The 97th Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, are here! Celebrating the best films of 2024, this star-studded event is one of the most anticipated nights in entertainment. The nominees are eagerly awaiting the moment when they will find out if they will win one of the most prestigious awards in the world, or if they will have to continue striving to obtain one of these coveted golden statuettes. On Sunday, March 2, we find out the winners.

But in the meantime, let’s take a look at the legend himself: John Williams.

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John Williams: The living person with the most Oscar nominations in history

At 93 years of age, John Williams leads the list. He has composed the scores for ‘Star Wars’, ‘Jaws’, ‘Harry Potter’, ‘E.T.’, and ‘Jurassic Park’, among others, and has picked up five Oscars and 54 nominations. ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ was his last nomination in 2024.

He has won the award five times since 1972, for the films ‘Fiddler on the Roof’, ‘Jaws’, ‘Star Wars’, ‘E.T.’, and ‘Schindler’s List’. The latter, in 1994, was the last time he won the trophy.

Other composers that have won an Oscar

Dimitri Tiomkin

The Ukrainian has won the Oscar four times for Best Original Score and Best Original Song. In the first category, he was the winner for the films ‘High Noon’, ‘The High and the Mighty’, and ‘The Guns of Navarone’. He also won the Oscar for Best Original Song for ‘High Noon’.

Miklós Rózsa

Between 1941 and 1962, Miklós Rózsa won three Oscars for ‘Spellbound’, ‘A Double Life’, and ‘Ben-Hur’. He was also nominated 17 times.

Alfred Newman

American Alfred Newman has nine awards from 1939 to 1970. He won awards for both Best Original Score and Best Musical Orchestration for films such as ‘Alexander’s Ragtime Band’ and ‘Camelot’. Additionally, he was nominated for these awards 43 times.

Max Steiner

Max Steiner has two awards. He was awarded for his work on ‘Since You Went Away’ and ‘Now, Voyager’. He was nominated 19 times between 1939 and 1956.

Alexandre Desplat

The French composer has won two Oscars for the soundtracks of ‘The Shape of Water’ and ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’. He has been nominated 11 times, the last of which was in 2020 for ‘Little Women’.

James Horner

The Californian composer was a double winner at the Oscars for ‘Titanic’, winning both Best Original Score and Best Original Song in 1997 for ‘My Heart Will Go On’ from the same film. He has also been nominated on 10 other occasions.

Ennio Morricone

The Italian has received the Oscar twice: in 2006, he received an honorary Oscar, and in 2016, he won Best Original Score for ‘The Hateful Eight’. Additionally, he has been nominated seven times.

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