http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbUGsbZWitw John Williams and his music became a prominent character in the film Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, Spielberg's love letter to visitors from another planet. What Williams managed to achieve with 5 very simple notes was create a language and a form of communication between us and the inter-galactic travelers. Those notes, used throughout the film in various incarnations speak volumes about the power and impact that music has in the movies, and John Williams became a mighty spokesman for that issue with his work here. The film's climactic encounter at Devil's Island is a masterful melding of Spielberg's enigmatic vision and Williams' wonderful music. It represents one of the greatest collaborations in film history, one that has lasted nearly 40 years. Williams' score for Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (Oscar nominated of course) is able to make the alien visitors frightening, curious and ultimately harmless. These varying emotions are what make Williams' work so well regarded. He approaches his job with a way of translating any type of emotion into beautiful music.