William Ross (composer)

William Ross (born July 20, 1948) is an American composer, orchestrator, arranger, conductor and music director. Ross is the recipient of three Primetime Emmy Awards (in 2007 and 2009), one Daytime Emmy Award (in 1991), and has been nominated for one Annie Award (in 2008).^[1][2] He has been nominated twice for the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s).^[3]

William Ross
Also known as	Bill Ross
Born	(1948-07-20) July 20, 1948 (age 76) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Occupation(s)	Composer, conductor
Years active	1983–present
Website	williamrossmusic.com

Ross is the arranger for Andrea Bocelli's version of "Amazing Grace" performed during his concert Andrea Bocelli: Music for Hope - Live From Duomo di Milano, broadcast live on YouTube to over 25 million viewers on April 12, 2020.^[4][5]

Career

Ross has worked with artists and musicians ranging from Hollywood composers John Williams, Alan Silvestri, John Powell, Michael Giacchino, Klaus Badelt and Michael Kamen, to pop music artists including Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban, Laura Pausini, Whitney Houston, Kenny G, Michael Jackson, David Foster, Quincy Jones, Babyface and Sting.^[6][7][8][9] He has arranged the music for multiple Olympic Games opening and closing ceremonies from 1998 to 2010.^[10]

Ross composed the soundtrack for assorted films, including Tuck Everlasting, My Dog Skip, The Young Black Stallion and Ladder 49.^{[11][12][13][14]} He adapted and conducted John Williams' themes for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. In 2008, he scored the CGI-film The Tale of Despereaux, from Universal Studios.^[6][15]

Ross is the Music Director for many shows and artists,^[16] including Barbra Streisand's 2006 US tour and 2007 European tour,^[17] as well as the 79th, 83rd, 85th and 86th Academy Awards. Ross regularly arranges and conducts the Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre, overseeing all music cues throughout the broadcast.^[18][19][20]

Ross is credited on the soundtrack of Star Wars: The Last Jedi as an additional conductor.^{[21][22][23][24]} His work is featured on the Universal Orlando theme park ride Skull Island: Reign of Kong.^[25][26] He also adapted Williams' iconic theme for the end credits of the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Credits

