30th anniversary screening with me and Mr. Stone.
Oliver Stone’s ‘Nixon’ at 30: A Portrait of a President Quite Unlike Trump
Though the two are often compared due to their hostility toward the press and their vengeful spirits, Stone's movie shows a POTUS who also has emotional depth and a deeply sympathetic side.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Oliver Stone's NIXON, now more than ever.
A guest column by moi, in advance of tomorrow's dream-come-true 30th anniversary screening with me and Mr. Stone.
A guest column by moi, in advance of tomorrow's dream-come-true 30th anniversary screening with me and Mr. Stone.
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Start the year with a celebration of great film music. I'm interviewing Tim Greiving, the first-ever biographer of John Williams, at The Hugo House in Seattle on January 8.
You’re invited to a celebration of John Williams film music!
Join me in Seattle on January 8 for an evening with the author of the first-ever biography of John Williams.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Start the year with a celebration of great film music. I'm interviewing Tim Greiving, the first-ever biographer of John Williams, at The Hugo House in Seattle on January 8.
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Tim Greiving, author of the recent John Williams biography, has a fantastic SubStack where he shares articles/posts like this one below. This one in particular touches on John's use of synths and sampling. A great read!
open.substack.com/pub/behindth...
open.substack.com/pub/behindth...
Ghostly Whispers and Devil Chasers
Sonic surprises hidden in the scores of John Williams
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December 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Tim Greiving, author of the recent John Williams biography, has a fantastic SubStack where he shares articles/posts like this one below. This one in particular touches on John's use of synths and sampling. A great read!
open.substack.com/pub/behindth...
open.substack.com/pub/behindth...
The white hair and white suit and tie-like positioning of the M makes him look like the new Colonel Sanders
December 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The white hair and white suit and tie-like positioning of the M makes him look like the new Colonel Sanders
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In 2026 I need to read fewer comics, more books.
My #BookSky "bedtime reads" for November.
@tgreiving.bsky.social
"John Williams: A Composer's Life"
Sam Wasson
"The Big Goodbye"
@michaelconnelly.bsky.social
"Nightshade"
Guy M. Snodgrass
"Holding The Line"
My #BookSky "bedtime reads" for November.
@tgreiving.bsky.social
"John Williams: A Composer's Life"
Sam Wasson
"The Big Goodbye"
@michaelconnelly.bsky.social
"Nightshade"
Guy M. Snodgrass
"Holding The Line"
December 12, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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Great profile of a GREAT score
So many of my favorite Safdie moments are shaped and italicized by Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never), a musician who's singlehandedly bringing back the era of synth wizards. His work for MARTY SUPREME is the main character. It was a pleasure discussing his art. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
His electronica, a blend of past and future, gives 'Marty Supreme' its swagger
Daniel Lopatin discusses the process of composing his synthesized score for Josh Safdies's 'Marty Supreme,' both evocative of ’80s nostalgia and something new.
www.latimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Great profile of a GREAT score
Thank you!
A shoutout to Tim Greiving (@tgreiving.bsky.social) for his wonderful biography about the maestro #JohnWilliams. I have been listening to the audio book narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross. It opened up a whole new world about the composer who I admire full-heartedly since the 1980s. Thank you.
December 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Thank you!
Hands reaching up from hell
in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company
December 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Hands reaching up from hell
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Tim Greiving has written the definitive biography of John Williams, and I think you'll have fun listening to us talk about the art of writing about creatives, which of Williams' scores is the best, and why the cautionary advice "never meet your heroes" didn't hold up in this case.
It was such an honor—and such FUN—to be interviewed by @brianjayjones.com for the @biographersintl.bsky.social podcast. Brian was a hugely helpful, path-forging adviser to me when I first started working on my John Williams book... and he was the one who encouraged me to join BIO!
Podcast #236 - Tim Greiving - Biographers International Organization
John Williams: A Composer’s Life, published by Oxford University Press in September 2025, is the first biography by this arts journalist. Greiving, a longtime
biographersinternational.org
December 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Tim Greiving has written the definitive biography of John Williams, and I think you'll have fun listening to us talk about the art of writing about creatives, which of Williams' scores is the best, and why the cautionary advice "never meet your heroes" didn't hold up in this case.
