A GEOGRAPHICAL CHRONOLOGY OF JOHN WILLIAMS SCORES

By Scott Bettencourt


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A LONG TIME AGO
A GALAXY FAR FAR AWAY
The Phantom Menace
Attack of the Clones
Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi



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1770s
SOUTH CAROLINA
The Patriot



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1830s
ENGLAND
Jane Eyre



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1840
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONNECTICUT; AFRICA
Amistad



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1860s
MISSOURI
The Plainsman



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1876
MISSOURI
Tom Sawyer



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1880
SWITZERLAND
Heidi



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1880s
IRELAND; MASSACHUSETTS; OKLAHOMA
Far and Away

WYOMING
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing



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1884
ST. LOUIS
The Rare Breed



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LATE 19TH CENTURY
MISSOURI
The Missouri Breaks

THE AMERICAN WEST
The Cowboys



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EARLY 20TH CENTURY
ENGLAND
Dracula



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1905
MISSISSIPPI; TENNESSEE
The Reivers

RUSSIA
Fiddler on the Roof



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1912
UTAH
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade



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1920s - 1940s
ENGLAND
Goodbye, Mr. Chips



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1923
FLORIDA
Rosewood



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1930s - 1940s
IRELAND
Angela's Ashes

JAPAN
Memoirs of a Geisha



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1935
SHANGHAI; INDIA
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom



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1936
SOUTH AMERICA; NEPAL; EGYPT; THE AEGEAN SEA; WASHINGTON D.C.
Raiders of the Lost Ark



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1938
VENICE; BERLIN; TURKEY; JORDAN
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade



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1940s - 1960s
ITALY
Monsignor



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1941
LOS ANGELES
1941



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WORLD WAR II
CHINA
Empire of the Sun

POLAND
Schindler's List

THE SOUTH PACIFIC
None But the Brave



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1942
PACIFIC OCEAN
Midway



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1944
FRANCE
Saving Private Ryan



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1944-1950
TIBET
Seven Years in Tibet



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LATE 1940s
THE PLANET KRYPTON
Superman



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THE KOREAN WAR
KOREA
Sergeant Ryker



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1953
ROME; STOCKHOLM
Story of a Woman



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1959
LOS ANGELES
Daddy-O



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1960s - 1970s
MASSAPEQUA, NEW YORK; VIETNAM; MEXICO
Born on the Fourth of July

WASHINGTON D.C.
Nixon



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1960
LOS ANGELES; NEW YORK
I Passed for White

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Because They're Young



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1961
VIENNA; HUNGARY
The Secret Ways



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1962
LOS ANGELES
Bachelor Flat



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1963
HAWAII
Diamond Head

NEW YORK
Catch Me If You Can

ROME
Gidget Goes to Rome

TEXAS
JFK



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1964
URBAN AMERICA
The Killers



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1965
THE MIDDLE EAST
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home



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MID-60s
LOS ANGELES; GEORGIA; FLORIDA; WASHINGTON D.C.
Catch Me If You Can

NEW YORK CITY
Sleepers



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1966
LONDON; ROME
Not With My Wife, You Don't!

NEW YORK CITY
Penelope

PARIS
How to Steal a Million



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1967
LOS ANGELES
A Guide for the Married Man

NEW YORK CITY
Fitzwilly
Valley of the Dolls



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1967-1969
NEW ORLEANS
JFK



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LATE 1960s
SMALLVILLE, U.S.A.
Superman

SOUTH CAROLINA
Conrack



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1969
FRANCE
Catch Me If You Can

SAN FRANCISCO
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

TEXAS
The Sugarland Express



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1972
ATLANTIC OCEAN
The Poseidon Adventure

IRELAND
Images

SAN FRANCISCO; MARIN COUNTY
Pete 'n' Tillie



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MID 1970s
MUNICH; ISRAEL; PARIS; CYPRUS; ATHENS; BROOKLYN
Munich



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1973
LOS ANGELES
The Long Goodbye

MASSACHUSETTS
The Paper Chase

SEATTLE
Cinderella Liberty



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1974
LOS ANGELES
Earthquake

SAN FRANCISCO
The Towering Inferno

WASHINGTON D.C.
Catch Me If You Can



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1975
NEW ENGLAND
Jaws

SWITZERLAND; ARIZONA
The Eiger Sanction



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1976
CALIFORNIA
Family Plot



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1977
BEIRUT; LOS ANGELES; WASHINGTON D.C.; MIAMI
Black Sunday

INDIANA; WYOMING
Close Encounters of the Third Kind



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1978
ISRAEL; CHICAGO
The Fury

METROPOLIS
Superman

NEW ENGLAND
Jaws 2



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1982
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial



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MID-80s
NEW YORK CITY
Sleepers



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1984
THE AMERICAN SOUTH
The River



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1986
FLORIDA; OUTER SPACE
SpaceCamp



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1987
RHODE ISLAND
The Witches of Eastwick



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1988
BALTIMORE; PARIS
The Accidental Tourist



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1989
MONTANA
Always



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1990
CHICAGO SUBURBS
Home Alone

"KINDLE COUNTY" (CHICAGO)
Presumed Innocent

NEW ENGLAND
Stanley & Iris



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1991
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; LONDON; NEVERLAND
Hook



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1992
NEW YORK CITY
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York



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1993
ISLA NUBLAR (OFF THE COAST OF COSTA RICA)
Jurassic Park



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1995
NEW YORK; PARIS
Sabrina



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1997
ISLA SORNA (OFF THE COAST OF COSTA RICA); SAN DIEGO
The Lost World: Jurassic Park



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1998
FRANCE
Saving Private Ryan



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2001
ENGLAND
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone



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2002
ENGLAND
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets



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2004
ENGLAND
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

NEW YORK
The Terminal



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2005
NEW JERSEY; BOSTON
War of the Worlds



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THE NEAR FUTURE
WESTERN U.S.
Heartbeeps



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2054
WASHINGTON D.C.
Minority Report



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MID-21ST CENTURY
NEW YORK
A.I. Artificial Intelligence



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41ST CENTURY
NEW YORK CITY
A.I. Artificial Intelligence