You know his scores:
Star Wars,
Jaws,
Close Encounters of the Third Kind,
Raiders of the Lost Ark. For my recurring column "The Greats" for
Paste, I devote some time to the man.
Here's my appreciation of John Williams. (And note: I didn't even have space to go into his impact on me as the conductor of the Boston Pops on the PBS program
Evening at Pops.)