Feature films

Year	Title	Director(s)	Composer	Conductor	Orchestrator	Notes	Source
1983	The Hasty Heart	Martin M. Speer	Yes	No	No		[26]
1987	Lethal Weapon	Richard Donner	No	No	Yes		[26]
	The Return of Sherlock Holmes	Kevin Connor	Yes	No	No		[26]
1988	Beetlejuice	Tim Burton	No	Yes	No		[26]
	Big Top Pee-wee	Randal Kleiser	No	Yes	No		[26]
	Hot to Trot	Michael Dinner	No	Yes	No		[26]
	Ernest Saves Christmas	John Cherry	No	No	Yes		[26]
1990	Catchfire	Dennis Hopper	No	Yes	Yes		[26]
	Die Hard 2	Renny Harlin	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Madhouse	Tom Ropelewski	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Ski Patrol	Richard Correll	No	No	Yes		[26]
1991	Defenseless	Martin Campbell	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Dutch	Peter Faiman	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Father of the Bride	Charles Shyer	No	No	Yes		[26]
	If Looks Could Kill	William Dear	No	Yes	Yes		[26]
	Nothing but Trouble	Dan Aykroyd	No	No	Yes		[26]
	One Good Cop	Heywood Gould	Yes	No	Yes		[26]
	Ricochet	Russell Mulcahy	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves	Kevin Reynolds	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Rover Dangerfield	James L. George Bob Seeley	No	No	Yes		[26]
1992	The Bodyguard	Mick Jackson	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Death Becomes Her	Robert Zemeckis	No	No	Yes		[26]
	FernGully: The Last Rainforest	Bill Kroyer	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Jennifer 8	Bruce Robinson	No	Yes	No		[26]
	The Johnsons	Rudolf van den Berg	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Lethal Weapon 3	Richard Donner	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Shining Through	David Seltzer	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot	Roger Spottiswoode	No	No	Yes		[26]
1993	Coneheads	Steve Barron	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Cop and a Half	Henry Winkler	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Grumpy Old Men	Donald Petrie	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Last Action Hero	John McTiernan	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Look Who's Talking Now	Tom Ropelewski	Yes	No	No		[26]
	The Meteor Man	Robert Townsend	No	No	Yes		[26]
	The Sandlot	David Mickey Evans	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Super Mario Bros.	Rocky Morton Annabel Jankel	No	No	Yes		[26]
	The Three Musketeers	Stephen Herek	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Wilder Napalm	Glenn Gordon Caron	No	No	Yes		[26]
1994	Blown Away	Stephen Hopkins	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Clean Slate	Mick Jackson	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Cops & Robbersons	Michael Ritchie	Yes	No	No		[26]
	The Flintstones	Brian Levant	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Forrest Gump	Robert Zemeckis	No	No	Yes		[26]
	The Little Rascals	Penelope Spheeris	Yes	No	Yes		[26]
	Richie Rich	Donald Petrie	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Star Trek Generations	David Carson	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Terminal Velocity	Deran Sarafian	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Thumbelina	Don Bluth Gary Goldman	Yes	Yes	Yes		[26]
1995	The Amazing Panda Adventure	Christopher Cain	Yes	No	No		[26]
	Father of the Bride Part II	Charles Shyer	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Grumpier Old Men	Howard Deutch	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Judge Dredd	Danny Cannon	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Operation Dumbo Drop	Simon Wincer	No	No	Yes		[26]
	The Perez Family	Mira Nair	No	No	Yes		[26]
	The Quick and the Dead	Sam Raimi	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Waiting to Exhale	Forest Whitaker	No	Yes	Yes		[26]
1996	Black Sheep	Penelope Spheeris	Yes	Yes	Yes		[26]
	Eraser	Chuck Russell	No	No	Yes		[26]
	The Evening Star	Robert Harling	Yes	No	Yes		[26]
	The Long Kiss Goodnight	Renny Harlin	No	No	Yes		[26]
	My Fellow Americans	Peter Segal	Yes	No	No		[26]
