1.0William F. Yuraskohttps://yurasko.net/wfywfyuraskohttps://yurasko.net/wfy/author/wfyurasko/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="oa7Jit5vIk"><a href="https://yurasko.net/wfy/2008/02/happy-birthday-john-williams/">Happy Birthday John Williams</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://yurasko.net/wfy/2008/02/happy-birthday-john-williams/embed/#?secret=oa7Jit5vIk" width="600" height="338" title="“Happy Birthday John Williams” — William F. Yurasko" data-secret="oa7Jit5vIk" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://yurasko.net/wfy/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> The brilliant film composer John Williams turns 76 today. It is hard to say which score is his finest, but Superman, Close Encounters of the Third Kind are probably the best he did outside of the Star Wars saga. I think I have to give the nod to The Empire Strikes Back, but Revenge of […]