It was such an honor—and such FUN—to be interviewed by @brianjayjones.com for the @biographersintl.bsky.social podcast. Brian was a hugely helpful, path-forging adviser to me when I first started working on my John Williams book... and he was the one who encouraged me to join BIO!
Podcast #236 - Tim Greiving - Biographers International Organization
John Williams: A Composer’s Life, published by Oxford University Press in September 2025, is the first biography by this arts journalist. Greiving, a longtime
biographersinternational.org
December 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
It was such an honor—and such FUN—to be interviewed by @brianjayjones.com for the @biographersintl.bsky.social podcast. Brian was a hugely helpful, path-forging adviser to me when I first started working on my John Williams book... and he was the one who encouraged me to join BIO!
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james cameron every couple of years for some reason:
December 2, 2025 at 7:05 AM
james cameron every couple of years for some reason:
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*sarah connor narration* cyber monday
December 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
*sarah connor narration* cyber monday
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Come hear @danielpemberton.bsky.social and @tgreiving.bsky.social discuss Tim's new biography on John Williams. Tomorrow at 5 pm at the RAI. Books will be available for purchase. www.rai.ox.ac.uk/event/john-w...
November 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Come hear @danielpemberton.bsky.social and @tgreiving.bsky.social discuss Tim's new biography on John Williams. Tomorrow at 5 pm at the RAI. Books will be available for purchase. www.rai.ox.ac.uk/event/john-w...
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Interviewing @tgreiving.bsky.social next week in Oxford about his remarkable John Williams biography…
In two weeks, Wed 26 Nov, we are hosting a talk with author @tgreiving.bsky.social and film composer Daniel Pemberton about Tim's new book, John Williams: A Composer's Life. Details on the website here: rai2.web.ox.ac.uk/event/john-w... @oupprimary.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
November 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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In two weeks, Wed 26 Nov, we are hosting a talk with author @tgreiving.bsky.social and film composer Daniel Pemberton about Tim's new book, John Williams: A Composer's Life. Details on the website here: rai2.web.ox.ac.uk/event/john-w... @oupprimary.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
John Williams: A Composer's Life
rai2.web.ox.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
In two weeks, Wed 26 Nov, we are hosting a talk with author @tgreiving.bsky.social and film composer Daniel Pemberton about Tim's new book, John Williams: A Composer's Life. Details on the website here: rai2.web.ox.ac.uk/event/john-w... @oupprimary.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
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trying to explain to an alien that you can make a stinky face when music is bad but it’s also normal to do so when it’s good
October 17, 2025 at 3:12 AM
trying to explain to an alien that you can make a stinky face when music is bad but it’s also normal to do so when it’s good
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Omsider har verden fått en ordentlig John Williams-biografi, skrevet av Tim Greiving og med input fra komponisten selv. Redaksjonsmedlem og Williams-ekspert Nils Jacob Holt Hanssen foretar en grundig gjennomgang og evaluering i vår aller første bokomtale: celluloidtunes.no/bokomtale-jo...
Bokomtale: John Williams - A Composer's Life (Tim Greiving) - Celluloid Tunes
- I’ve never been an artist, Tim. I am a simple musician. John Williams, 2022 John Williams (93) er
celluloidtunes.no
November 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Omsider har verden fått en ordentlig John Williams-biografi, skrevet av Tim Greiving og med input fra komponisten selv. Redaksjonsmedlem og Williams-ekspert Nils Jacob Holt Hanssen foretar en grundig gjennomgang og evaluering i vår aller første bokomtale: celluloidtunes.no/bokomtale-jo...
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My latest order from @portersqbooks.bsky.social along with a trio of biographies I picked up at the Boston Book Festival. In an era of book bans and AI slop, it sure feels nice to chat with authors and buy their books.
November 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
My latest order from @portersqbooks.bsky.social along with a trio of biographies I picked up at the Boston Book Festival. In an era of book bans and AI slop, it sure feels nice to chat with authors and buy their books.