	Sgt. Bilko	Jonathan Lynn	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Tin Cup	Ron Shelton	Yes	No	Yes		[26]
1997	Contact	Robert Zemeckis	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Mouse Hunt	Gore Verbinski	No	No	Yes		[26]
	A Smile Like Yours	Keith Samples	Yes	No	No		[26]
	Volcano	Mick Jackson	No	No	Yes		[26]
1998	Holy Man	Stephen Herek	No	No	Yes		[26]
	The Odd Couple II	Howard Deutch	No	No	Yes		[26]
	The Parent Trap	Nancy Meyers	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Practical Magic	Griffin Dunne	No	No	Yes		[26]
	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	Brett Leonard	Yes	No	Yes		[26]
1999	Payback	Brian Helgeland	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Stuart Little	Rob Minkoff	No	No	Yes		[26]
2000	My Dog Skip	Jay Russell	Yes	Yes	Yes		[26]
	Reindeer Games	John Frankenheimer	No	No	Yes		[26]
	What Women Want	Nancy Meyers	No	No	Yes		[26]
2001	Her Majesty	Mark J. Gordon	Yes	No	No		[26]
	Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows	Robert Allan Ackerman	Yes	No	No		[26]
	The Mummy Returns	Stephen Sommers	No	No	Yes		[26]
2002	Eye See You	Jim Gillespie	Additional Music	No	No		[26]
	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Chris Columbus	No	Yes	No	also Score Adaptation	[26]
	Lilo & Stitch	Chris Sanders Dean DeBlois	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Stuart Little 2	Rob Minkoff	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Tuck Everlasting	Jay Russell	Yes	No	No		[26]
2003	The Matrix Reloaded	The Wachowskis	No	No	Yes		[26]
	The Young Black Stallion	Simon Wincer	Yes	No	No		[26]
2004	Catwoman	Pitof	No	Yes	No		[26]
	Ladder 49	Jay Russell	Yes	Yes	Yes		[26]
	The Polar Express	Robert Zemeckis	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Van Helsing	Stephen Sommers	No	No	Yes		[26]
2005	The Game of Their Lives	David Anspaugh	Yes	No	No		[26]
2006	Driftwood	Tim Sullivan	Yes	Yes	No		[26]
	Poseidon	Wolfgang Petersen	No	Yes	No		[26]
2007	September Dawn	Christopher Cain	Yes	No	No		[26]
	TMNT	Kevin Munroe	No	Yes	No		[26]
2008	The Tale of Despereaux	Sam Fell Robert Stevenhagen	Yes	No	No		[26]
2009	A Christmas Carol	Robert Zemeckis	No	No	Yes		[26]
	The Mighty Macs	Tim Chambers	Yes	No	No		[26]
2010	Knight and Day	James Mangold	No	Yes	No		[26]
2011	Balls to the Wall	Penelope Spheeris	Yes	No	No		[26]
	Captain America: The First Avenger	Joe Johnston	No	No	Yes		[26]
	Touchback	Don Handfield	Yes	No	Yes		[26]
	A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas	Todd Strauss-Schulson	Yes	No	No		[26]
2012	The Hunger Games	Gary Ross	No	No	Additional Music Arranger		[26]
	Steel Magnolias	Kenny Leon	Yes	No	No		[26]
2013	Alone yet Not Alone	Ray Bengston George D. Escobar	Yes	No	No	also Producer	[26]
	The Croods	Chris Sanders Kirk DeMicco	No	No	Yes		[26]
	The Liberator	Alberto Arvelo	No	No	Yes	also Score Adaptation	[26]
2014	50 to 1	Jim Wilson	Yes	No	No		[26]
	In My Dreams	Kenny Leon	Yes	No	No		[26]
	The Monuments Men	George Clooney	No	No	Yes		[26]
2015	Away and Back	Jeff Bleckner	Yes	No	No		[26]
	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	J. J. Abrams	No	Yes	Yes		[26]
	To Have and to Hold	Ray Bengston	Yes	No	No		[26]
2016	I'll Be Home for Christmas	James Brolin	Yes	No	No		[26]
	Rogue One	Gareth Edwards	No	No	Yes		[26]
2017	Spider-Man: Homecoming	Jon Watts	No	No	Yes		[26]
2018	Destination Wedding	Victor Levin	Yes	No	No		[26]
	Ready Player One	Steven Spielberg	No	No	Yes		[26]
2019	Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker	J. J. Abrams	No	Yes	Yes		[26]
2020	All My Life	Marc Meyers	No	Yes	Yes		[26]
	Da 5 Bloods	Spike Lee	No	No	Yes		[26]
	The New Mutants	Josh Boone	No	Yes	Yes		[26]
2021	Coming 2 America	Craig Brewer	No	Yes	Yes		[26]
	Ghostbusters: Afterlife	Jason Reitman	No	Yes	No		[26]
	The Marksman	Robert Lorenz	No	No	Yes		[26]
2022	Avatar: The Way of Water	James Cameron	No	Yes	Yes		[26]
2023	The Beanie Bubble	Kristin Gore Damian Kulash	No	Yes	Yes		[26]
	Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny	James Mangold	No	Yes	Yes		[26]
	Wonderwell	Vlad Marsavin	Yes	No	No		[26]

