Its finally come to be its only taken me 92 years to get here!
So here it is, Michael Jordan or LeBron James?
Jack Nicklaus or Tiger Woods?
From left: Tony Vinciquerra, J.J. Abrams, John Williams, Steven Spielberg and Tom Rothman at the John Williams Music Building dedication on the Sony lot in Culver CityEric Charbonneau
The greatest Impressionist Manet or Van Gogh?
I got one for you: the greatest movie director of all time, Steven Spielberg or Stanley Kubrick?
But the greatest film composer of all time?
John Williams at the dedication ceremony for the John Williams Music Building (Sony)
Theundisputedheavyweight champion on that there is no argument.
John Williiams is the GOAT.
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Rothman added: This month marks the 100th anniversary ofColumbia Pictures.
Being here to celebrate this with you ismeaningful.The third-grade me is freaking out, he told Williams.
Abrams added: There is no more magical being than John Williams.
Johnny is able to tap into another realm a profound, universal, utterly human place.
Like an emotional wizard, he galvanizes a world, a spirit.
He doesnt just define the tone and power of a film but elevates it into the pantheon.
Every new score of his feels delightfully stunning, fresh and yet inevitable.
Hes filled our lives with some of the greatest art ever produced by humankind.
I am endlessly grateful for what he does and who he is.
It is, as far as I am concerned, a treasure.
More from Spielberg at the Culver City event: I have grown up with Johnny from the very beginning.
What hes done for me is something I havent been able to imagine.
In the end, I dont recognize the movies as mine but as ours.
Thank you Johnny my movies would not be the same without you.
Of course his work fromE.T.
In other words, it will always be where music lives.
I have such a reverence for this place.
This is beyond an honor.
