Ennio Morricone and John Williams 2020 Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts

Through their power of communication and evocation of images, stories and situations, film scores have often transcended the films for which they were created. The countless compositions that Morricone and Williams have written have not only served as a backdrop to accentuate atmospheres or define characters, but have gone beyond the silver screen and managed to perfectly mix the wealth of musical history with the sound of their time, without forgetting their own idiosyncrasies.