Television

Year	Title	Creator(s)	Composer	Conductor	Orchestrator	Source
1989	Beauty and the Beast	Ron Koslow	Yes	No	No	[26]
1990	MacGyver	Lee David Zlotoff	Yes	No	No	[26]
	Matlock	Dean Hargrove	Yes	No	No	[26]
	Tiny Toon Adventures	Tom Ruegger	Yes	No	No	[26]
1994	Golden Fiddles	Claude Fournier Sheila Sibley	Yes	No	No	[26]
2014	Operation Change		Yes	No	No	[26]
2022	Halo	Kyle Killen Steven Kane	No	Yes	Yes	[26]
	Obi-Wan Kenobi	Joby Harold (showrunner)	No	No	Score Adaptation	[26]
2023	The Great	Tony McNamara	No	Yes	Yes	[26]

Albums

As arranger

Year	Title	Artist(s)	Source
1990	If There Was a Way	Dwight Yoakum	[26]
1991	Lara Fabian	Lara Fabian	[26]
	Rechordings	David Foster	[26]
1992	Breathless	Kenny G	[26]
	Wynonna	Wynonna Judd	[26]
1993	Back to Broadway	Barbra Streisand	[26]
	The Colour of My Love	Celine Dion	[26]
1994	All-4-One	All-4-One	[26]
	The Concert	Barbra Streisand	[26]
	Crazy	Julio Iglesias	[26]
	Miracles: The Holiday Album	Kenny G	[26]
	Permiso de volar	Alejandro Lerner	[26]
	Timepiece	Kenny Rogers	[26]
	Through the Fire	Peabo Bryson	[26]
	Read My Mind	Reba McEntire	[26]
1995	Moving On	Oleta Adams	[26]
	HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I	Michael Jackson	[26]
	3	Alejandro Sanz	[26]
	Universal Nubian Voices	U.N.V.	[26]
1996	The Day	Babyface	[26]
	Falling Into You	Celine Dion	[26]
	Measure of a Man	Kevin Sharp	[26]
	The Moment	Kenny G	[26]
	Super Hits	Dolly Parton	[26]
1997	Collection	Wynonna Judd	[26]
	Greatest Hits	Kenny G	[26]
	Higher Ground	Barbra Streisand	[26]
	Let's Talk About Love	Celine Dion	[26]
	My Soul	Coolio	[26]
1998	Bathhouse Betty	Bette Midler	[26]
	Double Live	Garth Brooks	[26]
	Faith	Faith Hill	[26]
	My Life: The Greatest Hits	Julio Iglesias	[26]
	Never Say Never	Brandy	[26]
	The Nu Nation Project	Kirk Franklin	[26]
	The Movie Album: As Time Goes By	Neil Diamond	[26]
	These Are Special Times	Celine Dion	[26]
	Time	Lionel Richie	[26]
	Vuelve	Ricky Martin	[26]
1999	All the Way... A Decade of Song	Celine Dion	[26]
	Amarte Es un Placer	Luis Miguel	[26]
	Classics in the Key of G	Kenny G	[26]
	Enrique	Enrique Iglesias	[26]
	Faith: A Holiday Album	Kenny G	[26]
	From Q with Love	Quincy Jones	[26]
	Lace	Lace	[26]
	A Love Like Ours	Barbra Streisand	[26]
	Snowfall on the Sahara	Natalie Cole	[26]
	Sogno	Andrea Bocelli	[26]
	Tara Lyn Hart	Tara Lyn Hart	[26]
2000	Mathis on Broadway	Johnny Mathis	[26]
	Nathan Michael Shawn Wanya	Boyz II Men	[26]
	Seul	Garou	[26]
	Si j’étais elle	Julien Clerc	[26]
	Timeless: Live in Concert	Barbra Streisand	[26]
	Whitney: The Greatest Hits	Whitney Houston	[26]
2001	The Best of Laura Pausini: E ritorno da te	Laura Pausini	[26]
	Christmas Memories	Barbra Streisand	[26]
	Glitter	Mariah Carey	[26]
	Irresistible	Jessica Simpson	[26]
	Josh Groban	Josh Groban	[26]
	Nue	Lara Fabian	[26]
2002	The Essential Barbra Streisand	Barbra Streisand	[26]
	Josh Groban in Concert	Josh Groban	[26]
	Mended	Marc Anthony	[26]
	A New Day Has Come	Celine Dion	[26]
	Paradise	Kenny G	[26]
	Stripped	Christina Aguilera	[26]
	Wishes: A Holiday Album	Kenny G	[26]
2003	Buen Viaje	Alejandro Lerner	[26]
