Kenneth Wannberg, Composer and Music Editor Who Worked With John Williams on ‘Star Wars’ Series and 50 Other Films, Dies at 91
variety.comChris Willman Music WriterKenneth Wannberg, composer and Emmy-winning music editor who worked on nearly half of all John Williams’ films dating back to the late 1960s, died Jan.
27 at his home in Florence, Oregon. He was 91.Wannberg was best known as Williams’ music editor, working closely with the composer on more than 50 of his films.
He assisted Williams throughout the scoring process, from providing detailed descriptions of sequences to be scored to more technical aspects such trimming or modifying music during the last stages of post-production.He music-edited the first six “Star Wars” films, the first three “Indiana Jones” films and such other landmark Williams scores as “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Jurassic Park,” “Schindler’s List” and “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.” During his 50-year career in films, Wannberg worked with many other composers including Bernard Herrmann (“Journey to the Center of the Earth”), Jerry Goldsmith (“The Mephisto Waltz”), Michael Convertino (“The Santa Clause”), Georges Delerue (“Beaches”), Alex North (“Prizzi’s Honor”), Marvin Hamlisch (“I Ought to Be in Pictures”), Frank DeVol (“Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte”), John Morris (“Silent Movie”), Lionel Newman (“North to Alaska”) and Robert Folk (“Toy Soldiers”).His Emmy win came in 1986 for “The Mission,” an episode of “Amazing Stories” that was directed by Steven Spielberg and scored by Williams.
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