Almost four decades ago, a young filmmaker named Steven Spielberg asked established composer John Williams to write music for his film.
As of next year, they will have worked “exclusively together” for 40 years.
“One of the greatest honors that I have ever received in my life,” Spielberg says in a new program looking back at their partnership, “was the first time that John said yes to the movie that I wanted to score which was the (1974) “Sugarland Express.”