	Closer	Josh Groban	[26]
	Kristy Starling	Kristy Starling	[26]
	Michael Bublé	Michael Bublé	[26]
	One Heart	Celine Dion	[26]
	Ultimate Kenny G	Kenny G	[26]
2004	At Last...The Duets Album	Kenny G	[26]
	Historias e Histeria	La Ley	[26]
	Merry Christmas with Love	Clay Aiken	[26]
	Miracle	Celine Dion	[26]
2005	Bette Midler Sings the Peggy Lee Songbook	Bette Midler	[26]
	Hurricane	Eric Benét	[26]
	The Greatest Holiday Classics	Kenny G	[26]
	It's Time	Michael Bublé	[26]
2006	Amore	Andrea Bocelli	[26]
	Awake	Josh Groban	[26]
	Cool Yule	Bette Midler	[26]
	The Essential Kenny G	Kenny G	[26]
	The Greatest Songs of the Fifties	Barry Manilow	[26]
	I'm in the Mood for Love...The Most Romantic Melodies of All Time	Kenny G	[26]
	My Destiny/Somewhere Over the Rainbow	Katharine McPhee	[26]
	Under the Desert Sky	Andrea Bocelli	[26]
2007	The Best of Andrea Bocelli: Vivere	Andrea Bocelli	[26]
	Love Songs	Natalie Cole	[26]
	Lyrically, Alan Bergman	Alan Bergman	[26]
	Noël	Josh Groban	[26]
2008	Beyond	William Joseph	[26]
	Doc Goes To Hollywood	Doc Kupka	[26]
2009	Believe	Katherine Jenkins	[26]
	A Body of Work	Paul Anka	[26]
	Change Is Now: Renewing America's Promise	Various Artists	[26]
	Crazy Love	Michael Bublé	[26]
	I Look to You	Whitney Houson	[26]
	Love Is the Answer	Barbra Streisand	[26]
	Make It Christmas	Rodney Carrington	[26]
	My Christmas	Andrea Bocelli	[26]
	The Perfect Gift	The Canadian Tenors	[26]
2010	Color	Stephan Moccio	[26]
	Due Voci	Due Voci	[26]
	Everything Changed	John Keane	[26]
	Il Volo	Il Volo	[26]
	Luis Miguel	Luis Miguel	[26]
	Mademoiselle Zhivago	Lara Fabian	[26]
	Patrizio	Patrizio Buanne	[26]
	Seal 6: Commitment	Seal	[26]
2011	Christmas	Michael Bublé	[26]
	Christmas Favorites	Il Volo	[26]
	Concerto: One Night in Central Park	Andrea Bocelli	[26]
	Dream With Me	Jackie Evancho	[26]
	Romantic Journey	Nikolay Baskov	[26]
	Songs of December	Paul Anka	[26]
	What Matters Most	Barbra Streisand	[26]
2012	Impressions	Chris Botti	[26]
	La Luce: Sumi Jo Sings Igor Krutoy	Sumi Jo	[26]
	Merry Christmas, Baby	Rod Stewart	[26]
	Lead With Your Heart	The Canadian Tenors	[26]
	Songs from the Silver Screen	Jackie Evancho	[26]
	Still in My Heart	Jennifer Crestol	[26]
	We Are Love	Il Volo	[26]
2013	All That Echoes	Josh Groban	[26]
	Cody Karey	Cody Karey	[26]
	Loved Me Back to Life	Celine Dion	[26]
	A Mary Christmas	Mary J. Blige	[26]
	Celtic Thunder: Mythology	Celtic Thunder	[26]
	Passione	Andrea Bocelli	[26]
	To Be Loved	Michael Bublé	[26]
2014	Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics	Aretha Franklin	[26]
	Holiday Wishes	Idina Menzel	[26]
	Partners	Barbra Streisand	[26]
2015	Cinema	Andrea Bocelli	[26]
	El Amor	Gloria Trevi	[26]
	L'amore si muove	Il volo	[26]
	Stages	Josh Groban	[26]
	Under One Sky	The Canadian Tenors	[26]
	Wallflower	Diana Krall	[26]
	We Love Disney	Various Artists	[26]
2016	Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway	Barbra Streisand	[26]
	Nobody but Me	Michael Bublé	[26]
2018	Walls	Barbra Streisand	[26]
2020	Eleven Words	David Foster	[26]
2023	Innocence	Kenny G	[26]

