John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer, conductor, and musician, widely regarded as one of the greatest film composers of all time. In a career that has spanned nearly seven decades he has composed some of the most popular, recognizable, and critically acclaimed film scores in cinematic history. Williams has composed for many critically acclaimed and popular movies, including the Star Wars saga, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Superman, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Home Alone, the Indiana Jones films, the first two Jurassic Park films, Schindler's List, and the first three Harry Potter films.
On Nickelodeon, he composed the music for the animated film The Adventures of Tintin. Pieces of "The Raiders March", the theme music he composed for the Indiana Jones films, were also used as part of the score for the opening and closing scenes in The Rugrats Movie.