Everyone called him the 'Modern Mozart', because it didn't seem to be anything he couldn't do. In the beginning he only composed classic themes, but afterwards he startet to compose horror and action films. In 1976 Jerry Goldsmith won the Best Original Score with the film 'The Omen'. When he was 13 years old, he started to study piano. John Williams has composed the soundtracks to the following Harry Potter movies: - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) Jerry Goldsmith Jerry Goldsmith is an american filmcomposer and conductor. Transcript: Music in Films John Williams John Williams is an american composer, pianist and conductor.