When was the soundtrack composer for Empire of the Sun born?
February 8, 1932
Title: Empire of the Sun (soundtrack)
Passage: Empire of the Sun is the soundtrack, on Warner Bros.  Records, of the 1987 film "Empire of the Sun", directed by Steven Spielberg.  The original score was composed by John Williams and recorded in September-October 1987.
Title: John Williams
Passage: John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer, conductor, and pianist.  With a career spanning over six decades, he has composed some of the most popular and recognizable film scores in cinematic history, including "Jaws", the "Star Wars" series, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "Superman", "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", the "Indiana Jones" series, the first two "Home Alone" films, the first two "Jurassic Park" films, "Schindler's List", and the first three "Harry Potter" films.  Williams has been associated with director Steven Spielberg since 1974, composing music for all but three of his feature films.  Other notable works by Williams include theme music for the Olympic Games, "NBC Sunday Night Football", "The Mission" theme used by NBC News, the television series "Lost in Space" and "Land of the Giants", and the incidental music for the first season of "Gilligan's Island".  Williams has also composed numerous classical concertos and other works for orchestral ensembles and solo instruments.  From 1980 to 1993, he served as the Boston Pops' principal conductor, and is now the orchestra's laureate conductor.
Title: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Passage: Yuvan Shankar Raja (born 31 August 1979) is an Indian singer-songwriter, film score and soundtrack composer, and occasional lyricist from Chennai, Tamil Nadu.  He has predominantly scored music for Tamil films.  The youngest son of the greatest tamil film composer Ilaiyaraaja, he began his musical career in 1996, at age 16, when he composed the film score for "Aravindhan".  After initial struggle, he made his big break with the "Thulluvadho Ilamai" soundtrack (2001), and evolved as one of Tamil cinema's most sought-after composers by the mid-2000s.
John Williams Empire of the Sun (soundtrack)