Songs

As arranger

Year	Title	Artist(s)	Album	Source
1992	"Me"	Meryl Streep	Death Becomes Her soundtrack	[26]
	"Run to You"	Whitney Houston	The Bodyguard soundtrack	[26]
1993	Theme to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Dennis McCarthy		[26]
1994	"Dream Away"	Babyface Lisa Stansfield	The Pagemaster soundtrack	[26]
1995	"Why Does It Hurt So Bad"	Whitney Houston	Waiting to Exhale soundtrack	[26]
1996	"The Power of the Dream"	Celine Dion		[26]
	"Someday"	All-4-One	The Hunchback of Notre Dame: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack	[26]
1998	"The Prayer"	Celine Dion Andrea Bocelli	Quest for Camelot: Music from the Motion Picture	[26]
	"When You Believe"	Whitney Houston Mariah Carey	The Prince of Egypt soundtrack	[26]
1999	"Music of My Heart"	Gloria Estefan NSYNC	Music of the Heart soundtrack	[26]
2000	"I Don't Know How I Got By"	Edwin McCain	The Family Man soundtrack	[26]
2001	"For Always"	Lara Fabian Josh Groban	A.I. Artificial Intelligence - Music from the Motion Picture	[26]
2004	"Believe"	Josh Groban	The Polar Express soundtrack	[26]
	"When Christmas Comes to Town"	Matthew Hall Meagan Moore
	"Remember Me"	Josh Groban Tanja Tzarovska	Troy: Music from the Motion Picture	[26]
2005	"Heart of America"	Wynonna Judd Michael McDonald Terry Dexter Eric Benét	Hurricane Relief: Come Together Now	[26]
2009	"God Bless Us Everyone"	Andrea Bocelli	A Christmas Carol Soundtrack	[26]
2010	"I Believe"	Nikki Yanofsky	I Believe/J'imagine - CTV's 2010 Winter Games Theme Song EP	[26]
2011	"I'm Here (A Song for Canada)"	Chantal Kreviazuk		[26]
2021	"Gary's Song"	Kenny G	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run Soundtrack	[26]
2024	"Love Will Survive"	Barbra Streisand		[26]

As orchestrator

Year	Title	Artist(s)	Album	Source
2011	Theme for Rogers Sports Network			[26]

As producer

Year	Title	Artist(s)	Album	Source
2009	"Unusual Way"	Nicole Kidman	Nine Soundtrack	[26]
2012	"What A Wonderful World"	Dwayne Johnson	Journey 2: The Mysterious Island Soundtrack	[26]

Accolades

Annie Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Source
2009	The Tale of Despereaux	Best Music in an Animated Feature Production	Nominated	[2]

BMI Film & TV Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2005	Ladder 49	BMI Film Music Award	Won
1995	The Little Rascals		Won

Emmy Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2015	Away and Back	Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score)	Nominated
2014	Barbra Streisand: Back to Brooklyn	Outstanding Music Direction	Nominated
	86th Academy Awards		Nominated
2013	85th Academy Awards		Nominated
2011	83rd Annual Academy Awards		Nominated
2009	81st Academy Awards: Hugh Jackman Opening Number	Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics	Won
	Streisand: The Concert	Outstanding Music Direction	Won
2007	79th Academy Awards		Won
1991	Tiny Toon Adventures: "Fields of Honey"	Outstanding Music Direction and Composition	Won

Gemini Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Source
1993	Golden Fiddles	Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-Series	Nominated	[27]

Grammy Awards

Year	Title	Artist	Category	Result
2012	"The Windmills of Your Mind"	Sting	Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)	Nominated
2000	"The Prayer"	Celine Dion, Andrea Bocelli		Nominated

International Film Music Critics Association Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Source
2012	A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas	Best Original Score for a Comedy Film	Nominated	[28]

Online Film & Television Association Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2014	86th Academy Awards	Best Music in a Non-Series	Nominated
2001	Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows	Best Music in a Motion Picture or Miniseries	Nominated
		Best New Theme Song in a Motion Picture of Miniseries	Nominated

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External links

• Official website
• William Ross at IMDb
• William Ross on Instagram