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

Film music, with its power of communication and the evocation of images, stories and situations, has transcended the films for which it was created on many occasions. The innumerable compositions that Morricone and Williams have written have not only been a backdrop to accentuate atmospheres or define characters, but they have transcended the screen and have managed to perfectly mix the backgrounds of the history of music with the sound of their time, without forgetting its own idiosyncrasy.