John Williams
This celebrity goo was created by player Lori Lancaster.
Scott Hardie provided the source image, gooed image, category, and difficulty, made minor changes to the clue provided by Lori, and wrote the explanation.
publication date: Monday, August 30, 2004 (part of Round XXIII)
category: Music
clue: This guy is out of this world.
explanation: Among many other titles in his distinguished career, Williams composed the famous musical scores for such space-themed movies as "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," "Superman," "SpaceCamp," and all six "Star Wars" films, as well as the "Lost in Space" television series. more…
solved by: Steve West, Denise Sawicki, Steve Dunn, David Mitzman, Elliot Farney, Scott Horowitz, Megan Baxter, Aaron Fischer, Mihai Rusu, and Todd Brotsch
trivia: During the week this goo was active, Scott advertised it on the main menu of the site with the circular gooed image of Williams's head floating against a starfield, further emphasizing the space theme.
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